Leads software engineering for tax technology solutions, overseeing architecture, coding, testing, deployment, project delivery, and AI-enabled innovation. Advises stakeholders, translates tax needs into scalable applications and microservices, evaluates technical tradeoffs, manages risks, and coaches engineering teams. Requires client collaboration, clear communication, systems thinking, and the ability to guide teams through complex and ambiguous situations.
The Opportunity
As a Tax Innovation - Software Engineering - Senior Manager you will lead software engineering efforts that support tax technology solutions, bringing together design, coding, testing, and delivery across client-facing work within our Tax practice. As a Senior Manager you will lead large projects, use sound judgment in complex settings, coach teams through ambiguity, and shape clear messages that connect technical work to business needs. In this role at PwC, you will guide software and product innovation efforts that help deliver digital solutions, support product development, and advance the work of the Tax Innovation team through collaboration, thoughtful problem solving, and steady delivery.
Responsibilities
- Advising tax innovation stakeholders on software engineering strategies that support digital transformation and product development
- Leading application design, coding, testing, and deployment activities for tax technology solutions
- Translating tax service delivery needs into scalable software architectures, microservices, and enterprise application patterns
- Managing software project planning, delivery milestones, and risk tracking across cross-functional workstreams
- Applying software development methodology and application lifecycle management practices to guide solution delivery
- Developing C#.NET based applications and integrating AI-enabled capabilities where business value can be advanced
- Reviewing solution architecture options and technical tradeoffs to support sustainable platforms and efficient maintenance
- Coaching engineers and analysts through complex technical issues, code reviews, and delivery decisions
- Validating client feedback and adapting solution direction to reflect business priorities and technical constraints
- Promoting clear communication of system design, delivery status, and implementation impacts across stakeholders
What You Must Have
- At least a Bachelor's degree
- At least 6 years of experience
What Sets You Apart
- Crafting clear, impactful messages that tell a holistic story
- Applying systems thinking to identify underlying problems and opportunities
- Validating client outcomes, sharing alternative perspectives, and acting on feedback
- Directing teams through complexity and ambiguous situations with composure
- Deepening software engineering and tax innovation skills continuously
- Initiating open coaching conversations and resolving team effectiveness issues
The salary range for this position is: $124,000 - $335,000. Actual compensation within the range will be dependent upon the individual's skills, experience, qualifications and location, and applicable employment laws. All hired individuals are eligible for an annual discretionary bonus. PwC offers a wide range of benefits, including medical, dental, vision, 401k, holiday pay, vacation, personal and family sick leave, and more. To view our benefits at a glance, please visit the following link: https://pwc.to/benefits-at-a-glance
As PwC is an equal opportunity employer, all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment at PwC without regard to race; color; religion; national origin; sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, and gender identity); age; disability; genetic information (including family medical history); veteran, marital, or citizenship status; or, any other status protected by law.
PwC does not intend to hire experienced or entry level job seekers who will need, now or in the future, PwC sponsorship through the H-1B lottery, except as set forth within the following policy: https://pwc.to/H-1B-Lottery-Policy.
Learn more about how we work: https://pwc.to/how-we-work
For only those qualified applicants that are impacted by the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, the Los Angeles' Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, San Diego County Fair Chance Ordinance, and the California Fair Chance Act, where applicable, arrest or conviction records will be considered for Employment in accordance with these laws. At PwC, we recognize that conviction records may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship to responsibilities such as accessing sensitive company or customer information, handling proprietary assets, or collaborating closely with team members. We evaluate these factors thoughtfully to establish a secure and trusted workplace for all.
As a Tax Innovation - Software Engineering - Senior Manager you will lead software engineering efforts that support tax technology solutions, bringing together design, coding, testing, and delivery across client-facing work within our Tax practice. As a Senior Manager you will lead large projects, use sound judgment in complex settings, coach teams through ambiguity, and shape clear messages that connect technical work to business needs. In this role at PwC, you will guide software and product innovation efforts that help deliver digital solutions, support product development, and advance the work of the Tax Innovation team through collaboration, thoughtful problem solving, and steady delivery.
Responsibilities
- Advising tax innovation stakeholders on software engineering strategies that support digital transformation and product development
- Leading application design, coding, testing, and deployment activities for tax technology solutions
- Translating tax service delivery needs into scalable software architectures, microservices, and enterprise application patterns
- Managing software project planning, delivery milestones, and risk tracking across cross-functional workstreams
- Applying software development methodology and application lifecycle management practices to guide solution delivery
- Developing C#.NET based applications and integrating AI-enabled capabilities where business value can be advanced
- Reviewing solution architecture options and technical tradeoffs to support sustainable platforms and efficient maintenance
- Coaching engineers and analysts through complex technical issues, code reviews, and delivery decisions
- Validating client feedback and adapting solution direction to reflect business priorities and technical constraints
- Promoting clear communication of system design, delivery status, and implementation impacts across stakeholders
What You Must Have
- At least a Bachelor's degree
- At least 6 years of experience
What Sets You Apart
- Crafting clear, impactful messages that tell a holistic story
- Applying systems thinking to identify underlying problems and opportunities
- Validating client outcomes, sharing alternative perspectives, and acting on feedback
- Directing teams through complexity and ambiguous situations with composure
- Deepening software engineering and tax innovation skills continuously
- Initiating open coaching conversations and resolving team effectiveness issues
The salary range for this position is: $124,000 - $335,000. Actual compensation within the range will be dependent upon the individual's skills, experience, qualifications and location, and applicable employment laws. All hired individuals are eligible for an annual discretionary bonus. PwC offers a wide range of benefits, including medical, dental, vision, 401k, holiday pay, vacation, personal and family sick leave, and more. To view our benefits at a glance, please visit the following link: https://pwc.to/benefits-at-a-glance
As PwC is an equal opportunity employer, all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment at PwC without regard to race; color; religion; national origin; sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, and gender identity); age; disability; genetic information (including family medical history); veteran, marital, or citizenship status; or, any other status protected by law.
PwC does not intend to hire experienced or entry level job seekers who will need, now or in the future, PwC sponsorship through the H-1B lottery, except as set forth within the following policy: https://pwc.to/H-1B-Lottery-Policy.
Learn more about how we work: https://pwc.to/how-we-work
For only those qualified applicants that are impacted by the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, the Los Angeles' Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, San Diego County Fair Chance Ordinance, and the California Fair Chance Act, where applicable, arrest or conviction records will be considered for Employment in accordance with these laws. At PwC, we recognize that conviction records may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship to responsibilities such as accessing sensitive company or customer information, handling proprietary assets, or collaborating closely with team members. We evaluate these factors thoughtfully to establish a secure and trusted workplace for all.
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