Top Software Engineering Manager Jobs in Boston, MA

Leads and develops a software engineering team, owns engineer growth, partners with Product and technical teams on architecture and data models, facilitates technical roadmap execution, translates business goals into requirements, and drives scalable, maintainable solutions amid ambiguity.

Lead and manage software engineering teams: run agile processes, design and ship secure scalable APIs and services, guide architecture, manage technical debt, recruit and mentor engineers, and align work with company objectives.

Lead quality assurance strategy and execution for Cisco Secure Client across desktop and mobile platforms. Drive AI-enabled testing, automation, validation, performance testing, defect tracking, and CI/CD quality initiatives. Develop QA strategies and test plans, collaborate with engineering and product stakeholders, mentor QA engineers, and guide technical excellence in software quality, AI/ML validation, and endpoint security.

Lead the Core Platform organization for a cloud-native Unified Factory Platform, owning long-term architecture, scalability, reliability, security, data architecture, and team development. Hire and coach engineering leaders, set platform standards (APIs, observability, automation), drive SLAs and KPIs, and align roadmap with product, hardware, and executive stakeholders for global SaaS deployments.

Leads software engineering teams developing the Health100 consumer health platform. Responsibilities include architectural leadership for distributed systems, APIs, and AI-enabled capabilities; recruiting and mentoring engineers; managing initiatives through delivery and production operations; establishing performance, risk, and governance practices; and partnering across product, design, security, analytics, and business teams. The role emphasizes Java, cloud-native development, microservices, Generative AI, intelligent automation, and scalable platform solutions.

Lead a developer productivity engineering team responsible for CI/CD, build systems, internal tooling, and AI-augmented development workflows. Improve developer experience, engineering velocity, and software quality through scalable infrastructure, productivity metrics, AI tool adoption, coaching, and governance. Partner cross-functionally, mentor engineers, evaluate AI technologies and costs, and establish standards for security, correctness, licensing, and data handling.

Leads a software engineering team building backend services, APIs, and product integrations. Responsibilities include people management, technical direction, architecture reviews, delivery planning, vendor coordination, API and integration standards, testing, observability, security, release readiness, and production support. The manager also recruits and develops engineers, manages dependencies and risks, and ensures reliable, maintainable solutions across internal teams, customers, and external technology partners.

Leads and develops a software engineering team building consumer-facing mobile and web experiences. Owns technical strategy, multi-quarter roadmaps, architecture, reliability, performance, incident response, and operational improvements. Partners with Product, Design, Analytics, and engineering teams to deliver large-scale redesigns and cross-functional initiatives while driving alignment, execution, and a high-trust team culture.

Lead and grow an engineering team (up to 12), own kanban-based delivery, translate business priorities into measurable outcomes, recruit and develop engineers, model AI-native practices, partner with Principal Engineer on technical direction, and maintain clarity and accountability across stakeholders.

Leads and grows a distributed software engineering team building a scalable cloud data and analytics platform. Owns architecture, data modeling, technical delivery, roadmaps, product collaboration, agile planning, quality standards, security alignment, vendor relationships, and engineering KPIs. The role remains hands-on with coding, code reviews, documentation, data architecture, deployment, and development of SaaS data products using Azure or AWS, Microsoft Fabric or Snowflake, and Power BI.

Lead a 3-5 developer team to design, build, and maintain 55ip's market data platform and ETL processes. Partner with stakeholders to define solutions, run Agile/Scrum, enforce coding standards and testing, support UAT and post-launch, and mentor engineers while delivering high-scale financial data projects.

Leads and develops software engineers through mentorship, feedback, hiring, and career growth. Partners with product and design to deliver secure, scalable, reliable features; guides architecture and engineering best practices; improves processes, velocity, and execution; and translates customer and business needs into technical roadmaps. The role requires hands-on leadership in a high-growth startup environment and ownership of engineering culture, performance, reliability, and talent development.

Lead and manage a distributed team of engineers in Sustaining Engineering, ensuring growth, performance, and customer-focused software solutions. Support timely delivery of technical solutions across various technology fields while promoting a collaborative culture.

Leads a small full-stack engineering team maintaining and enhancing a secure, scalable e-signature SaaS platform. Responsibilities include technical direction, mentoring, .NET and Angular development, Azure operations, reliability and performance improvement, incident response, deployment coordination, security and compliance, code reviews, technical debt reduction, and stakeholder collaboration. The role remains hands-on while overseeing platform stability, auditability, observability, and continuous product improvement.

Leads and coaches a software engineering team, supports career development, participates in hiring, removes delivery roadblocks, and shapes technical direction. The manager ensures reliable, high-performing systems while driving daily adoption of agentic AI tools and collaborating with Product and Business Technology stakeholders. The role requires a strong full-stack engineering background, architectural expertise, experience delivering quality software, and demonstrated success leading AI adoption.

Lead and grow a 16-person engineering organization across four AI-focused pods. Set technical direction, guide AI-native product and engineering development, manage cross-team dependencies, and oversee delivery, quality, reliability, security, and velocity. Partner with product, design, and leadership on scalable full-stack systems, mentor engineers and technical leads, and promote strong practices in architecture, testing, observability, incident response, and CI/CD within a HIPAA/SOC 2-aware environment.

Lead one or more engineering teams owning mission, execution, code quality, and morale. Partner with product managers on roadmaps, remove roadblocks, improve processes, coach and grow engineers, and drive innovation while delivering high-traffic full-stack or data applications at scale.

Leads and develops the Cost Engine software engineering team while remaining hands-on with C#/.NET APIs, backend services, ETL, and data systems. Sets technical direction, reviews code, handles complex architecture and production issues, manages agile delivery, removes blockers, and partners with product, architecture, and Scrum teams. Drives modernization, observability, reliability, security, legacy deprecation, and team growth.

Lead and manage the development of the Landscape systems management solution for Ubuntu, guiding a team of engineers and setting strategic goals.

Leads and develops a team of mobile software engineers building NPR applications. Responsibilities include coaching, hiring, Agile delivery, technical planning, code and design reviews, workflow automation, production incident response, vendor coordination, and cross-functional collaboration. The role requires prior hands-on mobile engineering experience, proficiency in native iOS or Android technologies, release infrastructure, Git, and Agile/Scrum practices.

Lead and develop a software engineering team modernizing a legacy enterprise platform. Drive re-architecture, define target-state architecture and technical strategy, guide scalability and reliability decisions, and establish engineering standards for testing, code review, CI/CD, infrastructure automation, observability, and operational excellence. Partner with Architecture, Product, Security, and business stakeholders while recruiting talent, supporting career development, and balancing technical priorities with delivery commitments.

Lead NPD software engineering for semiconductor capital equipment, owning strategy, architecture, execution, quality, and cross-functional delivery. Manage hardware/software integration, CI/CD, automated testing, defect management, and cybersecurity readiness. Build and mentor global teams, run design and architecture reviews, drive reliability and platform reuse, and communicate status and risks to senior leadership through product release and field introduction.

Lead a team to enhance Cengage Learning Platforms by implementing AI-first strategies, improving software delivery processes, and ensuring product quality.

Leads and mentors a cross-functional software engineering team, managing career development, performance, and resource allocation. Owns delivery of operating system features, including timelines, risks, and dependencies. Serves as a technical liaison for customers and stakeholders, translating operational capabilities into software requirements. Interprets aerospace and safety-critical standards into actionable engineering work while ensuring compliant, secure delivery.

The manager will lead a software engineering team, oversee project management, mentor staff, and contribute to software development for medical devices.