Senior Engineering Manager, Builder Tools

📋 Description

• Set the strategic direction for AI-assisted development from start to finish: Establish the engineering-wide methodology for safe and effective AI-supported workflows (including tooling standards, implementation strategy, and user adoption).

• Create seamless paved paths: Identify and eliminate friction points in developer workflows; provide a limited number of highly reliable, well-supported paved routes rather than numerous custom detours.

• Internal AI platform strategy (build vs. buy): Take ownership of the strategy and execution for internal agent runtimes and developer-oriented AI systems (including authoring, review, and automation workflows), which encompasses vendor assessment and integrations.

• Governance, cost, and metrics: Lead governance and cost management for AI tools (including usage tracking, guardrails, and optimization) utilizing clear metrics and frameworks (e.g., DORA/SPACE) to translate enhancements into business results.

⛳️ Requirements

• A strong inclination towards action, a sense of curiosity, and a focus on impactful outcomes.

• Proven experience in leading teams that concentrate on developer productivity, DevEx, internal platforms, or engineering tools.

• A history of successfully driving the adoption of new workflows and platforms within an engineering organization.

• Capability to work across various boundaries and influence without direct authority; comfort in acting as an internal forward-deployed partner.

• Excellent coaching and feedback abilities, fostering an environment in which engineers can develop and deliver high-quality systems.

• Experience in evaluating and implementing AI coding tools, developer assistants, and/or LLM-based workflows and agents.

• Insight into when to adopt versus build, and how to standardize processes without hindering innovation.

• Strong background in software engineering (backend, platform, or developer tools).

• Familiarity with contemporary developer workflows and the systems that facilitate them.

• Ability to engage thoroughly in technical discussions regarding system design, safety measures, operational readiness, and trade-offs.

• Skill in converting ambiguous requirements into clear directives and systems.

• Deep empathy for builders and their workflows (including non-traditional developers).

• Experience in prioritizing and communicating based on measurable impacts, beyond just qualitative insights.

• Experience in developing measurement systems for tooling outcomes (such as adoption, reliability, cycle time, cost-to-serve, and AI expenditures).

🏝️ Benefits

• Unlimited PTO, 12 Holidays + 2 Floating Holidays

• 100% Premiums Coverage for Medical, Dental, and Vision

• AD&D, LT & ST Disability, and Life Insurance (Standard & Supplemental Available)

• Empower 401K Plan

• Additional perks for Learning & Development, Lifestyle Spending, In-Home Office Setup, Professional Memberships, WFH Meals, Internet Stipend, and more!