Manager, Software Engineering - Production Engineering
About Our Client:
The organization operates within the design software industry, addressing challenges in collaborative design processes. Its platform facilitates teams in brainstorming, prototyping, coding, and iterating designs, enabling streamlined workflows and real-time collaboration globally.
About the Opportunity:
The MANAGER, SOFTWARE ENGINEERING - PRODUCTION ENGINEERING leads a team focused on enhancing product reliability and delivery speed. This role is responsible for defining team strategy, prioritizing work, and developing engineering talent while collaborating with product and platform leaders to balance immediate operational needs with long-term improvements. The position is critical for maintaining system performance and supporting scalable growth.
Responsibilities:
- Coach and develop production engineers and technical leaders through feedback and strategic involvement
- Set priorities and guide delivery for embedded work with product and platform teams
- Improve observability, incident response, and production tooling to reduce toil and enhance service operability
- Partner with engineers on technical direction, design, and production reviews, supporting ownership and accountability
- Anticipate and address reliability and scaling challenges aligned with product goals
- Transform operational lessons into reusable tools and practices to strengthen ownership and sustainability
Requirements:
- Experience managing engineering teams and developing senior engineers' leadership and technical skills
- Background in building and operating complex software systems at scale with strong technical judgment
- Proven ability to lead complex, cross-functional engineering initiatives and resolve competing priorities
- Sound judgment in reliability, security, and sustainable operations with clear communication
Preferred:
- Experience with shared reliability platforms, observability systems, or cross-team tooling
- Familiarity with traffic management, service discovery, container orchestration, infrastructure as code, or capacity and performance engineering
- Experience improving incident response and reducing on-call burden
- Pay Range and Compensation Package:
- Annual base salary range: $258,000—$376,000 USD
Benefits & Perks:
- Health, dental, and vision coverage
- Retirement benefits with company contributions
- Parental leave and reproductive or family planning support
- Mental health and wellness benefits
- Paid time off including paid sick leave, holidays, and flexible PTOAdditional benefits such as company recharge days and reimbursements for cell phone and home internet
Equal Opportunity Statement: Our client is an equal opportunity employer. They celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, or national origin.
Note:
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