Senior Engineering Manager

About DXC Technology

DXC Technology (NYSE: DXC) is a top-tier enterprise technology provider delivering software, services, and solutions globally for enterprises and public sector organizations. Specializing in Managed Infrastructure Services, Application Modernization, and Industry-Specific Software Solutions, DXC is committed to modernizing, securing, and managing some of the most complex global technology environments.

Role Overview

The Senior Engineering Manager will lead a skilled team to realize an AI-first, cloud-native managed services platform for global clientele. This position demands hands-on leadership with responsibilities ranging from translating the Chief Architect’s vision into production-quality code, to daily team management, tactical decision-making, and maintaining engineering standards.

Key Responsibilities

• Turn architectural vision into high-quality, production-ready software delivery.
• Manage a team of 5 to 10 engineers—conduct one-on-ones, draft growth plans, handle performance reviews, recruitment, and foster team development.
• Maintain technical involvement through complex code reviews, collaborative debugging, and early issue detection.
• Mentor engineers at various levels to enhance their skills and progression towards leadership roles.
• Collaborate with the Technical Project Manager on sprint and delivery planning, providing accurate technical assessments.
• Oversee code review practice, promote architectural consistency, enforce testing, observability, and operational preparedness.
• Make informed tactical technical choices regarding implementation methods, libraries, and refactoring.
• Drive platform reliability including uptime, security, performance, incident management, and continuous improvement post-mortems.
• Cultivate a culture of engineering excellence and accountability.

Required Qualifications and Expertise

• Minimum 8 years in software engineering, with at least 3 years leading engineering teams in live production environments.
• Proven ability to operationalize technical direction from senior architects into tangible software products.
• Deep expertise in microservices, cloud-native architectures and API-first development methods.
• Proficiency with Python, GraphQL, RESTful APIs, SQL databases, and contemporary development tooling.
• Experience utilizing CI/CD pipelines, container technologies like Docker and Kubernetes, infrastructure-as-code, and integrating DevSecOps practices.
• Hands-on production experience with AWS or similar cloud infrastructure, ideally supporting multi-tenant SaaS platforms.
• Experience managing agile processes including sprint planning, estimation, capacity management, and using Jira or related tools.
• Strong capability in code reviews, spotting security vulnerabilities, design flaws, and quality issues proactively.
• Excellent communication skills for status reporting and direct, constructive feedback.
• Detail-focused with high accountability ensuring tasks and issues are handled reliably.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or equivalent professional experience.

Preferred Experience

• Leading small to medium engineering teams in dynamic, rapid-delivery settings.
• Development of enterprise-class SaaS or developer-centric platforms.
• Familiarity with Kubernetes, service meshes such as Istio, and federated GraphQL.
• Exposure to AI/ML platforms, autonomous workflows, or LLM-integrated products.
• Experience managing distributed or remote engineering teams effectively.
• Strong knowledge of observability, monitoring, Site Reliability Engineering practices, and incident management.
• Track record of mentoring engineers toward senior and leadership positions.

Attributes and Leadership Style

• Deliberately hands-on leadership style, leading within the work rather than from above.
• Reliable operator with the focus and judgement to bring vision to fruition.
• A natural mentor committed to nurturing engineering talent.
• Consistently upholds high quality standards regardless of workload pressure.
• Decisive, with a clear understanding of architecture boundaries and escalation needs.
• Transparent and proactive communicator who candidly shares status, risks, and challenges.
• Collaborative mindset, partnering closely and effectively with project managers, architects, and product teams.
• Calm and composed during incidents, acting as a steady presence when urgent issues arise.

Culture and Benefits

DXC champions employee well-being and inclusion, fostering a culture of diversity, belonging, and corporate responsibility. Benefits include extensive onboarding and ongoing professional development resources via DXC University, referral incentives, flexible leave options, volunteer time off, mental health support, and standard employment benefits like healthcare discounts and paid parental leave.

Equal Opportunity and Inclusion

DXC is an equal opportunity employer welcoming candidates from all backgrounds. It supports a workplace where employees can bring their full selves, with accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities, ensuring an inclusive and supportive environment.

Recruitment Integrity

DXC strictly prohibits recruitment fraud. They do not solicit money or equipment purchases from applicants and never conduct hiring through social media. Candidates are advised to be cautious and verify communications.