Engineering Manager, Devops

Our mission is to provide these services for as many people as we can. To achieve that, we need to continue to grow and evolve. We need to boldly embrace innovation and technology, and your leadership will help us deliver on our mission together and achieve our transformation. At AAA Life, empathy and progress go hand in hand, creating a culture where bright ideas flourish and meaningful impact grows. If you are drawn to an environment that values purpose as much as potential, we invite you to join us. Because here, being there for people isn’t just a promise—it is our driving force.

We’re looking for an Engineering Manager to lead and grow a team of engineers focused on delivering high-quality technology through a strong, consistent development lifecycle. In this role, you’ll be responsible for engineering performance and resource planning while also ensuring best practices are followed across the SDLC—from planning and development to deployment and support. You’ll create a high-performing environment where engineers are empowered, supported, and accountable.

• →Manage a team of engineers, ensuring clarity around responsibilities, goals, and deliverables
• →Oversee engineering execution across the SDLC—ensuring consistency, quality, and velocity in delivery
• →Drive team resourcing, including workforce planning, hiring, and skill development
• →Partner with Product, QA, and DevOps to improve end-to-end delivery processes
• →Identify and address gaps in team performance, technical capability, and delivery throughput
• →Lead performance management processes: setting expectations, providing feedback, and enabling growth
• →Own capacity and demand planning—ensuring engineering efforts are aligned with business priorities
• →Support Agile planning and sprint ceremonies, and remove blockers to keep teams moving
• →Foster a culture of ownership, collaboration, and continuous improvement
• →Promote SDLC discipline by reinforcing use of tools, code standards, documentation, and testing
• →Serve as the primary escalation point for engineering-related delivery challenges

• 6+ years of experience in software/technology engineering, including 2+ years managing or leading engineering teams
• Proven experience driving performance and delivery across full SDLC environments
• Strong understanding of Agile methodologies, engineering velocity, and quality metrics
• Experience with capacity planning, workforce development, and strategic hiring
• Comfortable managing team structure and adapting to shifting priorities
• Effective communicator with the ability to coach, guide, and support engineers
• Track record of fostering team engagement, accountability, and growth
• Familiarity with modern engineering tools (e.g., Git, Jira, CI/CD, monitoring tools)

• Experience in regulated or compliance-heavy industries like insurance or fintech
• Exposure to cloud-native environments, microservices, and DevOps practices
• Experience leading hybrid or remote teams across multiple time zones

• Work Solution: Hybrid (non-regular cadence) or Remote (USA)

• Hybrid or remote work environment that promotes work-life balance
• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage starting from your first day
• Employer 401k match and employer contribution to a pension plan
• Generous PTO and paid parental leave to support your family needs
• Various associate resource groups and community involvement initiatives

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand, walk, sit, use hands to finger, handle, or feel and talk or hear. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

This job requires the ability to perform duties contained in the job description for this position, including, but not limited to, the above requirements. Reasonable accommodations will be made for otherwise qualified applicants as needed to enable them to fulfill these requirements.