[Remote] Manager, Software Architect

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. isolved is a provider of human capital management solutions. The Manager, Software Architecture leads and develops a team of Software Architects while contributing directly to architectural work, guiding development teams, and driving platform quality, scalability, and consistency.

Responsibilities

• Directly manage a team of Software Architects, including hiring, onboarding, performance reviews, compensation planning, and career development
• Conduct regular 1:1s focused on growth, blockers, and alignment with team and organizational goals
• Build and maintain individual development plans (IDPs) for each direct report, identifying skill gaps and growth opportunities
• Foster a culture of continuous learning through knowledge sharing, architecture forums, and mentorship
• Set clear expectations and hold the team accountable for architectural quality, collaboration, and delivery outcomes
• Manage capacity and workload distribution, ensuring architects are effectively partnered with development teams
• Advocate for the architecture team's needs in leadership discussions and cross-functional planning
• Drive retention and engagement through meaningful work assignment, recognition, and professional growth pathways
• Provide architectural guidance to multiple development teams as they drive projects from inception to production deployment with a strong focus on performance and quality
• Establish, document, and implement the guidance and best practices that make up isolved's coding standards and architectural patterns
• Perform code and design reviews to ensure high quality standards and architectural consistency
• Review and identify performance issues; provide direction and strategies for resolving them
• Assist in tracking down production issues and responding to support cases
• Evaluate and recommend technologies, frameworks, and patterns that advance the platform's scalability, reliability, and maintainability
• Contribute to architectural decision records (ADRs) and ensure decisions are well-documented and communicated
• Partner with Director-level leadership on architectural vision, roadmap, and standards governance

Skills

• Typically requires a minimum of 8 years of related software engineering experience with a Bachelor's degree, plus demonstrated management and leadership experience including:
• 2+ years of direct people management with full-cycle responsibility (hiring, performance reviews, compensation, terminations)
• Track record of developing technical talent through individual development plans, mentorship, and career pathing
• Experience managing through organizational change such as team restructures, reorgs, or rapid growth
• 2+ years of architectural leadership, including setting technical direction and driving adoption across multiple teams
• Experience facilitating difficult conversations, managing underperformance, and building accountability within a team
• Demonstrated ability to advocate for team needs and represent technical perspectives to senior leadership
• 7+ years developing web applications
• 3+ years developing cloud-native applications
• 1+ years of direct people management or formal team lead experience
• Demonstrated ability to mentor and grow technical talent
• Ability to work independently to research and solve complex problems
• Azure
• Microservice Architecture
• C#
• SQL
• Unit Testing
• .NET
• Experience with:
• .NET / ASP.NET Core WebAPI
• JavaScript
• Angular
• SOLID principles
• Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer. Must be able to lift up to 15 pounds
• Employee must be legally authorized to work in the United States
• Azure Cosmos DB or other NoSQL database
• Azure Container Apps
• Pub/Sub and asynchronous messaging
• Docker
• Terraform
• Kubernetes
• Event-driven architecture and CDC patterns

Benefits

• Office/Hybrid work arrangement

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