The Software Development Manager leads engineering teams in Agile environments, focusing on AI-enabled development, quality improvement, and cross-team coordination while driving process efficiencies.
Novara provides safety and operational risk management software that empowers organizations to identify and resolve issues before they become incidents. Through the Flex and Risk Management Center platforms, Novara helps organizations address operational risk proactively by unifying data, increasing workforce engagement, and proactively managing risk. Novara’s combination of training, software, and tools puts people and safety first while protecting critical operations.
Position Description:
The Flex platform helps clients develop a comprehensive compliance program, leveraging technology to instill a culture of safety and maintain a productive workplace. The platform combines features that are tailored to the needs of our client’s business, including audits and inspections, incident management, flexible training, and reporting and insights.
Our stack includes Node.js, Vue.js, and AWS, and we operate in a Scrum-based, cross-functional environment with meaningful collaboration across product, design, operations, and external partners.
A key mandate of this role is to lead the team toward AI-enabled software development, embedding AI tools across the full software development lifecycle (SDLC) to improve speed, quality and leverage. This leader must be technically credible, capable of performing their own development work, and able to review architecture and code with authority.
Knowledge, Experience, Requirements:
Experience managing engineering teams
Experience operating in Agile/Scrum environments
Experience coordinating cross-functional workstreams
Strong experience with Node.js backend systems
Experience with Vue.js or modern frontend frameworks
Working knowledge of AWS infrastructure and cloud-native architectures
Proficient in reviewing system design, architecture, and production code
Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices
Demonstrated experience using AI coding tools in real development workflows
Experience managing vendors and consulting engagements
Hands-on use of AI coding assistants in development and code review
Ability to evaluate AI-generated output for correctness and risk
Experience integrating AI tools into testing, documentation, and refactoring workflows
Clear understanding of AI failure modes and governance considerations
Success Criteria:
- Deliver predictable sprint outcomes with improved velocity and reduced rework
- Raise code quality standards across the tech stack
- Successfully embed AI tooling into daily engineering workflows with measured improvements to key metrics
- Improve cross-team coordination and reduce delivery bottlenecks
- Establish clear architectural standards and review processes
- Strengthen vendor accountability and delivery quality
- Develop engineers through structured feedback and coaching
- Drive team engagement and retention
- Increase automation and measurable efficiency across the SDLC
- Track and manage dependencies and priorities across multiple concurrent projects
Compensation:
Annual Base Salary Range of 150k-180k
Annual Bonus Opportunity of 15%
As a growing company, Novara values its employees by supporting them with a full benefits package including Medical, Dental, Vision, Flexible Spending Accounts, PTO, Paid and Floating Holidays, 401k with Company match and immediate vesting, Company-funded Life Insurance, Employee Assistance Programs, and No-cost Mental Health Benefits.
About Novara
Novara provides safety and operational risk management software that empowers organizations to identify and resolve issues before they become incidents. Through the Flex and Risk Management Center platforms, Novara helps organizations address operational risk proactively by unifying data, increasing workforce engagement, and proactively managing risk. Novara’s combination of training, software, and tools puts people and safety first while protecting critical operations.
Novara, a Providence Equity portfolio company, provides safety and operational risk management software that empowers organizations to identify and resolve issues before they become incidents. Through the Flex and Risk Management Center platforms, Novara helps organizations address operational risk proactively by unifying data, increasing workforce engagement, and proactively managing risk. Novara’s combination of training, software, and tools puts people and safety first while protecting critical operations.
Novara launched January 1 2026, as an independent company, a spin-off of the Flex and RMC software businesses formerly part of KPA.
Don’t meet every job requirement? At Novara, we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace. Studies have shown that women and people of color are less likely to apply unless they meet every requirement. If you’re excited about the role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification, we still encourage you to apply! You might just be the right candidate for this or other roles.
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Top Skills
AWS
Node.js
Vue
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