Join Us! Take the next step in your journey at Inspira Financial. You will help businesses and individuals thrive today, tomorrow, and into retirement. Become part of a company that is people centric and client obsessed in every interaction; a community of forward-thinking individuals focused on driving results to deliver our mission with an unwavering commitment to integrity. Join us as we strengthen and simplify the health and wealth journey -- relentlessly pursuing better outcomes for all. We believe in finding the best talent! While some roles are based at one of our office locations, remote roles can sit in any of the following states: AL, AZ, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, MI, MN, MO, NC, NE, PA, SC, TN, TX, UT, VA and WV. Remote status and role locations are subject to change. Relocation is not provided. Employees within a 90-minute radius of our Oak Brook, IL headquarters are required to adhere to the company in-office work guidelines of 4 days per month minimum from 10 am to 2 pm (1 of the 4 days must be a Monday or Friday). This requirement does not apply to support specialist positions. Job Summary & Responsibilities We are seeking a Sr. Manager, Software Engineering who will lead the strategy, design, and execution of Developer Experience and Performance Testing and Optimization within our engineering teams. This role will oversee multiple agile development teams, ensuring scalable, high-performing software solutions while fostering a developer-centric environment. This role embraces a customer-centric approach to technical product management, where engineers are the customers. The goal is to continuously enhance developer experience by delivering high-quality tools, optimized workflows, and seamless integrations that empower engineers to build, test, and deploy efficiently. By applying a product mindset, this role will focus on usability, automation, and performance, ensuring engineering teams have access to intuitive, scalable, and highly optimized solutions that reduce friction in development processes. You will collaborate with cross-functional Agile teams spanning discovery, design, development, deployment, and continuous improvement. As a hands-on leader, you will drive platform excellence, shaping best practices in automation, tooling, and performance engineering. This role requires a passion for mentorship, innovation, and efficiency, ensuring engineering teams have the right tools, processes, and optimizations to accelerate development, maintain quality, and enhance performance across Inspira's technology landscape. This position reports to the Sr. Director, Software Engineering within the Technology department. Key Responsibilities: Technical Leadership & Platform Optimization Lead the design, development, and implementation of platform infrastructure and services supporting Developer Experience, performance engineering, and testing automation. Develop and maintain roadmaps and architectures, ensuring reliability, scalability, and security of developer tooling and infrastructure. Champion CI/CD pipelines, performance monitoring, and logging frameworks to drive development efficiency. Apply deep expertise in cloud computing, containerization, and infrastructure-as-code tools to optimize engineering workflows. Define and implement benchmarks and quality measures for system performance and developer efficiency. Mentor junior engineers, fostering a culture of knowledge-sharing and continuous learning. Collaboration & Engineering Enablement Partner with product owners, developers, and stakeholders to identify opportunities for automation and optimization. Ensure seamless integration of developer workflows, aligning tools, best practices, and automation strategies across teams. Effectively communicate technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences. Drive innovation and continuous improvement within the Developer Experience team, reducing friction in development processes. Problem Solving & Performance Optimization Proactively identify and resolve bottlenecks, ensuring minimal downtime and optimal performance. Build and maintain robust monitoring and alerting systems to track and optimize performance. Conduct root cause analysis for critical issues, implementing long-term solutions to enhance reliability. Champion test automation strategies to accelerate delivery while maintaining high-quality standards. Tools & Technologies: Cloud Platforms: Azure Cloud Development & DevOps: Azure DevOps, Terraform, Ansible Containerization & Orchestration: Docker, Kubernetes Databases & Messaging: MS SQL Server, MongoDB, RabbitMQ Programming & Frameworks: Python, React, .NET, MuleSoft AI & Productivity Tools: MS Copilot Enterprise & Monitoring: Salesforce, Datadog, Fresh Service, Abacus Open Source & Custom Solutions: Backstage and other open-source tools supporting performance optimization Preferred Qualifications Education & Experience: 3-5 years of leadership experience in software engineering, developer tooling, or platform optimization. 7-10 years of experience in software development, DevOps, and software quality assurance. Master's degree preferred in Computer Science, Engineering, or related fields. Certifications in Agile, Cloud Platforms, DevOps, and automation technologies a plus. Other Requirements: Infrequent travel ( 5% ) Ability to provide personal transportation as needed Ability to work overtime when necessary Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer Compensation & Benefits $133,000-$160,000 per year