Senior Manager, Software Tools Development

Foster City, CA. Posted 3 months ago

The role

You will lead and grow multiple engineering teams that build AI-powered tools and agents, plus the test infrastructure, data pipelines, and process automation that engineering and business teams use. You will set the roadmap, enforce quality and release processes, and present and drive adoption of your team's tools across the company.

What you will do

Lead and grow multiple engineering teams across AI-powered tools/agents and test infrastructure, data pipelines, and process automation, including managing managers and senior engineers
Set a unified, prioritized roadmap balancing new AI agent/tool capabilities with test, pipeline and automation needs
Design and enforce architecture, quality gates and release processes so tools, pipelines and AI agents are validated, secure and reliable before production
Partner cross-functionally with engineering, operations and business leadership to align priorities, scope integrations and drive tool adoption
Demo and present team tools to internal stakeholders, attract new internal customers and grow the product portfolio
Build and improve planning, release management, quality assurance and reporting processes for predictable shipping at scale

Required qualifications

6-8+ years of experience in software engineering or applied AI
Experience managing managers and/or multiple engineering teams, with accountability for delivery and quality
Solid, practical knowledge of LLMs and applied AI, including delivering AI-driven solutions to real business problems
Experience designing and shipping production AI agent or automation systems, including architecture, tool/integration contracts and validation processes
Experience with test infrastructure, data pipeline design and process automation, including where AI/LLM techniques can improve them
Proven track record leading cross-functional programs and presenting to senior stakeholders

Nice to have

Experience operating AI-driven automation or triage tools in production with measurable quality/accuracy metrics
Background in complex, safety-critical or high-uptime operational environments
Experience managing distributed or contractor engineering teams

About the company

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