Contract Software Engineering Manager Jobs in Arkansas

Position Overview
At PNC, our people are our greatest differentiator and competitive advantage in the markets we serve. We are united in delivering the best experience for our customers while fostering an inclusive workplace culture where employees feel respected, valued, and empowered to contribute to the company's success.
As a Senior Software Engineering Manager within PNC's Corporate & Institutional Banking (C&IB) organization, you will be based in Pittsburgh, PA or Dallas, TX or Overland Park, Kansas or Littlerock, AK. This role provides senior level leadership for the strategy, technical direction, and delivery of business-critical digital banking platforms.
The Software Engineering Manager Sr. is accountable for technical leadership, architecture oversight, people management, and execution across multiple agile teams. This role partners closely with architecture, product, security, infrastructure, and risk stakeholders to deliver scalable, secure, and resilient solutions aligned with enterprise standards.
Key Responsibilities
Technical & Architecture Leadership
• Provide senior level technical leadership and architectural oversight for complex, enterprise scale platforms.
• Lead architecture design sessions and design reviews, ensuring alignment to non functional requirements including availability, scalability, performance, resiliency, and security.
• Guide teams on architectural tradeoffs and implementation approaches to ensure long term maintainability and operational stability.
• Lead technical direction for teams building highly scalable, event driven systems using modern data streaming, container, and cloud native technologies.
• Translate complex technical concepts, risks, and options into clear, business focused communication for senior leadership and executive audiences.
• Comfortably present to senior leadership and C level stakeholders, representing technical strategy, delivery status, risks, and investment needs.
Delivery & Execution
• Provide strategic oversight for the design, development, and continuous enhancement of the platform, ensuring alignment with business objectives and enterprise architecture standards.
• Manage and lead development efforts for a modern, cloud native technology ecosystem leveraging cutting edge platforms and technologies, including containerized microservices, event driven architectures (Kafka), and NoSQL data stores (MongoDB), deployed on OpenShift/Kubernetes.
• Oversee and coordinate delivery across multiple scrum teams simultaneously, managing dependencies, release planning, and execution risks.
• Drive adoption and maturity of Agile, DevSecOps, and reliability practices, balancing delivery speed with quality, security, and compliance requirements.
People Leadership
• Lead, mentor, and develop a global organization of engineers, technical leads, business systems analysts, and vendor partners.
• Own talent strategy including hiring, coaching, performance management, and development of future technical leaders.
• Foster a culture of transparent, honest, and respectful communication, ensuring clarity and trust both upward to leadership and downward to teams.
Operational Excellence & Stakeholder Partnership
• Serve as the senior escalation point for platform issues and major incidents, ensuring effective resolution, root cause analysis, and continuous improvement.
• Partner with information security, infrastructure, and compliance teams to ensure platforms meet regulatory, audit, and risk management expectations.
• Collaborate with business and product stakeholders to translate strategy into executable technology roadmaps.
Qualifications
Required
• 7+ years of progressive experience in software engineering or application management.
• 3+ years of experience in a senior technical leadership or people management role.
• Strong technical background in .NET based platforms, microservices architecture, enterprise integration, and cloud native deployments (OpenShift, Kubernetes, AWS or equivalent).
• Demonstrated experience leading distributed teams and managing delivery across multiple agile teams.
• Proven ability to lead architecture discussions and influence technical direction across teams and stakeholders.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to engage effectively at all levels of the organization, including executive leadership.
Preferred
• Experience supporting payments platforms or payment processing systems in a regulated financial services environment.
• Experience working in large scale enterprise or financial services organizations.
PNC is an in-office company that fosters a supportive culture where employees can thrive and achieve balance. We encourage candidates to connect with their recruiter and hiring manager to understand workplace expectations and ensure the role aligns with their goals.
PNC will not provide sponsorship for employment visas or participate in STEM OPT for this position.
Job Description

• Manage a group of software engineers/managers across multiple product lines.
• Oversee the talent management of engineering talent, including recruiting, mentoring, and enabling a culture of learning with a focus on engineering craftsmanship.
• Foster technological innovation, ensuring adoption of current trends, capabilities, and practices emerging in the market. Encourage sound technology choices are made and drive innovative technology architecture and solution design.
• Identify issues, share best practices, and drive continuous improvement.

PNC Employees take pride in our reputation and to continue building upon that we expect our employees to be:

• Customer Focused - Knowledgeable of the values and practices that align customer needs and satisfaction as primary considerations in all business decisions and able to leverage that information in creating customized customer solutions.
• Managing Risk - Assessing and effectively managing all of the risks associated with their business objectives and activities to ensure they adhere to and support PNC's Enterprise Risk Management Framework.

Qualifications
Successful candidates must demonstrate appropriate knowledge, skills, and abilities for a role. Listed below are skills, competencies, work experience, education, and required certifications/licensures needed to be successful in this position.
Preferred Skills
.NET Applications, .NET Core, Application Development, Business Management, C#.NET, Customer Solutions, Design, Group Problem Solving, Process Improvements, Release Management, Software Solutions, User Experience (UX) Design
Competencies
Agile Development, Application Development Tools, Coaching Others, Continuous Learning, Design Thinking, Emerging Technologies, Influencing, Innovation
Work Experience
Roles at this level typically require a university / college degree. Higher level education such as a Masters degree, PhD, or certifications is desirable. Industry experience is typically 8+ years. At least 5 years of prior management experience is typically required. In lieu of a degree, a comparable combination of education, job specific certification(s), and experience (including military service) may be considered.
Education
Bachelors
Certifications
No Required Certification(s)
Licenses
No Required License(s)
Benefits
PNC offers a comprehensive range of benefits to help meet your needs now and in the future. Depending on your eligibility, options for full-time employees include: medical/prescription drug coverage (with a Health Savings Account feature), dental and vision options; employee and spouse/child life insurance; short and long-term disability protection; 401(k) with PNC match, pension and stock purchase plans; dependent care reimbursement account; back-up child/elder care; adoption, surrogacy, and doula reimbursement; educational assistance, including select programs fully paid; a robust wellness program with financial incentives.
In addition, PNC generally provides the following paid time off, depending on your eligibility: maternity and/or parental leave; up to 11 paid holidays each year; 9 occasional absence days each year, unless otherwise required by law; between 15 to 25 vacation days each year, depending on career level; and years of service.
To learn more about these and other programs, including benefits for full time and part-time employees, visit pncthrive.com.
Disability Accommodations Statement
If an accommodation is required to participate in the application process, please contact us via email at AccommodationRequest@pnc.com. Please include "accommodation request" in the subject line title and be sure to include your name, the job ID, and your preferred method of contact in the body of the email. Emails not related to accommodation requests will not receive responses. Applicants may also call 877-968-7762 and say "Workday" for accommodation assistance. All information provided will be kept confidential and will be used only to the extent required to provide needed reasonable accommodations.
At PNC we foster an inclusive and accessible workplace. We provide reasonable accommodations to employment applicants and qualified individuals with a disability who need an accommodation to perform the essential functions of their positions.
Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO)
PNC provides equal employment opportunity to qualified persons regardless of race, color, sex, religion, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, veteran status, or other categories protected by law.
This position is subject to the requirements of Section 19 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (FDIA) and, for any registered role, the Secure and Fair Enforcement for Mortgage Licensing Act of 2008 (SAFE Act) and/or the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), which prohibit the hiring of individuals with certain criminal history.
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