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Senior Engineering Manager, AI Developer Experience

207k – 362kSan Francisco, CASeattle, WANew York, NYHybrid8+ YOE
Summary

Lead the AI Developer Experience team building productivity platforms, AI-powered workflows, and tooling to accelerate 1,000+ engineers. Requires 8+ years engineering experience and 4+ years management.

About the role

What you will do

  • Lead and grow the engineering team responsible for developer productivity and engineering velocity
  • Define Rippling's long-term strategy for AI-assisted software development
  • Build and scale AI-powered workflows for coding, testing, debugging, code review, and operational support
  • Drive adoption of agentic development workflows across the engineering organization
  • Own local development tooling, build systems, and CI/CD platforms
  • Lead initiatives to improve developer efficiency, onboarding, and engineering satisfaction
  • Partner with engineering leaders to identify productivity bottlenecks and deliver scalable solutions
  • Drive the evolution of large-scale codebase management, build performance, and developer workflows
  • Develop engineers and technical leaders while fostering a culture of innovation and experimentation

What you will need

  • 8+ years of software engineering experience
  • 4+ years of engineering management experience
  • Experience building developer platforms, internal tools, or engineering productivity systems
  • Strong understanding of modern software development workflows and CI/CD ecosystems
  • Experience with large-scale codebases, build systems, and developer tooling
  • Demonstrated interest or experience applying AI to software engineering workflows
  • Strong product mindset with a focus on developer experience and adoption
  • Ability to operate in ambiguous, rapidly evolving technical domains
  • Experience leading senior engineers, Staff Engineers, and Principal Engineers
Skills
AI-assisted developmentDeveloper platformsCI/CDBuild systemsLocal development toolingLarge-scale codebasesEngineering productivity systemsAgentic workflowsDeveloper experience
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