Leads tax technology software engineering workstreams from planning through deployment. Manages client-facing engagements, translates tax requirements into scalable technical solutions, reviews architecture and code, oversees CI/CD, and coaches engineers. The role also manages scope, budgets, timelines, performance, troubleshooting, and delivery quality while identifying automation and process improvement opportunities through AI fluency and analytical thinking.
The Opportunity
As a Tax Innovation - Software Engineering Manager you will lead software engineering work that supports tax technology solutions, using your technical background to guide design, coding, testing, and delivery across client support workstreams within our Tax practice. As a Manager you will coach team members, manage performance, and bring a practical approach to planning, prioritization, and issue resolution while supporting client expectations and firm objectives. In this role at PwC, you will help shape software products and applications that support digital transformation, collaborate across technical and tax-focused teams, and contribute to work that connects innovation with business needs.
Responsibilities
- Leading tax innovation software engineering workstreams from planning through delivery
- Managing client-facing engagement activities and translating tax requirements into technical solutions
- Guiding teams through application design, coding, testing, and deployment of software products
- Reviewing system architecture, functional requirements, and code changes to validate alignment with solution goals
- Overseeing continuous integration and continuous delivery activities across development pipelines
- Applying C#.NET, React Native, and application lifecycle management skills to build and maintain applications
- Using analytical thinking and AI fluency to identify process improvements and automation opportunities
- Coaching team members on code review practices, troubleshooting issues, and technical development
- Collaborating across tax innovation and software engineering teams to deliver scalable digital solutions
- Maintaining alignment with professional standards, code of conduct, and independence requirements
What You Must Have
- At least a Bachelor's degree
- At least 4 years of experience
What Sets You Apart
- Leading software engineering teams delivering tax innovation solutions
- Managing project scope, budgeting, timelines, and deliverables
- Mentoring junior engineers and coaching performance development
- Applying CI/CD, application lifecycle management, and code review
- Translating functional requirements into scalable architecture decisions
- Using AI fluency and analytical thinking in delivery
The salary range for this position is: $99,000 - $266,000. 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 Manager you will lead software engineering work that supports tax technology solutions, using your technical background to guide design, coding, testing, and delivery across client support workstreams within our Tax practice. As a Manager you will coach team members, manage performance, and bring a practical approach to planning, prioritization, and issue resolution while supporting client expectations and firm objectives. In this role at PwC, you will help shape software products and applications that support digital transformation, collaborate across technical and tax-focused teams, and contribute to work that connects innovation with business needs.
Responsibilities
- Leading tax innovation software engineering workstreams from planning through delivery
- Managing client-facing engagement activities and translating tax requirements into technical solutions
- Guiding teams through application design, coding, testing, and deployment of software products
- Reviewing system architecture, functional requirements, and code changes to validate alignment with solution goals
- Overseeing continuous integration and continuous delivery activities across development pipelines
- Applying C#.NET, React Native, and application lifecycle management skills to build and maintain applications
- Using analytical thinking and AI fluency to identify process improvements and automation opportunities
- Coaching team members on code review practices, troubleshooting issues, and technical development
- Collaborating across tax innovation and software engineering teams to deliver scalable digital solutions
- Maintaining alignment with professional standards, code of conduct, and independence requirements
What You Must Have
- At least a Bachelor's degree
- At least 4 years of experience
What Sets You Apart
- Leading software engineering teams delivering tax innovation solutions
- Managing project scope, budgeting, timelines, and deliverables
- Mentoring junior engineers and coaching performance development
- Applying CI/CD, application lifecycle management, and code review
- Translating functional requirements into scalable architecture decisions
- Using AI fluency and analytical thinking in delivery
The salary range for this position is: $99,000 - $266,000. 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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