Manager, Engineering, Nonlinear Productivity (Friction Elimination & Solutions)
Remote
RemoteFull TimeSenior LevelSoftware PlatformLarge
Full TimeSenior LevelLargeSoftware Platform
Job Summary
Survey internal software development lifecycles and code-generation workflows to identify structural friction, then evaluate build, buy, and adapt options for technical interventions. Stand up prototypes and review architecture to test whether fixes move target metrics before broader engineering investment. Hire and manage a small, high-caliber team or operate as a hands-on working manager, driving validated fixes from prototype to internal adoption while building the case for productizing durable solutions. Document reusable learnings and report impact through key metrics and progress on turning internal fixes into products.
Required Qualifications
- Ability to use GitLab
- A track record of identifying and shipping technical fixes for developer productivity, continuous integration and continuous delivery, or platform friction, including problems you found before they were assigned
- Comfort operating with high ambiguity and no existing backlog, building the roadmap rather than executing one handed down
- People management experience, including in a small-team or working-manager capacity
- Technical depth to evaluate and prototype solutions directly, not only direct others toward them
- Product judgment to assess whether an internal tool could hold up for paying customers
- Familiarity with agentic or AI-assisted development tooling
Desired Qualifications
- Experience moving an internal tool toward an external, customer-facing product is advantageous
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