Manager Engineering Nonlinear Productivity Friction Elimination and Solutions

You will identify structural friction in software development and code-generation workflows, assess technical solutions, and test prototypes against target metrics. You will lead or work hands-on with a small team, drive validated fixes into internal adoption, document reusable learnings, and develop cases for productizing successful tools.

Responsibilities

• Survey software development lifecycle and code-generation workflows to identify structural friction
• Build a data-backed view of high-leverage technical interventions
• Evaluate build, buy, and adapt options, including agentic and AI tooling
• Develop prototypes and review architecture to validate durable solutions
• Hire and manage a small team or operate as a hands-on working manager
• Drive validated fixes from prototype to internal adoption
• Build technical and business cases for productizing durable internal fixes
• Document reusable learnings from successful fixes
• Report impact through key metrics and productization progress

Requirements

• Ability to use GitLab
• Track record of identifying and shipping technical fixes for developer productivity, continuous integration and continuous delivery, or platform friction
• Ability to operate with ambiguity and build a roadmap without an existing backlog
• People management experience
• Technical depth to evaluate and prototype solutions directly
• Product judgment to assess internal tools for paying customers
• Familiarity with agentic or AI-assisted development tooling

Benefits

• Health, financial, and well-being benefits
• Flexible Paid Time Off
• Team Member Resource Groups
• Equity compensation and Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• Parental Leave