Software Engineering Manager at PNC
Denver, CO
$110,110–$204,490from the description
Jul 6, 2026
Denver, CO
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A management role within a first-response engineering organization, focused on leading development teams and providing on-call, after-hours leadership during critical production incidents and high-severity outages. The work centers on overseeing application development and support, driving root cause analysis, and improving operational resilience across distributed and mainframe systems. Best suited to an experienced engineering manager with broad technical knowledge and a background in incident response.
Senior level · 5+ years · Pittsburgh, PA · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 65 people in the Pittsburgh, PA area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (computer and information systems managers). range 30–120
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
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What the occupation pays Median $162,588 (middle half $127,555–$199,728). This posting is about at that midpoint.
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (6)
This role is posted under the title 'Software Engineering Manager' and the job description explicitly frames it as a people-management position (managing development teams, coaching/mentoring, at least 3 years of prior management experience required), making 11-3021 the primary SOC. The alt SOC 15-1252 is noted because the posting also emphasizes deep hands-on technical breadth across distributed systems, observability tooling, and incident response.
All technical skills (Java, SQL, Tomcat, WebSphere, Oracle, DB2, Neo4J, MongoDB, Kafka, Redis, Linux, OpenShift, Dynatrace, etc.) are listed under a 'working knowledge or experience in at least three areas' framing — explicitly not hard gates on any individual technology. They are marked preferred accordingly.
The posting lists 5+ years of industry-relevant experience and at least 3 years of prior management experience as typical requirements; the overall years minimum is set to 5 (the overall experience floor).
A Bachelor's degree is listed under Education but the posting explicitly states 'In lieu of a degree, a comparable combination of education, job specific certification(s), and experience may be considered,' so the degree requirement is set to None.
The role can be based in Pittsburgh PA, Cleveland OH, Dallas TX, Birmingham AL, Phoenix AZ, or Denver CO. Pittsburgh is used as the primary CBSA since it is listed first; hiring managers should note the multi-city flexibility.
The posting is incentive-eligible (bonus), in addition to the stated base salary range.
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