Senior Software Engineering Manager, Core Cloud Compute - AI

What we're looking for

• Track record of leveling up engineers and building collaboration within the team.
• Evidence of strong end-to-end ownership of their own and their team's decisions and product charter, including the operational posture of a 24/7 production system.
• Ability to credibly engage in architecture discussions on scalable distributed systems — comfortable going head-to-head with senior and staff engineers on design trade-offs.
• Excited by AI-assisted development and pushes the boundaries of what's possible — using AI agents, code generation, and automation as multipliers for engineering velocity and quality.
• Clear written and interactive communication.
• Deep collaboration with Product and ownership in product delivery.
• Effectively balances the needs of their team (and themselves) with that of the business, including reliability investment vs. product delivery.

What we'll need from you

• 3+ years experience managing high-performing Software Engineering teams of 3–10 people, including senior and staff ICs.
• Technically proficient as an IC, at least to Senior Engineer level, with demonstrated depth in scalable distributed systems.
• Hands-on experience using AI tools in the SDLC as well as driving AI adoption on a team previously in a sustainable manner.
• Production experience with at least one major cloud (AWS or Azure) at scale and familiarity with managed Kubernetes (EKS, AKS).
• Led the delivery of, at least one multi-quarter architectural change with quantifiable impact in the past.
• Experience managing a SaaS system powering a complex backend product, with meaningful on-call ownership, incident command, and SLO discipline.

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