Engineering Manager Strongsville, OH

What is great about working for Foundation? Plenty! We have a fun, casual, yet hard-working culture that invests in our employees, promotes creativity, and delivers on our reputation. Would you like to work for a company that offers manicures and pedicures in the office? We do! How about massages, house cleaning, laundry service, monthly car washes, catered lunches Wednesdays and a monthly happy hour - we offer all this and more!

At Foundation we believe in and promote a work-life balance with a top-notch workout facility, fitness classes and free personal training; and for those competitive types, a game room complete with table tennis, foosball, and video game systems. Also, some comforts of home, there is a full kitchen, free coffee and specialty flavors, soft drinks, and snacks.

We are seeking a highly motivated Engineering Manager to lead the design, delivery, and continuous improvement of modern, cloud-based software solutions. This role combines technical leadership, people management, solution design, and strong project execution. The ideal candidate will build high-performing teams and drive predictable, high-quality outcomes aligned with business and enterprise architecture goals.

• Lead solution design and architecture for scalable, secure applications across Azure and AWS.
• Drive API-first and event-driven architectures, including governance and lifecycle management.
• Oversee adoption of API Management platforms.
• Build, mentor, and motivate high-performing engineering teams consisting of both onshore and offshore team members.
• Ensure delivery predictability, quality, and alignment to business value.
• Partner with Product, Architecture, Security, and Dev Ops to deliver integrated solutions.
• Establish and enforce engineering best practices, including SOLID principles, clea clean code, modern architectural patterns, secure coding practices, and end-to-end observability.
• Lead technical delivery and execution of multiple concurrent product roadmap initiatives

• Backend: .NET, C#, RESTful APIs, distributed systems
• Frontend: Typescript, React, Vue.js
• Cloud: Azure and AWS
• Integration: API design, API Management, event-driven architecture
• Data: SQL Server, Postgre
  
  SQL and relational modeling
• SDLC: Agile and Waterfall project methodologies

• 7+ years software engineering experience with modern application development.
• 3+ years leading and managing engineering teams.
• Strong background in cloud platforms, API architecture, and full-stack development.
• Proven ability to deliver complex initiatives and build high-performing teams.
• Strong communication, leadership, and project management skills.

Other employee rewards include tickets to Cleveland sporting events, a variety of lunch and learns, and various employee-appreciation events throughout the year. Benefits include paid vacation, paid holidays, 401(k) with match, and tuition reimbursement, plus medical, eye and dental. Now offering discounts on pet, home, and auto insurance through Liberty Mutual!

Foundation is constantly recognized as one of Northeast Ohio's top workplaces. We are a 20-time winner of the North Coast 99 award, a multi-year winner of The Plain Dealer's Top Workplaces award, and have been recognized multiple years on the Inc. 5000 list of fastest-growing private companies in the U.S.

Let us start your future at Foundation!

Foundation Software is an Equal Opportunity Employer.