Manager, Engineering, Nonlinear Productivity (Friction Elimination & Solutions)
Core
Oversee forward-scanning of software development lifecycle and code-generation workflows to identify friction, test durable fixes, and identify internal solutions for productization.
Role type
Manager, Engineering (Developer Productivity & AI Tooling)
Builds
Data-backed views of technical leverage, prototypes, validated internal fixes, and productized solutions for developer productivity.
Domain
Software Development Lifecycle, Developer Productivity, AI-assisted Development
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | infrastructure
Required skills
Technical depth to prototype solutions, product judgment for customer-facing viability, people management, ability to operate with high ambiguity, familiarity with agentic/AI tooling
Preferred skills
Experience moving internal tools to external products, track record of shipping technical fixes for CI/CD or platform friction
Technologies
GitLab, agentic tooling, AI-assisted development tooling
Responsibilities
Survey internal workflows to identify structural friction, evaluate build/buy/adapt options for productivity opportunities, stand up and review prototypes, hire and manage a small team, drive validated fixes to internal adoption, build business cases for productization, document reusable learnings
Seniority
Manager, hands-on IC with people management