Senior Software Engineering Manager

Job Summary

Bring your IT career and talents to CDW, where you can make a greater impact, be inspired by our mission and feel excited about your career and future. As a Fortune 200 leader, we are the driven professionals and technology experts that companies trust most to solve their IT challenges.

As a Senior Software Engineer Manager, you’ll take on a high-profile, high-impact role for internal stakeholders and customers. Your experience in building and managing high-performance teams will help accelerate our growing business further. You will collaborate with other teams to develop new offerings, plan go-to-market strategies and lead your team of Software Engineers to execute those strategies. The ideal candidate will have a strong technical background in Salesforce, Azure Cloud Services, Workday, Navision, Sub Hub, Informatica, PeopleSoft and Enterprise Integrations, along with a proven track record of leading cross -functional teams and managing complex, large-scale digital transformation initiatives

Hybrid Work Pattern - 2 days in office, based in Central London

What you will do

• Lead and mentor a team of Software engineers, ensuring high-quality software development and delivery.
• Mentoring and coaching a team of 15+ coworkers on the execution of optimal solution roadmaps while maintaining consistently high levels of customer satisfaction.
• Exhibit and advance technology leadership while serving as trusted leader/advisor, trainer and "Go To" person for the solution, both technically and strategically.
• Lead the implementation, customization, and ongoing optimization of enterprise systems, including Workday, Navision, Sub Hub, Informatica, and PeopleSoft, ensuring they align with business needs and industry best practices.
• Ensure scalability, security, and compliance by applying best practices in enterprise architecture, data governance, and role-based access controls.
• Optimize system performance by continuously monitoring and refining workflows, reducing redundancies and improving automation
• Collaborate with business units and IT stakeholders to assess current processes, identify gaps, and implement solutions that drive efficiency and innovation.
• Lead migration and upgrade projects for legacy systems, ensuring minimal disruption and maximizing system adoption across teams.
• Leverage AI/ML and analytics capabilities to enhance reporting, forecasting, and decision-making within these platforms.
• Lead end-to-end digital transformation initiatives, modernizing legacy systems and migrating critical business applications to cloud platforms.
• Ensure seamless data migration, system integrations, and performance tuning for high availability environments.
• Ensure we build solutions that leverage our cross-practice expertise and drive client value and CDW differentiation

What we expect of you

Minimum basic requirements

• 10+ years of experience in technical engineering or architecting.
• 5+ years leading technical teams.
• Proven experience leading cross-functional engineering teams and driving Agile methodologies.
• Strong ability to communicate effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders, ensuring alignment across teams and executives.
• Demonstrated analytical, organizational, and decision-making skills with negotiation expertise to drive positive outcomes.
• Experience managing multi-team collaboration in complex digital transformation projects.
• Enterprise Systems
• Expertise in Salesforce Sales Cloud, Service Cloud, Marketing Cloud, and Experience Cloud.
• Strong proficiency in Apex, Visualforce, Lightning Web Components (LWC), and Flows.
• Experience with Salesforce integrations (APEX REST APIs, MuleSoft, Data Loader, middleware solutions).
• Azure Cloud & DevOps
• Hands-on experience with Azure services (Azure Functions, Logic Apps, API Management, Azure SQL, etc.).
• Expertise in Azure DevOps, CI/CD pipelines, and Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, ARM templates).
• Strong understanding of Azure security best practices, identity management (Azure AD), and networking.

Preferred skills, experience, and qualities needed

• Education: Bachelor’s or Advanced Degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or related field.
• Certifications: PMP, Digital Leader (Azure, AWS, or Google Cloud).
• Technical Depth: Expertise in at least two areas: Salesforce Sales Cloud, Cloud Networking, Security, AI, Storage, Private/Hybrid/Public Cloud, Data Protection, Disaster Recovery.
• Industry Trends: Experience with AI/ML-driven CRM solutions and cloud-native architectures