Software Engineering Manager: $150-180,000, 6+ Years Required, MN Based, 2 Days in Office

Position Summary:

We’re looking for a Software Engineering Manager to lead a team of engineers building modern, cloud-native software that powers GovDocs Employment Law and Compliance products and our 1,000+ enterprise customers. You’ll provide hands-on technical leadership, guide and mentor engineers, and drive delivery of high-quality software that scales with our growing platform. You’ll work closely with Product, Engineering Leadership, and company stakeholders to maintain alignment and keep the team moving with clarity, focus, and momentum as we continue to grow.

Flexible Work Model:

We believe that the best way for us to grow is through a work environment that provides flexibility. Currently, our employees work together in our Eagan, MN office two days a week, where interactions happen with higher frequency and effectiveness to tackle complex problems. This supports collaboration, team engagement, and business innovation. At the same time, we value the benefits of working from home three days a week, where employees have more focused, uninterrupted time with minimal distractions for dedicated project and productive work.

What You’ll Do:

· Lead and develop a team of 5 software engineers building modern, cloud-native applications using TypeScript, React, and AWS serverless technologies

· Oversee project planning, sprint execution, and release coordination to ensure teams stay aligned, deliver commitments on time, and communicate progress effectively

· Partner with Product, Engineering Leadership, and company stakeholders to deliver roadmap initiatives with quality, predictability, and transparency

· Coach and mentor engineers through career growth, feedback, and goal setting while fostering accountability, collaboration, and autonomy

· Review code, guide design decisions, and champion best practices that strengthen quality, security, reliability, and maintainability

· Drive improvements to automation, testing, and CI/CD while evolving shared infrastructure and patterns that make delivery faster, safer, and more scalable

What You Bring:

• 10+ years of relevant experience building and delivering software products, including 3+ years in a management position leading and developing engineers
• Strong project management skills with a demonstrated ability to plan, prioritize, and deliver roadmap initiatives predictably and transparently
• Proficiency with modern development practices, including Trunk-Based Development, Scrum, and continuous integration/delivery (CI/CD)
• Deep experience with the MERN stack (MongoDB, Express, React, Node.js) using TypeScript and AWS serverless services (Lambda, S3, SQS, etc.)
• Fluency with GitHub and GitHub Actions, promoting automation, visibility, and collaboration through a DevOps mindset
• Strong engineering discipline in testing, secure coding, and design practices such as domain-driven design
• A pragmatic mindset combined with a genuine passion for engineering and problem-solving

Who You Are:

• You lead by example and share your passion to inspire those around you for growth. You are authentic, driven and positive.
• You possess emotional intelligence and empathy. You have a good sense of humor, are self-aware and self-critical, but not arrogant. You handle interpersonal dynamics with grace.
• You do more than the minimum to achieve outstanding results by being hands-on and rolling up your sleeves now and again when it’s necessary.
• You thrive in a growth-oriented company by embracing and adapting to changes easily. You are open-minded and flexible.
• Your clear communication fosters understanding and collaboration. You express ideas effectively but are also an active listener.

Company Description:

GovDocs serves companies in building and executing their employment law compliance programs in two primary ways:

• We manage all the complexities of identifying and providing the required set of employment law postings from the 1,700+ potential postings across the U.S. and Canada. Using proprietary technology, we allow companies to manage, track and verify postings at each of their locations – including our patent pending PosterCheck technology. Our Employment Law Posting Update service is used by almost 22% of the Fortune 500 and 30% of the Fortune 100.
• This is a first to market Software-as-a-Service starting with our Minimum Wage product and Paid Leave products, which allow companies to identify and track which laws apply to their locations and employees, then provides all relevant data to make decisions. This service was created in response to requests from some of our largest customers who recognized that employment law expansion across and variances between jurisdictions (Federal, State and Local) were too difficult to manually track.

GovDocs has grown revenue annually by 18% since 2008 with a 96% customer retention rate, primarily due to our Postings Update Program both obtaining and retaining customers – as employment law postings are required by law, every company has an existing provider. Our Software Solutions are an entirely new line of business that gives us great growth potential to create a full Employment Law Compliance (ELC) platform of solutions, it is also challenging us to reinvent how we view urgency, innovation and teamwork.

You must be authorized to work in the United States. Immigration or work visa sponsorship will not be provided. In compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and to complete the required employment eligibility verification form upon hire.

Send resume, salary requirements and cover letter to careers@govdocs.com.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $150,000.00 - $180,000.00 per year

Application Question(s):

• Will you now or in the future require sponsorship for an employment visa?
• Are you willing and able to commute to the Eagan, MN office twice per week?
• What are your salary expectations for this role?

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Saint Paul, MN 55121