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Software Engineering Manager
A Software Engineering Manager leads a team of software engineers, balancing people management with technical oversight of projects, typically reporting to a director of engineering or CTO. Responsibilities include performance management and mentoring of engineers, running Agile/Scrum processes, guiding technical architecture decisions, and ensuring the software development lifecycle stays on schedule and within scope. The role is usually filled by a former senior engineer who has transitioned into leadership, combining technical credibility with strong team leadership skills.
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Software Engineering Manager
Juniper Networks
Durham, NC
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Manager, Software Engineering
AeroVironment
Full-time · San Diego, CA · $117,500 – $179,250
This role leads a software QA, automation, and DevOps team at a defense technology company, overseeing quality strategy, CI/CD infrastructure, and risk mitigation for mission-critical systems. It suits experienced engineering managers with strong backgrounds in test automation and quality processes who can coordinate across multiple technical teams.
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Vice President, Clearing
Visa Inc.
Full-time · US - Foster City, CA · $261,900 – $458,000
This role leads Visa's clearing and settlement platforms at the executive level, overseeing the systems that process hundreds of millions of daily transactions while driving modernization through AI and automation. It suits experienced engineering leaders who have managed large global teams through high-stakes transformations in regulated, mission-critical environments.
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Lead Software Engineer(Recorded Future)
Mastercard
Full-time · O Fallon, MO · $140,000 – $231,000
Mastercard is looking for an experienced developer to lead a team building and maintaining their Commercial Data Integration Platform, which uses Databricks to process data from Recorded Future and Mastercard sources. This role suits someone with a track record of technical leadership who can mentor engineers, ensure engineering excellence, and collaborate across organizational boundaries.
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Sr. Director, Software Engineering, Burger King
RBI
Miami, FL
Lead the engineering organization delivering digital platforms, kiosks, and AI tools across Burger King's 7,000+ US and Canadian restaurants. This role suits an experienced engineering leader with deep expertise in consumer-facing transaction systems, restaurant technology integration, and AI initiatives.
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Software Engineering Manager, SVP – AI Platform Development
Blackstone Group
$175,000 – $250,000
Lead the AI Platform development team at Blackstone, architecting and delivering shared AI/ML services, infrastructure, and tooling that enable the firm's technology initiatives. This role suits an experienced engineering leader with deep cloud and distributed systems expertise who can balance technical vision with team development and cross-functional collaboration.
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Software Engineering Manager
Comcast
Philadelphia, PA
Lead a software engineering team building Comcast's next-generation GIS-based network design platform, balancing hands-on technical work with people development and architectural guidance. This role suits experienced engineers ready to step into leadership while staying engaged with design decisions and code quality.
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Associate Manager, Software Engineering
CesiumAstro
Full-time · Austin, TX
CesiumAstro is hiring an Associate Manager in Software Engineering to lead development of communication systems for satellites and airborne platforms. The role suits someone who wants hands-on technical leadership in a cross-functional space technology environment.
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Software Engineering Team Lead
Honeycomb Insurance
Full-time · Chicago, IL · $170,000 – $190,000
Lead a full-stack engineering team at a fast-growing insurtech startup while staying hands-on with code. This role suits experienced developers ready to mentor others and shape technical direction across a scaling product.
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VP Mgr-Applied AI Engineering
Moody's Corporation
Full-time · Charlotte, NC · $168,700 – $244,600
This role leads the AI engineering function at Moody's, setting strategy for enterprise AI platforms and centers of excellence while managing technical teams building LLM-based applications. It suits experienced engineering leaders with deep AI expertise and a track record of translating AI initiatives into business value.
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Where Software Engineering Managers commonly go next: Director of Engineering.
Director of Engineering
Marriott Vacations Worldwide Corporation
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Director, Core Digital Platforms
Shake Shack
Full-time · Atlanta, GA
Lead the architecture and operations of Shake Shack's core digital platforms serving thousands of restaurants and millions of guests, owning systems from payments to AI to guest-facing kiosks. This role suits a seasoned platform engineering leader who can balance strategic vision with hands-on technical decisions while building and mentoring a strong team.
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Director, Autonomous Vehicles Platform
NVIDIA
Full-time · Santa Clara, CA · $320,000 – $488,750
Lead the development of vehicle and sensor abstraction layer software that enables autonomous driving systems to interface with real-world hardware at scale. This role suits experienced engineering directors who want to architect the foundational software bridging perception and control in self-driving vehicles.
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Director, Cash-In Engineering Partner
LSEG
Lead engineering strategy and delivery for billing and cash-in platforms across a global financial infrastructure group, modernizing legacy systems while managing complex vendor relationships and large engineering teams. Ideal for an experienced director comfortable with deep technical expertise in Oracle and SAP billing systems who can balance platform transformation with operational excellence.
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Director Product and Engineering
The Home Depot
Atlanta, GA
A director role overseeing product development and engineering for Home Depot's private brands, managing new product launches across categories and leading a team of five engineers. This suits someone with 7+ years in mechanical, electrical, chemical, or manufacturing engineering who has led cross-functional projects and can translate technical work into business strategy.
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Director, Infrastructure Engineering
Columbia Sportswear
Full-time · Portland, OR
Columbia Sportswear seeks a Director of Infrastructure Engineering to lead the strategy and modernization of their global cloud and on-premises infrastructure, partnering with architecture and security teams to support the company's worldwide retail and ecommerce operations. This role suits an experienced leader who combines deep technical knowledge with the ability to develop teams and balance long-term modernization against day-to-day operational needs.
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Director, Software Engineering & Architecture - FreeWheel
Comcast
Chicago, IL · $172,261 – $258,392
This is a director-level engineering leadership role responsible for building and managing the software engineering organization supporting FreeWheel's audience data ingestion and measurement platforms. It suits experienced engineering leaders who can balance strategic architecture decisions around cloud data infrastructure with the people management and budget ownership needed to scale a high-performing team.
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Director of Engineering – vSphere Kubernetes Service
Broadcom Inc.
USA-CA - Promontory B · $174,400 – $279,000
Broadcom is hiring a Director of Engineering to lead the vSphere Kubernetes Service platform and guide the company's strategy within the Kubernetes and CNCF communities. This role suits experienced engineering leaders with deep cloud-native expertise who want to shape both a major product and industry direction.
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Director of Forward Deployed Engineering
Vercel
Full-time · New York, NY · $240,000 – $300,000
Lead the building and scaling of a forward-deployed engineering organization that embeds directly with Vercel's strategic customers to architect and deliver production applications. This role suits someone with a track record of building customer-facing engineering teams from the ground up and the commercial savvy to define engagement models, pricing, and delivery excellence.
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Director, AI Center of Excellence
Instructure
US-REMOTE · $200,000 – $220,000
Lead Instructure's new AI Center of Excellence to transform scattered AI initiatives into a cohesive, company-wide capability. This role requires building shared infrastructure, governance frameworks, and cross-functional partnerships while reporting directly to the SVP of Data and managing a growing team of AI engineers and specialists.
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