Senior Manager, Developer Platforms

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Colorado, +1 more state.

📋 Description

• Oversee three teams dedicated to quality platforms and developer enablement.

• Establish the strategy and roadmap for platforms utilized by Splunk’s internal engineering community.

• Lead the delivery of capabilities that enhance software quality and boost release confidence.

• Support teams in their transition through architectural and platform changes.

• Balance long-term strategic vision with immediate delivery goals.

• Achieve quantifiable improvements in reliability, adoption, and developer productivity.

• Collaborate with senior engineering leaders on technical aspirations and tangible outcomes.

• Guide efforts through a manager-of-managers framework.

⛳️ Requirements

• A minimum of 5 years of professional software engineering experience in building, testing, and releasing software at scale.

• At least 3 years of experience in leading engineering teams, with responsibilities including delivery, staffing, performance, or technical guidance.

• Proven track record in defining strategy, creating roadmaps, and delivering internal platform capabilities for engineering stakeholders.

• Familiarity with automated testing, quality frameworks, release pipelines, developer tools, or similar software delivery systems.

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, or a related technical discipline, or equivalent practical experience.

• Experience managing managers or overseeing multiple engineering teams.

• Expertise in guiding teams through architectural, organizational, or platform transformations.

• Skilled in setting metrics and leveraging data and developer feedback to prioritize, measure impact, and encourage adoption.

• Strong ability to communicate effectively, influence decisions, and align senior technical leaders, architects, product managers, and cross-functional stakeholders.

• Capable of coaching and developing engineering managers while fostering inclusive, high-performing teams.

🏝️ Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance.

• 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution.

• Paid parental leave.

• Short- and long-term disability coverage.

• Basic life insurance.

• Cisco restricted stock unit grants may be available, contingent on continued employment and vesting periods.

• 10 paid holidays per full calendar year.

• 1 floating holiday for non-exempt employees.

• 1 paid day off for the employee’s birthday.

• Paid year-end holiday shutdown.

• 4 paid days off for personal wellness.

• Non-exempt employees receive 16 days of paid vacation time per full calendar year.

• Exempt employees can participate in Cisco’s flexible vacation time off program with no defined limit, subject to availability and business constraints.

• 80 hours of sick time off provided upon hire and each January 1st thereafter.

• Up to 80 hours of unused sick time can be carried forward from one calendar year to the next.

• Additional paid time off may be requested for critical or emergency issues involving family members.

• Optional 10 paid days per full calendar year for volunteering.

• Annual bonuses may be available for non-sales roles, in line with Cisco’s policies.

• Performance-based incentive pay for employees on sales plans.