Staff Software Engineer / Technical Lead
Hands-on technical leader providing architecture guidance, mentoring engineers, and contributing to infrastructure, backend, APIs, and ML systems at an early-stage AI drug discovery startup.
Manager, Dev Platform Engineering (R4979)
Lead a platform engineering team building the Nix-based package manager, build infrastructure, and developer tooling for the Hivemind SDK ecosystem. Requires 10+ years of engineering experience and 3+ years of people leadership.
160k – 240kSan Diego, CAEngineering ManagementOnsite10+ YOE
About the role
Responsibilities
- Lead and grow the Hivemind Development Platform team: coach and develop engineers, manage performance, and foster a culture of technical excellence, user empathy, ownership, and continuous improvement
- Set strategic direction for the Hivemind developer platform in partnership with Product, Architecture, Software Operations, and engineering leadership
- Own the developer platform roadmap, including SDK package management, Nix-based build infrastructure, developer environments, toolchains, target platforms, package distribution, and release workflows
- Own the customer-facing SDK developer experience (installation, license activation, package consumption, custom package building, target platform integration)
- Drive cross-functional collaboration with Pilot, EdgeOS, Forge, SoftOps, and customer-facing teams to identify friction points and convert them into platform requirements
- Oversee architecture decisions for the standardized Hivemind package manager, CLI, package repository services, toolchain definitions, and reproducible build environments
- Ensure the platform supports multi-language SDK development across C++, Python, Go, and TypeScript
- Define metrics and signals for SDK developer productivity, package reliability, build reproducibility, release quality, and customer adoption
- Represent the voice of SDK developers in engineering planning by championing ease-of-use, reproducibility, reliability, and clear ownership
Requirements
- 10+ years of experience in Software Engineering, Platform Engineering, Developer Infrastructure, or equivalent engineering roles
- 3+ years of people leadership experience
- Strong understanding of C++, Linux, CMake, build systems, and software packaging
- Experience with Nix, reproducible builds, hermetic development environments, or similar package/build systems
- Experience building or operating developer tools, SDK infrastructure, CI/CD systems, or internal platforms used by engineering teams
- Strong technical judgment and ability to guide architecture across complex multi-team systems
- B.S. or Master’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or related field
- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
- Organized and methodical
- Demonstrated record of working hard, being a trustworthy teammate, holding yourself and others to high standards, and being kind to others
Preferred Qualifications
- Deep experience with Nix, flakes, binary caches, remote builders, cross-compilation, or custom Linux target platforms
- Experience building production-ready developer tools, package managers, SDKs, CLIs, or artifact distribution systems from scratch
- Experience with Python, Go, TypeScript, npm, or multi-language package ecosystems
- Experience with AWS public cloud infrastructure
- Experience with license-gated, entitlement-based, or export-controlled software distribution
- Experience with software telemetry
- Experience with drones, robotics, autonomous vehicles, embedded systems, or safety-critical software
- Experience in DevOps, DevEx, Build & Release, or Platform Engineering roles with hands-on implementation experience
Skills
C++LinuxCmakeNixBuild SystemsPackage ManagementReproducible BuildsPythonGoTypeScriptCI/CDAWS
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