Full Stack Software Engineering Manager
New York, New York, United States · Posted 1 month agoDescription
At Wilson Elser, we are redefining what it means to work at a national law firm. With more than 1,400 attorneys across 46 offices nationwide, we are recognized among the top 100 law firms by The American Lawyer and ranked #30 in the National Law Journal’s survey of the nation’s largest law firms.
Our continued success is built on a culture of collaboration, innovation, client service, and mutual respect. We are committed to fostering an environment where employees are empowered to grow their careers, contribute meaningfully, and thrive professionally.
The Position
Our Software Engineering Manager will lead the design, development, delivery, and operational support of modern full stack applications and cloud-native platforms as part of the firm’s ongoing digital transformation initiative. This role combines strong technical leadership with people management and operational excellence, requiring deep expertise in full stack software engineering, cloud architecture, DevOps, and secure software delivery practices.
The ideal candidate will have a strong technical background in Microsoft Azure, modern software development frameworks, and operational processes, along with the ability to lead high-performing engineering teams in a fast-paced, project-driven environment. This individual will collaborate closely with data engineers, DevOps engineers, cybersecurity architects, infrastructure architects, business analysts, project managers, and firm leadership to deliver scalable, secure, and innovative technology solutions that support the firm’s strategic goals.
This role will drive innovation, mentor engineering talent, establish engineering best practices, and help create new opportunities for teams to leverage cutting-edge technologies while ensuring enterprise systems remain secure, reliable, and highly available.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead, mentor, and develop a team of full stack software engineers and technical contributors.
- Foster a collaborative, innovative, and high-performing engineering culture focused on continuous improvement and technical excellence.
- Manage team priorities, sprint planning, workload balancing, and delivery timelines across multiple initiatives.
- Partner with leadership, stakeholders, and product managers to align technology solutions with business objectives and strategic initiatives.
- Support recruitment, onboarding, coaching, performance management, and career development for engineering staff.
- Promote Agile/Scrum methodologies and engineering best practices across development teams.
- Oversee the design, development, testing, deployment, and maintenance of full stack web applications, APIs, and enterprise integrations.
- Provide technical leadership in front-end and back-end architecture, cloud-native development, and scalable application design.
- Guide engineering teams in developing responsive, user-friendly interfaces and highly scalable back-end services and microservices.
- Participate in architecture reviews, technical design discussions, and code reviews to ensure maintainability, performance, and security.
- Drive adoption of modern engineering standards, coding practices, and reusable frameworks.
- Lead engineering efforts supporting the firm’s cloud strategy utilizing Microsoft Azure and modern cloud-native technologies.
- CI/CD pipeline implementation, deployment automation, and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) initiatives using tools such as Terraform and Bicep.
- Co-develop DevOps and DevSecOps methodologies throughout the software development lifecycle.
- Ensure operational excellence through monitoring, observability, automation, and proactive issue management.
- Partner with infrastructure and cybersecurity teams to support resilient, scalable, and secure cloud environments.
- Champion secure coding standards and contribute to a robust Secure Software Development Lifecycle (SSDLC).
- Ensure authentication, authorization, and application security best practices are embedded into all development activities.
- Lead “shift-left” security initiatives, including code scanning, dependency management, vulnerability remediation, and code quality practices.
- Evaluate and mitigate technical and operational risks associated with software development and cloud implementations.
- Collaborate with cybersecurity teams to ensure compliance with firm security standards and regulatory requirements.
- Oversee production support activities, issue resolution, release management, and application lifecycle management.
- Ensure high availability, reliability, scalability, and performance of enterprise applications and integrations.
- Develop and maintain technical documentation, deployment procedures, architectural diagrams, and operational standards.
- Identify opportunities to streamline processes, improve operational efficiency, and modernize existing platforms.
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