Manager, Software Engineering - Developer Experience

The role

You will lead a high-impact team focused on improving developer workflows and enhancing the engineering experience. You will oversee CI/CD pipelines, internal tools, and the implementation of AI-native technologies.

What you will do

• Oversee development and maintenance of CI/CD pipelines, build systems, and internal tools.
• Evaluate and implement new AI-native technologies.
• Build, mentor, and lead a team of engineers focused on developer productivity.
• Set clear goals and provide regular feedback to drive team performance.
• Assess report AI fluency levels and set individual growth targets.
• Work with engineering, product, and design teams to align priorities.
• Define and track key metrics to measure developer productivity and satisfaction.
• Drive adoption of AI coding tools across engineering teams.
• Ensure team follows AI usage guidelines regarding data handling, code review, and IP.
• Identify and eliminate pain points in the development lifecycle.

Required qualifications

• 7+ years in software engineering
• 3+ years in a leadership role managing engineering teams
• Strong understanding of developer tools, CI/CD pipelines, and modern software development practices
• Hands-on experience with AI coding tools (Cursor, Claude Code, Codex, or similar)
• Demonstrated ability to operate at the AI Augmented level or above
• Familiar with prompt engineering, context engineering, and token economics
• Experience orchestrating work across humans and AI agents
• Proven ability to build and lead high-performing teams
• Experience assessing and developing AI fluency across a team
• Track record of identifying inefficiencies and implementing scalable solutions
• Understanding of AI and non-AI related risks (security, correctness, licensing, data handling)
• Exceptional communication and stakeholder management skills

Benefits

• Impactful Work
• AI-Native Culture
• Builder Operating Model
• Growth Opportunities
• Flexible Environment

Before you apply

• Sponsorship for engineering and product roles is not guaranteed and is based on business needs
• AI may be used to review and screen employment applications

About the company

ClickUp is an AI-native company building a converged AI workspace unifying tasks, docs, chat, calendar, and enterprise search.