Software Engineering Manager at PCMI, LLC
Park Ridge, IL
$170,000–$180,000
Jul 22, 2026
Park Ridge, IL
Jul 23, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A hands-on engineering management role leading a software development team building multi-tier web services for a SaaS platform. Day-to-day responsibilities span project planning and delivery, technical guidance, code reviews, process improvement, and people management — including hiring, mentoring, and performance evaluation. Suits an experienced engineer-turned-manager comfortable with C#, Angular, Azure cloud services, and CI/CD tooling who can also champion AI integration across the development lifecycle.
Senior level · 7+ years · Remote · Full-time
Pay in the description: $170,000–$180,000
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 7,000 people nationally plausibly meet what this posting asks for (computer and information systems managers). range 2,550–9,100
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
Rare in this occupation — lead with these, and say what you built with them.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $178,991 (middle half $141,096–$225,584). 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)
The role is a people-management position (direct reports, hiring, performance reviews, budget) mapped to 11-3021; however, the posting explicitly calls for a 'hands-on' manager who makes technical contributions and conducts code reviews, so 15-1252 is a meaningful runner-up.
The title 'Software Engineering Manager' carries no explicit seniority level word, so advertised seniority is Unspecified. The actual requirements (7+ years engineering, 3+ years leadership, 8+ years multi-tier web services) support a Senior band — a long experience bar is normal for a first-line engineering manager and does not elevate the role to Staff or Principal.
The JD lists a Bachelor's degree 'or equivalent work experience', so no hard degree gate exists.
Compensation is quoted as $170,000–$180,000 USD (or $150,000–$160,000 CAD for Canadian candidates). The USD range is captured; the CAD range cannot be represented in a single currency field.
The role is hybrid/remote: fully remote candidates are accepted in a specific list of US states, but Chicagoland-based candidates are expected in the Park Ridge, IL office 2 days per week. Remote is set to true to reflect that fully remote hiring is explicitly offered.
Claude Code is listed as an example AI-assisted development tool under the requirements section ('e.g., Claude Code'), indicating familiarity with AI-assisted tooling is required as a category, but the specific tool is illustrative rather than a hard gate — treated as preferred.
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