Engineering Manager

About the role

Paychex is looking for an Engineering Manager who leads technical performance and develops people on an Agile team. The manager partners with the Senior Manager or Director to give leadership, technical guidance and remove roadblocks, while staying close to the technical work. The role also covers recruiting, mentoring and promoting engineers.

Key responsibilities

• Lead and support two engineering teams, covering performance, engagement, career development and technical growth.
• Provide technical guidance so teams can make sound technical decisions and overcome challenges.
• Mentor engineers at different seniority levels and help them strengthen their technical skills.
• Partner with other Engineering Managers across the portfolio to align priorities, plan and share work, manage dependencies and remove cross-team blockers.
• Support an agentic-first development approach, including AI and agentic development tools in daily engineering work.
• Keep up to date with development tools, technologies, techniques and emerging industry trends.
• Conduct performance evaluations, give feedback, and plan training and career development with team members.
• Recruit, interview and hire new team members.

Required profile

• 6+ years of direct experience in the full software development lifecycle.
• Formal or informal engineering leadership experience, such as Engineering Manager, Principal Engineer or Team Lead.
• Good communication and collaboration skills with engineers, other managers and cross-functional teams.
• Project management skills or substantial exposure to project-based work structures.
• Ability to research and resolve application development issues.
• SaaS experience is a plus; familiarity with AI-assisted development tools and interest in agentic development is highly desirable.

Required skills

• Strong knowledge of software engineering best practices and methodologies.
• Proficiency in OOP and hands-on experience with C#.
• Solid understanding of Microsoft Azure concepts and services.

What we offer

• A flexible work philosophy.
• Company-paid private health, life and disability insurance.
• Paid leave for illness, birth parents, non-birth parents, elder caregivers, marriage, adoption and bereavement.
• Inclusive and accessible Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
• Christmas and Easter bonuses.
• Learning opportunities through Paychex's learning platform, including English lessons.