Senior Engineering Manager, Developer Productivity

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to a team of engineers, fostering a culture of innovation, quality, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
• Improve engineering visibility and decision-making by delivering systems, analytics, and reporting for Engineering leadership to understand the health, performance, and efficiency of the software development lifecycle.
• Evaluate, integrate, and build AI-enabled interfaces and tools that drive engineer productivity improvements, with a focus on measurable impact and responsible rollout.
• Drive the roadmap by partnering with Staff and Senior Staff ICs, TPMs, and stakeholders to define and evolve a 12-month roadmap that balances near-term delivery with long-term platform investment.

Requirements

• 4+ years of experience managing software engineers, including hiring, performance management, growth planning, and compensation (required for external candidates, preferred for internal).
• 8+ years of hands-on software engineering experience building and operating production systems.
• Demonstrated ability to lead through ambiguity, work across team boundaries, and deliver outcomes without close supervision.
• Strong customer orientation and sound judgment in finding practical, high-leverage solutions.
• Experience working with systems involving analytics, data pipelines, and metrics platforms.
• Experience with AI tools development and enablement efforts.
• Strong technical judgment, including the ability to evaluate tradeoffs, identify risks, and ask the right questions.
• Ability to connect observability, engineering metrics, and AI capabilities to meaningful improvements in the developer ecosystem.
• Excellent communication skills with engineers, peer managers, and senior leadership.
• Track record of building inclusive, high-performing teams.

Nice-to-Haves

• Experience in developer tooling, platform engineering, observability, or data engineering.