Lead AI-Driven DevTools for Autonomous Coding

MaintainX; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 265,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Annual bonus

Job summary

MaintainX, a leader in AI-powered developer tooling, is seeking a Software Development Manager to head the AI Builder Tools team. You will guide platform engineers to enhance autonomous coding agents that can take a ticket, implement changes, and open PRs with minimal hand-holding.

You’ll mentor developers, drive SDLC tooling improvements, and partner with leadership to scale a world-class platform engineering org. This role emphasizes fast, reliable delivery and strong CI/CD practices.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of Software Development management experience.
• Strong technical foundation in developer tooling, CI/CD, containerization, and distributed systems.
• Familiarity with LLM agent frameworks or agentic coding infrastructure is a strong differentiator.
• Excellent communication skills for collaboration with technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Manage a team of platform engineers, driving delivery, quality, and innovation on our agentic SDLC platform.
• Partner with Engineering Leadership and Platform teams to scope, plan, and deliver the infrastructure that powers autonomous coding agents.
• Lead, mentor, and grow your developers—helping them build new skills in agent frameworks, developer tooling, and platform engineering.
• Set clear expectations, provide ongoing feedback, and support the team in achieving goals.
• Champion software development excellence—ensuring strong CI/CD pipelines, containerized environments, observability, and agent orchestration practices.
• Provide visibility into team impact, progress, and risks to senior leadership—including agent-produced PR rates, adoption metrics, and quality guardrails.
• Collaborate with Recruiting and other Software Development Managers to hire, onboard, and scale a world-class platform engineering organization.

Skills

Dev leadership

CI/CD

Distributed systems

Hiring & coaching

LLM agent frameworks

Tools

LLM tooling

DevEx tooling

Job description

MaintainX, a leader in AI-powered developer tooling, is seeking a Software Development Manager to head the AI Builder Tools team. You will guide platform engineers to enhance autonomous coding agents that can take a ticket, implement changes, and open PRs with minimal hand-holding.

You’ll mentor developers, drive SDLC tooling improvements, and partner with leadership to scale a world-class platform engineering org. This role emphasizes fast, reliable delivery and strong CI/CD practices.