Software Development Manager

What You'll Do

As a Software Development Manager at Curve, you'll lead one or more software development teams, working alongside Product Managers, Architects, and other Development Managers to deliver high-quality software that advances Curve's platform.

People Management:

• Continuously monitor and support the performance and growth of your direct reports
• Own performance management, mentoring, feedback, and career planning for individual developers
• Provide input into the performance process for non-development team members (e.g. QA, Product Owners, UX)
• Lead recruitment and onboarding for software developers on your teams
• Handle disciplinary actions in coordination with senior management as needed
• Manage team schedules, availability, and general administration

Technical:

• Participate in and coordinate the research, prototyping, and selection of new tools and technologies; assist in their implementation and rollout across the organization
• Recognized within the development organization as technically skilled in one or more key technologies or practices, and able to contribute meaningfully beyond your core area of expertise
• Perform code reviews to ensure adherence to design and coding standards, and champion the value of code review culture across teams
• Participate in architectural design alongside software architects, infrastructure architects, and development leads
• Coordinate with other engineering managers and architects to identify improvement opportunities across the product suite and prioritize technical debt
• Evangelize software testing and quality assurance, making appropriate use of both automated and manual testing - and help set realistic coverage targets that lean toward quality wherever practical.
• Contribute to setting realistic code coverage targets that balance quality and delivery speed - with a lean toward quality wherever practical
• Balance technical debt reduction against the business need to deliver new functionality
• Stay current with industry developments, emerging AI technologies, and modern software development practices
• When needed, pair-program with a developer or take on development work to keep a project moving

Management

• Coordinate day-to-day development activities
• Manage dependencies within and between project teams
• Serve as the primary point of contact for removing blocking issues
• Work alongside Product Manager on technical backlog definition, estimation, and maintenance
• Define and coordinate the work necessary to deliver on a project for all relevant stakeholders 
• Ensure requirements are well understood and sufficient to maintain team velocity
• Lead estimation and forecasting, helping teams plan realistic delivery timelines
• Assist with deployment, validation, release, and rollback activities
• Work closely with the infrastructure and operations team to coordinate product rollouts, provide input on  monitoring, and support production issues
• Be accountable for the transparency, execution, and successful delivery of your team's projects
• Drive continuous improvement across your team's processes, tools, and communication
• Engage with customers and vendors on new software features or products when needed
• Some off-hours work is required for production releases; Curve practices continuous delivery, so off-hours deployment work is infrequent

What We’re Looking For

Required Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience leading or managing software developers building large-scale web applications
• 8+ years of professional software development experience building enterprise or SaaS software
• Proven ability to deliver high-quality software in an agile SaaS environment
• Strong understanding of AWS architecture best practices
• Proficiency in relational databases and data storage technologies
• Strong experience with object-oriented development in one or more languages (C#, Java, PHP, or similar);
• Experience with REST APIs and JavaScript frameworks in rich web applications
• Proven ability in system design and architecture, with a focus on scalability, reliability, and performance
• Experience writing user stories and breaking down high-level requirements into smaller, well-defined development tasks
• Demonstrated ability to organize, manage, and lead multiple teams focused on different objectives
• Ability to manage dependencies, remove obstacles, and keep teams productive
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to articulate complex technical concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Experience collaborating across product management, architecture, UX, QA, and customer support teams

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience recruiting and onboarding software developers
• Experience in healthcare or other highly regulated SaaS environments
• Experience using and encouraging modern AI-assisted development tools (Claude Code, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, or similar)
• Familiarity with AI/ML concepts and experience working alongside AI-focused development teams

What Success Looks Like

During your first year, you will:

• Become the leader your teams and partners trust and rely on.
• Consistently deliver high-quality software that advances Curve's AI-enabled platform
• Build strong working relationships across product management, architecture, customer success, and peer engineering teams
• Establish a high-performance team culture grounded in accountability, quality, and continuous improvement
• Identify and drive initiatives that reduce technical debt and improve development velocity
• Lead your teams through the adoption of modern AI-assisted development tools and practices