Software Engineering Manager

Cloud Software, Data Platform & AI-Agentic Product Engineering

The Software Engineering Manager leads a team of engineers building Picarro's cloud software, data platform, and AI-agentic product engineering capabilities. This is a hybrid technical and people-leadership role, expected to stay close to architecture and technical decisions—not just manage process—while building and growing a high-ownership engineering team.

Responsibilities

• Manage and grow a team of product/software engineers, and potentially mobile engineers, including hiring, mentorship, and career development.
• Set technical direction jointly with senior ICs for the team's systems, including architecture reviews, major design decisions, and technical tradeoffs.
• Champion and evolve the team's product-engineering-driven, AI-assisted development practices, including prototype-first development, fast iteration, and engineers owning production reliability.
• Own delivery by translating business and product priorities into a realistic roadmap, and be accountable for the team shipping and operating what it builds.
• Partner cross-functionally with product management, hardware/domain experts, and other engineering teams to align priorities.
• Maintain enough hands-on techni