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# Manager, Software Engineering (Platform Services)

- **Company:** O.C. Tanner
- **Location:** Salt Lake City, United States
- **Experience:** Experienced
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Cloud Engineering, Data Integration, Distributed Systems, Identity and Access Management, Redis, Software Engineering, SQL Databases, Spring-boot, Technical Debt, Backend, Containerization, Kubernetes, Information Technology, Apache Kafka, Graphql, Docker
- **Published:** September 4, 2026
- **Apply:** https://startup.jobs/manager-software-engineering-platform-services-2-oc-tanner-manufacturing-8747053

## About the Role

* 3+ years leading and developing software engineering teams.
 * 5+ years delivering complex software systems in a professional engineering environment.
 * Demonstrated ability to hire, coach, and develop engineers while fostering an inclusive, high-performing team.
 * Experience balancing product delivery, operational excellence, and technical debt.
 * Strong understanding of distributed systems, cloud-native architecture, and modern software engineering practices.
 * Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to influence technical and business stakeholders.

Preferred Experience:

 * Experience leading platform services, backend, or shared-services teams.
 * Experience building secure APIs, identity platforms, or other shared engineering services.
 * Hands-on experience with backend and cloud-native technologies such as Java, Spring Boot, Kafka, GraphQL, SQL, Docker, Kubernetes, Redis, or public cloud platforms.
 * Experience with highly available, distributed production systems.
 * Experience with transactional systems, messaging, data integration, or financial systems.
 * Experience mentoring senior engineers and emerging technical leaders.

Education Requirements:

 * Bachelor's degree in computer science or related discipline.

## Description

* Lead, hire, coach, and develop a high-performing team of 5-10 software engineers, fostering accountability, technical excellence, collaboration, and continuous growth.
 * Partner with Product Management, Quality Engineering, and cross-functional engineering teams to plan, deliver, and operate shared platform capabilities that meet business needs.
 * Guide the delivery and evolution of secure, scalable, and reliable platform services and APIs, partnering with Staff Engineers to ensure sound technical architecture.
 * Champion operational excellence through observability, automation, incident response, security best practices, and continuous improvement.
 * Collaborate with Staff Engineers and Architects to define technical direction, develop technology roadmaps, and modernize systems to meet current and future business needs.
 * Balance the delivery of new capabilities with investments in platform reliability, engineering productivity, technical debt reduction, and long-term maintainability.


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