Senior Engineering Manager - Full Stack

About this role

An Introduction to Codal

Codal is an award-winning web design and development consultancy that helps enterprise organizations solve complex problems and accelerate growth through elegant, data-driven digital solutions. Our areas of expertise include application modernization, eCommerce, UX/UI design, product strategy, data analytics, and artificial intelligence.

At Codal, you will collaborate with some of the most innovative organizations in the world and work on cutting-edge technologies that push the boundaries of design and software development. We promote long-term success, not just for our clients but for our team, helping you develop a professional roadmap that takes your career to new heights.

Job Summary

Codal is searching for a hands-on Senior Engineering Manager to perform various architectural tasks and provide technical leadership. You’ll lead a squad of engineers through the complexities of modern backend development, and ensure that our frontend experiences are supported by high- performance APIs, secure data modeling, and optimized cloud infrastructure. Your "superpower" should be building robust, scalable server-side environments that power high-traffic enterprise applications.

To ensure success, you should have extensive experience with designing architectures and web applications, ensuring the team delivers robust, scalable and secure solutions.
This role involves hands-on coding along with a team of 4-5 engineers, maintaining high quality and standards across the full stack to deliver high-performance technologies.

Who You’ll Be Working With
You’ll work as a Senior Engineering Manager alongside client stakeholders, project managers, designers and engineering teams to guide projects from early discovery through delivery. You’ll be a key technical point of contact, helping clients and internal teams align on approach and execution while ensuring solutions are practical, scalable, and well-built.

Requirements

• 8+ years of hands-on experience in backend or full-stack with backend heavy development, leading technical delivery.

• Must have active hands-on experience alongside a leading team of engineers and be comfortable leading a team of 5 or more engineers

• Strong experience with Node.js, React, JavaScript/TypeScript, Python, and modern frontend & CMS frameworks.

• Expertise in software architecture, database systems (BigQuery/SQL/NoSQL), and cloud-native applications.

• Hands-on experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP)

• Experience with containerized tools such as Docker, Kubernetes, and CI/CD pipelines.

• Proven ability to design and explain system architecture for complex web and cloud-based applications.

• Experience working directly with clients or stakeholders to translate requirements into technical solutions.

• Solid understanding of databases including SQL, NoSQL and analytics platforms like BigQuery.

• A strong track record of guiding teams through complex technical challenges and successful project delivery.

• Comfortable mentoring engineers, reviewing code, and establishing and maintaining high standards of code quality, performance, and security across all project deliverables.

• Good track record in terms of finding slow code & vulnerabilities during code review

• Demonstrated ability in delivery, scalability, and solve complex technical challenges within enterprise level projects

• Clear communication skills and the ability to work effectively with both technical and non-technical partners.

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.

Need another reason to hit the “apply” button?

• Codal is a global agency with over 200 employees, and offices in the US, Canada, the UK, and India

• We regularly host happy hours, dinners, excursions, and other company events to unwind after a hard day at work

• Office snacks and drinks + a fancy Bevi water machine with flavored water

• We offer Medical, Life, Dental/Vision, and many more insurance types

• Employer 401k match - 4%

• A recreational group that regularly competes in city leagues for softball and volleyball

• An office in the heart of downtown Chicago with a gym, food court, Walgreens, rooftop bar, outdoor sports court, and other amenities

• Working hybrid for in-person collaboration and sprint-planning days

We continually review ranges to address skills, experience and markets. Base salaries are determined during our interview process, by assessing a number of factors…