Software Engineering Team Manager

Lead the Future of Financial Technology

At BOK Financial, we’re modernizing how software powers our business. As a Software Engineering Manager, you’ll guide a high-performing team building cloud-native, resilient, and AI-enabled solutions that impact thousands of users. This is your chance to drive innovation in modern architecture, DevSecOps, and AI-first development.

Job Description

We are seeking a dynamic technology leader to build and inspire inclusive, high-performing teams that foster curiosity and psychological safety. In this role, you will own end-to-end software delivery, driving operational excellence through DORA metrics while shaping technical direction across web, microservices, cloud platforms, and event-driven architectures. You will champion responsible AI adoption by integrating tools like GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, and Amazon Q to accelerate development, testing, and deployment. Collaboration is key—you’ll partner with Product, Security, Architecture, Project Management, and Operations to deliver customer-centric solutions. Additionally, you will define and evolve the technology roadmap, lead innovative initiatives, and promote continuous learning and operational excellence to influence outcomes within and beyond your team.

Team Culture

Our mission is to empower our company, teammates and customers through the delivery of resilient and customer-centric technology. We achieve this by leveraging our expertise in technology and deep understanding of our business units.

Mindset

Ownership, customer obsession, growth mindset, think big — start small, bias for action, and relentless pursuit of engineering excellence.

Why Join Us

• Impact: Drive modernization and agentic-first development in a stable, growing financial institution.
• Growth: Leadership development, career advancement, and cutting-edge tech adoption.
• Culture: Inclusive, collaborative, and innovation-driven.

How You'll Spend Your Time

• You will lead & inspire: Build inclusive, high-performing teams with a culture of curiosity and psychological safety.
• You will own delivery: Drive end-to-end software delivery, ensuring operational excellence and leveraging DORA metrics.
• You will shape technology: Set technical direction for web, microservices, cloud platforms, and event-driven architectures.
• You will adopt AI responsibly: Integrate tools like GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, and Amazon Q to accelerate coding, testing, and deployment.
• You will collaborate: Partner with Product, Security, Architects, Project Management, and Operations to deliver customer-centric solutions. 
• You will foster innovation: Promote continuous learning and operational excellence, influencing within the team and beyond.
• You will drive initiatives: Lead the design and implementation of software projects, collaborating across teams to achieve results.
• You will shape our roadmap: Define and evolve the technology roadmap to meet customer and business needs.

Education & Experience Requirements

This level of knowledge is normally acquired through completion of a Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Information Management, or a related field and 7-10 years of directly related professional experience or equivalent combination of education and experience.

We are seeking an experienced development leader to build reliable, scalable systems and work closely with product management and business partners to define strategy, clarify requirements, and lead teams from concept through delivery and operation. Strong written communication and a high bar for code quality and design are essential.

• Experience: 5+ years in software engineering, 2+ years leading teams delivering complex, distributed systems end-to-end.
• Tech Skills:  Modern web frameworks (Angular, React), mobile frameworks (Swift, Kotlin), microservices (Java SpringBoot, .NET), cloud (AWS/Azure/GCP), CI/CD, event driven architecture (EDA), observability practices (New Relic, Datadog, Splunk, etc.).
• Bonus: Familiarity with AI-assisted development and DevSecOps practices.

Bonus Type

Working Conditions & Physical Requirements