Manager, Engineering

About the role

Engineering Manager WHAT MAKES US, US Join some of the most innovative thinkers in FinTech as we lead the evolution of financial technology. If you are an innovative, curious, collaborative person who embraces challenges and wants to grow, learn and pursue outcomes with our prestigious financial clients, say Hello to SimCorp! At its foundation, SimCorp is guided by our values - caring, customer success-driven, collaborative, curious, and courageous. Our people-centered organization focuses on skills development, relationship building, and client success. We take pride in cultivating an environment where all team members can grow, feel heard, valued, and empowered. If you like what we're saying, keep reading! WHY THIS ROLE IS IMPORTANT TO US The Engineering Manager - Data Management is accountable for leading teams responsible for delivering platform changes, upgrades, and continuous improvements across enterprise data management products and customer environments. This role ensures changes are delivered safely, predictably, and in compliance, while scaling engineering excellence through strong people leadership, governance, and adoption of data-driven and AI-enabled practices. The Engineering Manager acts as a bridge between technical execution, change governance, and customer impact, ensuring long-term platform stability and evolution. WHAT YOU WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR Change, Upgrade & Release Ownership Own end-to-end delivery of data management changes, upgrades, and major releases across environments. Ensure all changes follow approved change management, validation, and rollback frameworks. Accountable for release readiness, production stability, and post-release outcomes. Data Platform & Engineering Oversight Provide technical leadership across data ingestion, transformation, validation, reconciliation, and storage layers. Ensure data quality, integrity, and consistency are preserved during upgrades and migrations. Guide architectural decisions to balance scalability, performance, and operational stability. Risk, Compliance & Governance Identify and mitigate technical, operational, and data risks associated with change and upgrades. Ensure compliance with data governance, audit, and regulatory expectations, including segregation of environments. Maintain strong documentation, traceability, and audit readiness for all changes. People Leadership & Talent Development Lead and develop engineering, QA, and release/change professionals. Drive performance management, career growth, mentoring, and succession planning. Foster a culture of accountability, quality, continuous improvement, and psychological safety. Stakeholder & Customer Alignment Partner with product, operations, compliance, and customer-facing teams to align priorities. Communicate change scope, risks, timelines, and outcomes clearly to stakeholders. Support escalations with data-driven analysis, corrective actions, and preventive improvements. Process Excellence & Continuous Improvement Continuously improve change, release, and validation processes to reduce defects and recovery time. Promote standardization, automation, and repeatability in upgrade execution. Track delivery and operational metrics to improve predictability and quality. Required Experience & Capabilities Proven experience managing engineering teams in complex, data-centric environments. Strong understanding of data platforms, releases, and change governance. Demonstrated ability to balance technical depth, people leadership, and stakeholder management. Experience applying automation and AI-assisted practices in engineering or operations is a strong advantage. WHAT WE VALUE 14-15 years of overall software engineering experience with significant time in .NET/C# ecosystems. 5+ years leading engineers (direct people leadership), owning delivery and engineering standards. Proven ability to work effectively in large, distributed, international organizations and across levels. Technical Experience .NET / C# Core Expertise Strong C# fundamentals and deep experience with Microsoft .NET Framework, including emphasis on: WPF, WCF, WWF Strong understanding of async programming, concurrency, and performance considerations Modern Services & Cloud-native Strong experience with Web API, .NET Core, and modern architecture patterns: Microservices Docker / container-based applications Azure DevOps Pipelines Hands-on experience designing and operating Azure DevOps CI/CD pipelines, including quality gates and release orchestration. Code Reviews & Engineering Standards Demonstrated ability to drive high-quality, efficient code reviews, enforce standards, and mentor engineers. Code Optimization / Performance Engineering Proven track record in profiling and code optimization strategies Multi-threaded / Performance-intensive Systems Experience building and operating multi-threaded, performance intensive applications, with strong understanding of concurrency patterns a