# Software Engineering Manager

Occupation

Canonical page: https://career.thegoodapps.co/occupations/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.

Top skills: [Performance Management](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/performance-management), [Team Leadership](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/team-leadership)

## Career ladder

- Often comes from: [Full Stack Web Developer](https://career.thegoodapps.co/occupations/full-stack-web-developer), [Senior Full Stack Developer](https://career.thegoodapps.co/occupations/senior-full-stack-developer), [Senior Software Engineer](https://career.thegoodapps.co/occupations/senior-software-engineer), [Senior UI Engineer](https://career.thegoodapps.co/occupations/senior-ui-engineer), [Senior UX Engineer](https://career.thegoodapps.co/occupations/senior-ux-engineer)
- Often leads to: [Director of Engineering](https://career.thegoodapps.co/occupations/director-of-engineering)

## Similar roles

[Engineering Manager](https://career.thegoodapps.co/occupations/engineering-manager), [It Manager](https://career.thegoodapps.co/occupations/it-manager), [Product Manager](https://career.thegoodapps.co/occupations/product-manager), [QA Manager](https://career.thegoodapps.co/occupations/qa-manager), [Software Development Manager](https://career.thegoodapps.co/occupations/software-development-manager), [Technical Program Manager](https://career.thegoodapps.co/occupations/technical-program-manager)

## Open Software Engineering Manager roles (12)

- [Software Engineering Manager](https://hpe.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Jobsathpe/job/Durham-North-Carolina-United-States-of-America/Software-Engineering-Manager_1212912-2) at [Juniper Networks](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/juniper-networks) — Durham, NC (listed on Juniper Networks's own careers site)
- [Manager, Software Engineering](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/2a577d12-712f-4673-b425-c67918399c0c/manager-software-engineering-at-aerovironment) at [AeroVironment](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/aerovironment) — Full-time, San Diego, CA, $117,500 – $179,250
- [Vice President, Clearing](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/d8d32950-d3c7-48fd-87ae-543df0e726e3/vice-president-clearing-at-visa-inc) at [Visa Inc.](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/visa-inc) — Full-time, US - Foster City, CA, $261,900 – $458,000
- [Lead Software Engineer(Recorded Future)](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/26fbb5f5-a120-4d21-ba6d-80439f9f9263/lead-software-engineer-recorded-future-at-mastercard) at [Mastercard](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/mastercard) — Full-time, O Fallon, MO, $140,000 – $231,000
- [Sr. Director, Software Engineering, Burger King](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/ae1a366d-0bc5-41f1-a59c-2223afb53f4f/sr-director-software-engineering-burger-king-at-rbi) at [RBI](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/rbi) — Miami, FL
- [Software Engineering Manager, SVP – AI Platform Development](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/744d95e6-7918-4979-89e1-b5e09e049ddf/software-engineering-manager-svp-ai-platform-development-at-blackstone-group) at [Blackstone Group](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/blackstone-group) — $175,000 – $250,000
- [Software Engineering Manager](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/f60c0456-7392-4af7-a4e0-69cc95b3baa4/software-engineering-manager-at-comcast) at [Comcast](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/comcast) — Philadelphia, PA
- [Associate Manager, Software Engineering](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/9ea18f6e-c84f-4bd8-8244-2bfc48897dec/associate-manager-software-engineering-at-cesiumastro) at [CesiumAstro](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/cesiumastro) — Full-time, Austin, TX
- [Software Engineering Team Lead](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/980e3763-701a-42fd-bc19-60c4aac5e3d0/software-engineering-team-lead-at-honeycomb-insurance) at [Honeycomb Insurance](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/honeycomb-insurance) — Full-time, Chicago, IL, $170,000 – $190,000
- [VP Mgr-Applied AI Engineering](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/f9c154c9-32a3-4ebf-94fa-8b6d14df071c/vp-mgr-applied-ai-engineering-at-moody-s-corporation) at [Moody's Corporation](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/moody-s-corporation) — Full-time, Charlotte, NC, $168,700 – $244,600

All 12 open roles: https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs?q=Software%20Engineering%20Manager

## Likely next role (14)

Where Software Engineering Managers commonly go next: [Director of Engineering](https://career.thegoodapps.co/occupations/director-of-engineering).

- [Director of Engineering](https://mymvw.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/MVW/job/Sheraton-Steamboat-Resort-Villas/Director-of-Engineering_JR92009) at [Marriott Vacations Worldwide Corporation](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/marriott-vacations-worldwide-corporation) — Sheraton Steamboat Resort Villas (listed on Marriott Vacations Worldwide Corporation's own careers site)
- [Director, Core Digital Platforms](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/493ab8df-15ea-4e16-ac50-12d5b5fba4ff/director-core-digital-platforms-at-shake-shack) at [Shake Shack](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/shake-shack) — Full-time, Atlanta, GA
- [Director, Autonomous Vehicles Platform](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/d505544a-cb96-4e23-98b1-d19b79f2f6fa/director-autonomous-vehicles-platform-at-nvidia) at [NVIDIA](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/nvidia) — Full-time, Santa Clara, CA, $320,000 – $488,750
- [Director, Cash-In Engineering Partner](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/a5064548-77f2-4321-bf8b-88bf15b96ccf/director-cash-in-engineering-partner-at-lseg) at [LSEG](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/lseg)
- [Director Product and Engineering](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/d944c0d9-3c4e-416c-a345-e98da03cdde7/director-product-and-engineering-at-the-home-depot) at [The Home Depot](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/the-home-depot) — Atlanta, GA
- [Director, Infrastructure Engineering](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/21421b0c-0d87-4013-bfe1-3ee4a4219de2/director-infrastructure-engineering-at-columbia-sportswear) at [Columbia Sportswear](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/columbia-sportswear) — Full-time, Portland, OR
- [Director, Software Engineering & Architecture - FreeWheel](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/bdf4c849-b8c1-4f35-a2df-c7e47d4cc6ba/director-software-engineering-architecture-freewheel-at-comcast) at [Comcast](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/comcast) — Chicago, IL, $172,261 – $258,392
- [Director of Engineering – vSphere Kubernetes Service](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/a88f4948-ff0c-4458-95b2-d162e181dd37/director-of-engineering-vsphere-kubernetes-service-at-broadcom-inc) at [Broadcom Inc.](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/broadcom-inc) — USA-CA - Promontory B, $174,400 – $279,000
- [Director of Forward Deployed Engineering](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/8066011d-bbfe-449a-8885-7c2d461eea3c/director-of-forward-deployed-engineering-at-vercel) at [Vercel](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/vercel) — Full-time, New York, NY, $240,000 – $300,000
- [Director, AI Center of Excellence](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/24cbfdc3-cc69-4232-9285-af46d74bfe22/director-ai-center-of-excellence-at-instructure) at [Instructure](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/instructure) — US-REMOTE, $200,000 – $220,000

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- [Product Manager](https://medtronic.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/MedtronicCareers/job/Lausanne-Vaud-Switzerland/Product-Manager_R75096-2) at [Medtronic](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/medtronic) (listed on Medtronic's own careers site)
- [Product Manager](https://mastercard.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/CorporateCareers/job/Milan-Italy/Product-Manager_R-287369) at [Mastercard](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/mastercard) (listed on Mastercard's own careers site)
- [Engineering Manager, GPU Infrastructure](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/cohere/28239d75-5dd9-41fb-ba43-cb08b491be2b/application) at [Cohere](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/cohere) — Full-time, United States, Canada, CA$330,000 – CA$400,000 (listed on Cohere's own careers site)
- [Founder, Instructure Foundry](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/instructure/0305750b-c53b-4829-b14d-d7b98ab1aacd/application) at [Instructure](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/instructure) — Full-time, US-REMOTE (listed on Instructure's own careers site)
- [Product Manager](https://visa.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Visa/job/US---Austin-TX/Product-Manager_REF087936W) at [Visa Inc.](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/visa-inc) — Austin, TX (listed on Visa Inc.'s own careers site)
- [Product Manager](https://usbank.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/US_Bank_Careers/job/Boston-MA/Product-Manager_2026-0026423) at [U.S. Bank](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/u-s-bank) (listed on U.S. Bank's own careers site)
- [Product Manager](https://shipt.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Shipt_External/job/San-Francisco-CA/Product-Manager_R4297) at [Shipt](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/shipt) (listed on Shipt's own careers site)
- [Engineering Manager, Billing Platform](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/sentry/9b7ba790-75d1-404c-bf9f-c3776179f7f2/application) at [Sentry](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/sentry) — San Francisco, CA · Remote, $220,000 – $450,000 (listed on Sentry's own careers site)
- [Technical Program Manager](https://www.agilityrobotics.com/about/job-post?gh_jid=6155073004) at [Agility Robotics](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/agility-robotics) — Salem, OR (listed on Agility Robotics's own careers site)
- [Product Manager](https://sbdinc.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Stanley_Black_Decker_Career_Site/job/Towson-MD-United-States/Product-Manager_REQ-1000051157) at [Stanley Black & Decker](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/stanley-black-decker) — Towson, MD (listed on Stanley Black & Decker's own careers site)

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