Forward-Deployed Software Engineering Manager

Air; United States; Remote; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Air is seeking a Software Engineering Manager to lead Forward Deployed Engineers (FDEs) across front-end and back-end, guiding Agile ceremonies, setting coding standards, and translating business needs into technical specs. Based in Pittsburgh, PA, or Arlington, VA, with up to 10% travel.

You will collaborate with product, data, QA, and DevOps teams to deliver scalable software, enforce quality, and foster innovation across the platform.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years of external or internal customer-facing, complex, and large scale project management experience
• Minimum of 5 years of software development management with object-oriented programming languages (e.g., Java, C++, Python, C#, or Ruby)
• 2+ years of people management
• Thorough understanding of microservice architecture
• Proven experience leading teams using an Agile development framework
• Strong analytical skills and unwavering attention to detail

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with the Go-To-Market teams to ensure appropriate engineering support and delivery for government customers
• Lead and mentor a team of FDEs, guiding them from ideation to implementation, and fostering a collaborative and productive work environment
• Organize and lead Agile ceremonies for the software engineering team, ensuring efficient project execution and alignment with business goals
• Establish coding and testing best practices and standards for engineers, driving excellence in software development
• Take charge of developing, testing, and deploying modern software applications and new features, ensuring they meet quality standards and deadlines
• Oversee the quality of engineers’ deliverables, including coding, testing, and debugging, to maintain high standards of software quality
• Collaborate closely with Air’s product team to translate business requirements into technical specifications, ensuring the successful delivery of software solutions
• Continuously seek innovation and process improvement opportunities, finding efficiencies in all assigned tasks to drive the team’s success
• Work collaboratively with data engineers, data scientists, QA engineers, and DevOps engineers to enhance our platform’s overall quality and performance

Skills

Project management

Customer-facing experience

Software development management

Agile leadership

Analytical skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS/Math or equivalent

Tools

Java

C++

Python

C#

Ruby

Job description

Air is seeking a Software Engineering Manager to lead Forward Deployed Engineers (FDEs) across front-end and back-end, guiding Agile ceremonies, setting coding standards, and translating business needs into technical specs. Based in Pittsburgh, PA, or Arlington, VA, with up to 10% travel.

You will collaborate with product, data, QA, and DevOps teams to deliver scalable software, enforce quality, and foster innovation across the platform.