Senior Manager, Digital Engineering — Lead Modern, Scalable Platforms

Amtrak; United States; On-site; USD 149,000 - 194,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health & wellness benefits

401K with employer match

Paid time off

Job summary

Amtrak is seeking a Senior Manager Digital Engineering to lead multiple engineering teams responsible for building and maintaining complex digital platforms. This role ensures alignment with enterprise architecture, product strategy, security, and modernization goals.

You will guide architectural decisions, capacity planning, and governance while embedding operational excellence to deliver reliable, cost-effective digital systems aligned with business needs.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related discipline.
• 9+ years of engineering experience with at least 2 years in leadership.
• Experience delivering complex engineering solutions across multiple teams.
• Experience with modern engineering practices (DevSecOps, CI/CD, test automation).

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership across multiple engineering teams delivering enterprise digital capabilities.
• Enforce engineering best practices, coding standards, security requirements, and operational quality.
• Lead architectural and technical reviews for growth and future scalability.
• Track KPIs (predictability, cycle time, defects, reliability) and address delivery challenges.
• Oversee SLO/SLA adherence, incident response, root-cause analysis, and production support.
• Lead hiring, performance management, and succession planning for engineers and leads.

Skills

Leadership

Engineering leadership

DevSecOps

CI/CD

Security

KPIs

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS/Engineering

Tools

JIRA

Confluence

AWS

Job description

Amtrak is seeking a Senior Manager Digital Engineering to lead multiple engineering teams responsible for building and maintaining complex digital platforms. This role ensures alignment with enterprise architecture, product strategy, security, and modernization goals.

You will guide architectural decisions, capacity planning, and governance while embedding operational excellence to deliver reliable, cost-effective digital systems aligned with business needs.