Manager, Software Engineering
About the role
We’re looking for an attitude and a great sense of humor to join our growing team. This is a hands-on engineering management role leading development for ClearGov’s product suite—driving technical direction, mentoring engineers, and actively contributing to architecture and delivery. The ideal candidate demonstrates strong ownership, technical depth, and creative problem-solving, consistently delivering high-quality results. Responsibilities span the full software development lifecycle, including architecture and design, implementation, testing, performance optimization, and ongoing support, while collaborating cross-functionally to deliver reliable and maintainable software.
What You'll Do
Lead the delivery of the Platform Services group and oversee engineering execution of platform capabilities. Own the development and delivery of platform features supporting planning, budgeting, reporting, and financial data management. Drive architectural consistency for shared financial data models across the platform. Lead platform migration initiatives using safe deployment strategies, including parallel schemas, feature flags, and phased cutovers. Manage, mentor, coach, and develop software engineers to foster technical growth and high performance. Lead engineering planning, prioritization, and execution to ensure predictable and timely delivery. Support continuous improvement of team processes, incident response procedures, and release readiness. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver scalable, reliable, and maintainable platform solutions.
What You'll Bring
A bachelor's or master's degree in computer science, business administration, commerce or engineering is usually required. Minimum 8 years of professional software engineering experience, including demonstrated success leading engineering teams in a SaaS environment. Strong experience with SQL and relational databases, particularly in financial, reporting, or ERP systems. Experience designing and developing APIs and integration solutions. Knowledge of data import/export processes and integration patterns. Experience with background processing and event-driven architectures. Strong understanding of observability, monitoring, and production support practices. Experience building and supporting multi-tenant SaaS platforms. Knowledge of configurable data models and metadata-driven architectures. Experience using AI-assisted software development tools. Experience working in Agile software development environments and delivery practices.
ClearGov is an equal opportunity employer committed to building a diverse, inclusive, and respectful workplace. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind and make employment decisions without regard to race, color, ancestry, ethnicity, nationality or national origin, citizenship, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion or creed, age, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions, marital or family status, veteran or military status, Indigenous status, record of offenses (where legally protected), or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, provincial, or local laws in the United States and Canada. ClearGov is also committed to providing reasonable accommodations for applicants and employees with disabilities, in accordance with applicable U.S. and Canadian laws. If you require an accommodation during any part of the hiring process, please let us know. At ClearGov, we value diverse perspectives and believe they strengthen our ability to achieve our mission of helping local governments work better.
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About ClearGov
ClearGov® is the leading provider of Budget Cycle Management software, focused on helping local governments and their department heads streamline the annual budgeting process by automating workflow, increasing collaboration, and centralizing data. ClearGov solutions are powerful enough to support local governments of every size, yet affordable enough for even the smallest towns and villages. Hundreds of communities across the country rely on our cloud-native Budget Cycle Management solutions to modernize their budget process.
Hundreds of towns and cities from all across the country are part of the ClearGov community, and we’re adding more all the time. Both our company and our culture have been well-received within our industry and the community we serve. We’ve been named to the “GovTech 100” for four years running, and most recently, we were recognized as one of Boston’s most innovative young companies by being named to BostInno’s 2019 “50 On Fire.” We’ve been named a “best place to work” by USA Today as well.
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Manager, Software Engineering
About the role
We’re looking for an attitude and a great sense of humor to join our growing team. This is a hands-on engineering management role leading development for ClearGov’s product suite—driving technical direction, mentoring engineers, and actively contributing to architecture and delivery. The ideal candidate demonstrates strong ownership, technical depth, and creative problem-solving, consistently delivering high-quality results. Responsibilities span the full software development lifecycle, including architecture and design, implementation, testing, performance optimization, and ongoing support, while collaborating cross-functionally to deliver reliable and maintainable software.
What You'll Do
Lead the delivery of the Platform Services group and oversee engineering execution of platform capabilities. Own the development and delivery of platform features supporting planning, budgeting, reporting, and financial data management. Drive architectural consistency for shared financial data models across the platform. Lead platform migration initiatives using safe deployment strategies, including parallel schemas, feature flags, and phased cutovers. Manage, mentor, coach, and develop software engineers to foster technical growth and high performance. Lead engineering planning, prioritization, and execution to ensure predictable and timely delivery. Support continuous improvement of team processes, incident response procedures, and release readiness. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver scalable, reliable, and maintainable platform solutions.
What You'll Bring
A bachelor's or master's degree in computer science, business administration, commerce or engineering is usually required. Minimum 8 years of professional software engineering experience, including demonstrated success leading engineering teams in a SaaS environment. Strong experience with SQL and relational databases, particularly in financial, reporting, or ERP systems. Experience designing and developing APIs and integration solutions. Knowledge of data import/export processes and integration patterns. Experience with background processing and event-driven architectures. Strong understanding of observability, monitoring, and production support practices. Experience building and supporting multi-tenant SaaS platforms. Knowledge of configurable data models and metadata-driven architectures. Experience using AI-assisted software development tools. Experience working in Agile software development environments and delivery practices.
ClearGov is an equal opportunity employer committed to building a diverse, inclusive, and respectful workplace. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind and make employment decisions without regard to race, color, ancestry, ethnicity, nationality or national origin, citizenship, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion or creed, age, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions, marital or family status, veteran or military status, Indigenous status, record of offenses (where legally protected), or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, provincial, or local laws in the United States and Canada. ClearGov is also committed to providing reasonable accommodations for applicants and employees with disabilities, in accordance with applicable U.S. and Canadian laws. If you require an accommodation during any part of the hiring process, please let us know. At ClearGov, we value diverse perspectives and believe they strengthen our ability to achieve our mission of helping local governments work better.
Not the right fit? Search for Manager, Software Engineering jobs in Calgary, Alberta, Canada
About ClearGov
ClearGov® is the leading provider of Budget Cycle Management software, focused on helping local governments and their department heads streamline the annual budgeting process by automating workflow, increasing collaboration, and centralizing data. ClearGov solutions are powerful enough to support local governments of every size, yet affordable enough for even the smallest towns and villages. Hundreds of communities across the country rely on our cloud-native Budget Cycle Management solutions to modernize their budget process.
Hundreds of towns and cities from all across the country are part of the ClearGov community, and we’re adding more all the time. Both our company and our culture have been well-received within our industry and the community we serve. We’ve been named to the “GovTech 100” for four years running, and most recently, we were recognized as one of Boston’s most innovative young companies by being named to BostInno’s 2019 “50 On Fire.” We’ve been named a “best place to work” by USA Today as well.