Senior Manager, Software Engineering

Work at OneStream

United States

Remote

USD 173,000 - 225,000

Full time

14 days+

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Benefits offered by this job

Vision insurance

Medical insurance

Life insurance

Dental insurance

401(k)

Job summary

OneStream is seeking a Senior Manager of Software Engineering to lead the Platform Development team and oversee the design, development, and evolution of the OneStream Platform, including browser-based experiences. This hands-on leadership role combines technical depth with people leadership to drive high-impact results.

You will guide architecture, scale complex systems, and collaborate with product, architecture, and cross-functional teams while promoting responsible AI usage and security

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
10+ years of software engineering experience in complex, distributed systems.
5+ years leading engineering teams. (manager of managers preferred)
Strong expertise in web technologies, backend systems, and scalable architectures.
Experience delivering enterprise-grade platforms or SaaS products.
Proven ability to drive technical and organizational transformation.
Experience implementing AI enablement within engineering teams or products.

Responsibilities

Own end-to-end delivery of platform components, from architecture and development through release and optimization.
Lead technical design and architecture across distributed, multi-threaded, and web-based systems.
Maintain hands-on engagement through design reviews, debugging, and solving complex technical challenges.
Ensure high standards for code quality, testing, performance, and maintainability.
Identify and eliminate technical and organizational bottlenecks to improve delivery velocity.
Drive AI enablement across engineering, including adoption of AI-assisted development tools and integration of AI-driven platform capabilities.
Partner with data and AI teams to incorporate models, APIs, and intelligent workflows into the platform.
Establish and promote best practices for responsible AI usage, including security, governance, and data privacy.
Upskill teams on modern development practices, including AI tools and frameworks, and measure impact on productivity and quality.
Own roadmap execution with accountability for timelines, quality, and outcomes.
Balance speed and stability, making informed trade-offs to meet business and technical goals.
Ensure platform observability, monitoring, performance optimization, and operational excellence.
Drive continuous improvement through metrics, retrospectives, and postmortems, ensuring alignment with scalability, reliability, and security standards.
Collaborate closely with Product Management, Architecture, and cross-functional engineering teams.
Communicate technical direction, risks, and progress clearly to stakeholders and executive leadership.
Influence platform strategy and technology investment decisions.
Build, lead, and scale high-performing engineering teams.
Coach and mentor engineers and emerging leaders, fostering growth and leadership development.
Drive accountability, set clear expectations, and lead hiring, onboarding, and career development.
Foster a culture of ownership, innovation, and continuous learning.

Skills

Leadership

AI enablement

Architectural design

Distributed systems

Web technologies

Backend systems

Communication

People management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field

Job description

Senior Manager, Software Engineering

Location: Remote, USA

Employment Type: Full-Time

Benefits Offered: Vision, Medical, Life, Dental, 401K

Gross annual base salary:USD 173,000-225,000

Additional variable compensation and benefits may apply. Total compensation is based on experience, skills, and location using objective, job-related criteria.

Summary

As the Senior Manager, Software Engineering of the Platform Development team, you will be leading the design, development, and evolution of the OneStream Platform., as well as a high-impact browser engineering teams responsible for building, optimizing, and evolving modern web-based experiences. This role blends deep technical expertise with strong people leadership

The OneStream Platform spans complex OLAP, multi-dimensional processing, distributed systems, web technologies, and SQL-based architectures. You will lead teams to build highly scalable, performant, and reliable systems that power the Office of the CFO at global enterprises. This is a hands-on leadership role where you are expected to engage in architecture, challenge technical decisions, and elevate engineering quality while building and scaling high-performing teams.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

Own end-to-end delivery of platform components, from architecture and development through release and optimization.
Lead technical design and architecture across distributed, multi-threaded, and web-based systems.
Maintain hands-on engagement through design reviews, debugging, and solving complex technical challenges.
Ensure high standards for code quality, testing, performance, and maintainability.
Identify and eliminate technical and organizational bottlenecks to improve delivery velocity.
Drive AI enablement across engineering, including adoption of AI-assisted development tools and integration of AI-driven platform capabilities.
Partner with data and AI teams to incorporate models, APIs, and intelligent workflows into the platform.
Establish and promote best practices for responsible AI usage, including security, governance, and data privacy.
Upskill teams on modern development practices, including AI tools and frameworks, and measure impact on productivity and quality.
Own roadmap execution with accountability for timelines, quality, and outcomes.
Balance speed and stability, making informed trade-offs to meet business and technical goals.
Ensure platform observability, monitoring, performance optimization, and operational excellence.
Drive continuous improvement through metrics, retrospectives, and postmortems, ensuring alignment with scalability, reliability, and security standards.
Collaborate closely with Product Management, Architecture, and cross-functional engineering teams.
Communicate technical direction, risks, and progress clearly to stakeholders and executive leadership.
Influence platform strategy and technology investment decisions.
Build, lead, and scale high-performing engineering teams.
Coach and mentor engineers and emerging leaders, fostering growth and leadership development.
Drive accountability, set clear expectations, and lead hiring, onboarding, and career development.
Foster a culture of ownership, innovation, and continuous learning.

Required Education and Experience

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
10+ years of software engineering experience in complex, distributed systems.
5+ years leading engineering teams. (manager of managers preferred)
Strong expertise in web technologies, backend systems, and scalable architectures.
Experience delivering enterprise-grade platforms or SaaS products.
Proven ability to drive technical and organizational transformation.
Experience implementing AI enablement within engineering teams or products.

Preferred Education and Experience

Experience with financial platforms, CPM/EPM, or enterprise analytics systems.
Familiarity with AI/ML integration, modern developer tooling, and automation frameworks.
Experience with high-performance, data-intensive applications.
Prior OneStream experience.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

Strong technical judgment with the ability to challenge and elevate engineering decisions.
Proven track record of leading and scaling high-performing engineering teams.
Effective in complex, fast-paced environments with competing priorities.
Exceptional problem-solving and systems-thinking capabilities.
Clear, confident communicator across technical and executive audiences.
Decisive leader with a strong bias for action and execution.
Skilled at analyzing technical issues, driving discussions, and influencing outcomes.
Collaborative leader with strong listening skills and the ability to align diverse stakeholders.
High integrity and credibility, fostering trust and a strong team culture.

Supervisory Responsibilities

This role is responsible for managing a team/s of Software Engineers.

Travel

Travel Requirement: 20% estimated travel.

Who We Are

OneStream is how today’s Finance teams can go beyond just reporting on the past and Take Finance Further™ by steering the business to the future.It’sthe only enterprise finance platform that unifies financial and operational data, embeds AI for better decisions and productivity,and empowers the CFO to become a critical driver of business strategy and execution.Our vision is to be theAIoperating system for modern finance, digitizing core financialfunctionsand empowering the CFO to become a critical driver of business strategy. To learn more visit www.onestream.com.

Why JoinTheOneStream Team

Transparency around corporate structure, salary, and benefits

Core value of customer success

Variety of project work (not industry-specific)

Strong culture andcamaraderie

Multiple training opportunities

Benefits at OneStream

OneStream employees are passionate, hardworking individuals who goabove and beyondto keep our customers happy and follow through on our mission statement. They consistently deliver the best and in turn, we make every effort to keep them cared for and happy. A sample of the benefits we provide are: