Engineering Manager (Pre LOS Systems)

Job Title: Engineering Manager (Pre-LOS systems)

Location: Remote

Job Type: Contract to Hire

Job Description:

• The Engineering Manager for Pre-LOS & Platform Services is responsible for leading and evolving the systems and services that drive our core platform services, foundational APIs, and scalable backend infrastructure that powers our early-stage pipeline management.
• This role is pivotal in driving the development and deployment of our Pre -LOS ecosystem and shared enterprise services.
• As a leader within our AI -first Product Pods, you will act as a critical bridge between technical execution and business value.
• The ideal candidate will spend significant time actively contributing to architecture and code, championing Spec Driven Development and Kanban practices, while also mentoring engineers and collaborating with product, data, and business stakeholders.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Accountable for the safety, accuracy, and completeness of all code produced by your pod whether generated by developers or AI, ensuring every AI-assisted code output passes through a named human reviewer.
• Enforce strict coding, architectural, security, and CI/CD standards across repositories, including project -specific guidelines (such as Cursor .cursorrules)
• Lead by example by writing clean, well-designed, and optimized code, particularly for complex core backend logic using C#, Wolverine, and Marten.
• Ensure systems operate with high reliability; direct production support, incident triage, and root -cause analysis.
• Run daily standups redesigned for the AI-First Development Lifecycle (AIDLC), focusing on resolving blockers and tracking AI tool performance.
• Direct the continuous flow of work using Kanban principles, aligning with Product Owners to ensure specifications are highly detailed.
• Partner with the Director, SVP, and Product Manager to ensure engineering execution aligns with organizational OKRs and product roadmaps.
• Direct career pathing, upskilling, and performance management for your engineers, championing training initiatives.
• Actively support and empower AI Champions within your pod to test, adopt, and deploy emerging tooling.

Requirements:

• 8+ years of hands-on experience developing highly scalable web applications, distributed event-driven systems, and robust backend integrations.
• 3+ years of formal experience leading, mentoring, and scaling engineering teams.
• Expert-level mastery of modern C# development (including .NET Core, LINQ, and OOPS programming).
• Strong experience building asynchronous, message, and command-driven architectures using Wolverine and Marten (for document database storage and Event Sourcing).
• Extensive, practical experience working with relational and distributed NoSQL databases, specifically PostgreSQL (with Marten) and Azure Cosmos DB.
• Deep familiarity with modern AI coding workflows (e.g., Cursor, GitHub Copilot) and the ability to run code -review gates for AI-generated assets.
• Expert-level understanding of design-first principles (Spec Driven Development) and API contracting.
• Practical, deep knowledge of managing continuous flow, WIP limits, and pipeline metrics in a Kanban environment.
• Working knowledge of Azure Cloud Hosting and CI/CD pipeline management.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Prior experience building or managing Pre-LOS systems, enterprise CRM integrations, shared platform services, microservices orchestration, and foundational data APIs.
• Experience in the mortgage, lending, or financial services industry.
• Experience with secure data transfers (SFTP/SSL) and various data exchange formats (CSV/XML/JSON).

Thanks & Regards

Saravanan

DMinds Solutions Inc.