Senior Engineering Manager, Platform
This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, which manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Senior Engineering Manager, Platform based in the United States .
The Senior Engineering Manager, Platform will lead the development of the foundational technology that powers a growing enterprise software ecosystem. In this role, you will manage a team of approximately 10 engineers while defining the platform strategy, technical roadmap, and engineering standards that enable product innovation at scale. You will oversee core services, APIs, shared components, and developer tooling to help engineering teams deliver new capabilities faster and more reliably. Working closely with product, design, AI, and infrastructure leaders, you will balance customer needs with long-term scalability, security, and operational excellence. You will influence architecture decisions across multiple deployment environments and drive initiatives that improve developer productivity and system performance. This is an opportunity to shape the technical foundations of an AI-enabled SaaS platform within a collaborative, fast-paced, and ownership-driven environment.
Accountabilities
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Build, lead, and develop a high-performing platform engineering team of approximately 10 engineers, including senior and staff-level individual contributors, through recruitment, onboarding, coaching, performance management, and career development.
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Define the platform vision, technical strategy, and roadmap, prioritizing investments in core services, shared components, APIs, and internal developer tooling according to customer needs and engineering priorities.
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Own the architectural strategy for delivering product capabilities across multi-tenant SaaS, enterprise single-tenant, and government-cloud environments, collaborating with technical leads and senior engineers on key design decisions.
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Partner with product, design, AI engineering, and infrastructure stakeholders to translate business and customer requirements into effective platform investments and make informed build-versus-buy decisions.
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Lead cross-functional engineering initiatives that improve development velocity, system reliability, architectural consistency, and the overall quality of the application.
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Establish and promote engineering standards for service design, data modeling, API development, and platform integration, ensuring consistent adoption across engineering teams.
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Oversee the internal developer platform, including deployment infrastructure, developer productivity tools, and AI-assisted or agentic engineering capabilities.
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Maintain operational excellence across the team by defining reliability targets, overseeing incident response and on-call practices, improving delivery predictability, and ensuring systems remain scalable and dependable.
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Establish meaningful team performance metrics, monitor progress against strategic objectives, and communicate technical decisions, priorities, risks, and trade-offs clearly to executive leadership.
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Foster a culture of accountability, continuous improvement, collaboration, and technical excellence while enabling engineers to take ownership of outcomes and grow professionally.
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At least 10 years of software engineering experience, including three or more years of engineering management experience, ideally with responsibility for multiple teams or other engineering managers.
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Extensive experience building and scaling product-facing platforms, foundational application services, or shared engineering infrastructure, with the technical depth to review architecture, challenge design decisions, and collaborate effectively with staff-level engineers.
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Demonstrated success recruiting, developing, and retaining high-performing engineering teams, with strong capabilities in coaching, performance management, and career progression.
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Strong product judgment and a track record of delivering platform capabilities that improve customer outcomes, accelerate product development, or create measurable business value.
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Experience defining technical strategy and roadmaps across multiple teams, aligning engineering priorities with product requirements, and influencing stakeholders at all organizational levels.
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Strong knowledge of modern cloud platforms, preferably AWS, along with Kubernetes, distributed systems, and scalable software architecture.
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Excellent judgment in determining which capabilities should be developed as shared platform services, owned by individual product teams, or sourced through third-party solutions.
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Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to explain complex technical concepts, build consensus, and communicate strategic trade-offs clearly.
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A collaborative, results-oriented leadership style, with the ability to balance long-term architectural investments against immediate delivery needs in a dynamic environment.
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Experience leading engineering teams that build AI-native platforms, including agent frameworks, model orchestration systems, or applications powered by large language models.
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Familiarity with platforms that support both multi-tenant SaaS products and dedicated single-tenant enterprise deployments.
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Experience as an early or founding platform engineering leader at a vertical SaaS, enterprise software, or AI-focused company.
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Competitive compensation: Annual base salary ranging from $250,000 to $270,000 for the specified compensation tier, with the final offer depending on location, experience, skills, qualifications, and other relevant factors.
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Equity opportunities: Equity compensation designed to support long-term ownership and alignment with business performance.
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Comprehensive healthcare: Health and wellness benefits to support employees' physical and overall well-being.
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Flexible work arrangements: Remote opportunities throughout the United States, with a hybrid working model for employees based in the San Francisco Bay Area.
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Flexible time off: Paid time off and flexible work schedules that support work-life balance.
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Retirement savings: Access to a 401(k) retirement plan.
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Technology support: Technology reimbursements to help employees work effectively.
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Wellness benefits: Wellness-related benefits available from the first day of employment.
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Team connection and collaboration: Twice-yearly in-person company offsites across the United States, creating opportunities to build relationships and collaborate with colleagues.
Requirements:
Preferred qualifications: