Senior Manager Software Engineering

Overview

Join an amazing team that is consistently recognized for our achievements and culture, including our most recent Forbes award of being one of America's Best Midsize Employers for 2026!

Position Summary:

The Senior Manager Software Engineering will build and manage highly motivated, high-performing software engineering teams to support various business and technology areas. Key responsibilities include hiring, mentoring, and motivating staff, driving budgeting, and planning, and collaborating with product managers to estimate effort, prioritize the roadmap, and deliver high-quality applications. The role involves designing robust, modular, and scalable systems, leading teams hands-on to implement new features, and ensuring systems are secure, compliant, and up to date. The manager will identify opportunities for system and process improvements, leverage CI/CD and process optimization, and stay current with industry trends. Additionally, they will assist in developing the technical vision, strategy, and innovation for Mercury’s application systems, fostering a culture of continuous improvement, innovation, and excellence.       

Geo-Salary Information

An in-person interview may be required during the hiring process

State specific pay scales for this role are as follows:

$128,136 to $252,194 (NJ, NY, WA, HI, AK, MD, CT, RI, MA)

$116,487 to $229,267 (NV, OR, AZ, CO, WY, TX, ND, MN, MO, IL, WI, FL, GA, MI, OH, VA, PA, DE, VT, NH, ME)

$104,839 to $206,340 (UT, ID, MT, NM, SD, NE, KS, OK, IA, AR, LA, MS, AL, TN, KY, IN, SC, NC, WV)

In CA: Typical hiring range is $171,148.50  to $237,706.25  

The expected base salary for this position will vary depending on a number of factors, including relevant experience, skills and location.

Responsibilities

Essential Job Functions: 

• Build and manage highly motivated, high-performing software engineering team(s) by hiring strong talent, mentoring, and motivating the staff to support a few related business/technology areas, fostering a culture of continuous improvement, innovation, and excellence.
• Drive budgeting and planning for their area of responsibility.
• Collaborate with product managers to estimate effort, prioritize the roadmap, plan, and deliver prioritized roadmap items for their areas of responsibility.
• Review and translate product requirements for their areas of responsibility into robust designs to ensure high-quality applications that are modular, configurable, maximize reuse, are fast, effective, user-friendly, secure, compliant, scalable, and maintainable.
• Lead the team(s) hands-on to deliver new or improved features, addressing any impediments in delivering a high-quality solution for their areas of responsibility.
• Collaborate with other teams and stakeholders as necessary to ensure an overall successful delivery of the intended functionality.
• Review product requirements, design, and code to ensure the best quality and adherence to best practices. Ensure that all application system(s) for their areas of responsibility are secure, compliant, performing per expectations, and up to date on the tech stack.
• Identify opportunities for system and process improvements.
• Drive the implementation of new features, large refactors/migrations, as well as process changes. Leverage CI/CD and process optimization to improve time to market.
• Stay up to date with the latest industry trends and technologies and drive the adoption of best practices within the team.
• Assist in developing the technical vision, strategy, and innovation for Mercury’s application systems.

Qualifications

Education: 

Minimum:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Systems or other related fields Or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Preferred: 

• Master’s Degree in Computer Science 

Experience:

Minimum:

• 10+ years of Software engineering experience with 5+ years leading and managing staff       

Preferred:

• Experience leading customer-facing digital experiences across multiple surfaces or channels, ideally bringing together web, portal, and transactional flows into a unified customer journey.

• Strong full-stack product engineering background with a track record of leveraging existing backend APIs, defining clean frontend-to-platform contracts, and building reusable frameworks or components that improve speed and quality.

• Insurance domain experience is a plus; at minimum, deep experience building high-quality quote, purchase, service, or other customer-facing applications in complex, data-driven environments.     

• Proven ability to drive engineering best practices, operational excellence, and strong organizational discipline across teams, including establishing scalable delivery processes, raising quality standards, and building a high-performing engineering organization.

Knowledge and Skills:

Minimum:  

• Proficient in building and managing a large, highly motivated, high-performing software engineering team(s) by hiring strong talent, mentoring, and motivating staff.
• Experienced in hiring and developing strong next-level managers and leaders.
• Proficient in project management tasks like estimating, planning, executing, tracking, and reporting progress.
• Proficient in leading multiple engineering teams to deliver high-quality product solutions per roadmap on different technology stacks like mobile, web, backend, data, etc.
• Experienced in designing and implementing high-quality distributed application systems that are modular, configurable, maximize reuse, are fast, effective, user-friendly, secure, compliant, scalable, and maintainable.
• Proficient in leveraging technologies like APIs, messaging, data streaming, workflow, integration frameworks, microservices, containers, and cloud computing to implement best-in-class solutions.
• Maximizing use of open-source libraries where possible.
• Experienced in leveraging DevSecOps to improve engineering efficiency. Experienced in leveraging analytics data and experimentation to design and implement or improve systems to be fast, scalable, and effective.
• Experienced in leading parts of transformative initiatives like digital transformation, omni-channel system implementation, legacy system migration, cloud transformation, system optimization & modernization, product & services development, AI/ML adoption.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and the ability to articulate complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
• Strong ability to collaborate and influence cross-functional teams and stakeholders to address impediments and deliver desired results.
• Experienced in championing operational excellence and best practices with a focus on quality, performance, scalability, maintainability, and observability.
• Experienced in helping to drive technical strategy, vision, and innovation.                                    

Preferred: 

• Experience in building software for P&C Insurance Business. 

About the Company

Why choose a career at Mercury?

At Mercury, we have been guided by our purpose to help people reduce risk and overcome unexpected events for more than 60 years. We are one team with a common goal to help others. Everyone needs insurance and we can’t imagine a world without it.

Our team will encourage you to grow, make time to have fun, and work together to make great things happen. We embrace the strengths and values of each team member. We believe in having diverse perspectives where everyone is included, to serve customers from all walks of life.

We care about our people, and we mean it. We reward our talented professionals with a competitive salary, bonus potential, and a variety of benefits to help our team members reach their health, retirement, and professional goals.

Learn more about us here: https://www.mercuryinsurance.com/about/careers

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Perks and Benefits

We offer many great benefits, including:

• Competitive compensation
• Flexibility to work from anywhere in the United States for most positions
• Paid time off (vacation time, sick time, 9 paid Company holidays, volunteer hours)
• Incentive bonus programs (potential for holiday bonus, referral bonus, and performance-based bonus)
• Medical, dental, vision, life, and pet insurance
• 401 (k) retirement savings plan with company match
• Engaging work environment
• Promotional opportunities
• Education assistance
• Professional and personal development opportunities
• Company recognition program
• Health and wellbeing resources, including free mental wellbeing therapy/coaching sessions, child and eldercare resources, and more

Mercury Insurance is an equal opportunity employer.  All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.

Mercury is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities who need assistance with the application and/or employment consideration process. If you require an accommodation, you may contact us by sending an e-mail to recruiting@mercuryinsurance.com. Please include your name, contact information, and a description of your requested accommodation in your message.

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