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Back End Software Engineering Manager // Waltham MA only

Motion Recruitment Partners, LLCWaltham, MA🇺🇸United StatesPosted Sep 26, 2026

Why This Role Stands Out

This hybrid role offers a fantastic opportunity to blend hands-on backend engineering with leadership, driving innovation in AI tooling and platform strategy for a rapidly expanding insurtech company. If you have a strong background in backend development, management experience, and a passion for enhancing developer experience, you'll thrive in this dynamic environment with competitive compensation and excellent benefits. Embrace the chance to make a significant impact and grow your career by applying today!

Quick Overview

Seniority

Mid Senior

Work mode

Hybrid

Location

Waltham, MA, United States

Posted

3 weeks ago

AWSJavaKotlin

Job Description

Just to put it up-front: this role requires someone who can easily commute to Waltham, MA 3 days per week.
A fast-growing, technology-focused provider in the small business insurance space is looking to add a Software Engineering Manager to its engineering team. You will be doing hands on engineering work while also guiding a small team of software engineers. The role is a mix of back end software engineering, implementing AI tooling, platform strategy, cloud infrastructure, and developer experience work, and will heavily revolve around improving the internal environment for the organizations development teams. Required Skills & Experience

8+ years of professional backend software engineering experience
2+ years of recent experience managing software engineers while still doing hands-on software engineering
Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, automation, and Infrastructure as Code methodologies
If you are near Waltham, and have the above 3 points clearly visible on your resume, feel free to give me a call or text at
Strong experience in Kotlin is a big plus
Hands-on experience working with cloud platforms, preferably AWS
Strong knowledge of platform engineering concepts and developer experience best practices

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