Engineering Manager

Engineering Manager | Location: Pawtucket, RI | Contract-to-hire | Hourly Pay Range $70-$85

You’ll step into an Engineering Manager role with a strong hands-on component, guiding a technical team while contributing directly to build and delivery. This position supports a modernization effort transitioning from a monolithic application toward a distributed, microservice-based architecture, with work spanning front-end, back-end, cloud, and CI/CD practices.

Key Responsibilities

Lead and coordinate multiple engineering projects across cross-functional teams to deliver on schedule and with high quality.

Split time between technical execution (coding, code reviews, system design) and people/technical leadership.

Drive modernization from monolithic systems toward distributed microservice-based architectures.

Design and implement back-end services using C#, Docker, Kubernetes, and SQL Server.

Lead development of front-end applications using React, WPF, and WinForms.

Partner with product leadership to translate business needs into prioritized technical work.

Provide architecture leadership through system design, technical discussions, and engineering decision-making.

Enable effective engineering practices including CI/CD, automated testing, and continuous improvement.

Collaborate with third-party vendors on implementation and integration with existing systems.

Mentor and coach senior and junior engineers; identify training needs and support talent development.

Hire contractors and help build/scale delivery teams.

Identify technical risks early and implement practical mitigation plans.

Communicate technical concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Support the team’s adoption of AI-assisted development practices, including thoughtful use in problem-solving and delivery.

Required Qualifications

8+ years of relevant software engineering experience.

3+ years of experience managing an engineering team.

Hands-on experience with back-end development using C# .

Experience with Docker and Kubernetes .

Experience with relational databases, preferably SQL Server .

Experience leading architecture design, code reviews, and technical discussions.

Proficiency in API design and development .

Strong grounding in software engineering best practices (e.g., version control, testing, CI/CD).

Experience mentoring/coaching engineers.

Strong communication skills with technical and non-technical audiences.

Preferred Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field.

Cloud engineering experience; Azure services preferred.

Experience building distributed microservices at scale.

Experience with modernization/transformational projects (monolith to decoupled services).

UI experience (NextJS preferred).

About Delphi-US - Peacemakers in the Talent War

Delphi-US is a national IT Services firm based in Newport, Rhode Island. Delphi attracts our nation's best and brightest Technical & Professional Talent and positions our nation's finest employers to further their competitive advantages. Delphi's core technical focus includes Data Intelligence Engineering & Analytics, AI/ML Operational Excellence, DevOps & Cloud Computing, Health IT & Life Sciences, and Energy Management/Power Systems; serving domains from sensitive national energy sectors to critical financial services, biomed, life sciences & pharma, major government & municipal institutions, and much of the USA's Fortune 500 corporations. Delphi Associates are deployed on critical IT Projects where their consultative business acumen, comprehensive technical expertise, and committed service mission drives our client's success. Our proprietary skill-based and cultural matching process results in higher qualified project teams, custom curated for our client's specific technical & functional goals. We are supremely experienced, friendly, professional, and ready to advocate on your behalf. Delphi has an indelible understanding of employer expectations, a track record of project success and we deliver lasting results.

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