Senior Software Engineering Manager, Core Cloud Compute - AI

Rescale; United States; On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Rescale is looking for a Senior Software Engineering Manager to lead their engineering team responsible for the core cloud computing orchestration engine. You will enhance technical excellence, drive AI-assisted development, and scale engineering simulations across cloud providers.

The ideal candidate has at least 3 years of management experience, strong knowledge of scalable distributed systems, and experience with AI tools. The position offers a compensation range of $180K - $260K.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience managing high-performing Software Engineering teams.
• Technically proficient as an IC, to at least Senior Engineer level.
• Hands-on experience using AI tools in the SDLC.

Responsibilities

• Lead the engineering team that owns Rescale's cloud computing orchestration engine.
• Foster effective use of AI-assisted software development.
• Drive alignment across Engineering, Product, and Design.

Skills

Team management

Scalable distributed systems

AI-assisted development

Communication

Collaboration with Product

Tools

AWS

Azure

Kubernetes

Job description

About Rescale

Rescale is pioneering the future of engineering and scientific discovery. As the leader in digital engineering, we’re transforming how products are developed—through intelligent automation, applied AI, data management, and the integration of the world’s largest network of engineering and R&D applications. Joining Rescale means becoming part of a diverse, collaborative, and mission‑driven team that’s unlocking faster innovation across industries like aerospace, energy, life sciences, and manufacturing. We’re solving complex challenges that traditional HPC can’t—and we’re seeking passionate, curious minds to help build the next wave of breakthroughs.

Senior Software Engineering Manager Role

We are seeking a highly motivated Senior Software Engineering Manager to lead the engineering team that owns Rescale's core cloud computing orchestration engine. Their systems drive a large portion of daily customer platform usage, running jobs across multiple public clouds globally.

At Rescale, this means you will work on and impact:

• Developing technical excellence and leadership among the members of a high‑performing engineering team.
• Fostering effective use of AI‑assisted software development across your team—from code agents and AI‑augmented code review to automated operational tooling—and contribute to org‑wide standards for how we integrate AI into the SDLC.
• Scaling and extending Rescale's core job orchestration engine, leveraging VM and Kubernetes‑based compute for large‑scale engineering simulations, across multiple public cloud providers.
• Maintaining high operational expectations on core product—driving incident response, SLO discipline, and reduction of toil and incident load.
• Driving alignment across EPD (Engineering, Product and Design) and with customer‑facing teams (Support, Solutions, Sales) on product delivery and technical architecture.

What we’re looking for:

• Track record of leveling up engineers and building collaboration within the team.
• Evidence of strong end‑to‑end ownership of their own and their team's decisions and product charter, including the operational posture of a 24/7 production system.
• Ability to credibly engage in architecture discussions on scalable distributed systems—comfortable going head‑to‑head with senior and staff engineers on design trade‑offs.
• Excited by AI‑assisted development and pushes the boundaries of what’s possible—using AI agents, code generation, and automation as multipliers for engineering velocity and quality.
• Clear written and interactive communication.
• Deep collaboration with Product and ownership in product delivery.
• Effectively balances the needs of their team (and themselves) with that of the business, including reliability investment vs. product delivery.

What we’ll need from you:

• 3+ years experience managing high‑performing Software Engineering teams of 3–10 people, including senior and staff ICs.
• Technically proficient as an IC, at least to Senior Engineer level, with demonstrated depth in scalable distributed systems.
• Hands‑on experience using AI tools in the SDLC as well as driving AI adoption on a team previously in a sustainable manner.
• Production experience with at least one major cloud (AWS or Azure) at scale and familiarity with managed Kubernetes (EKS, AKS).
• Led the delivery of, at least one multi‑quarter architectural change with quantifiable impact in the past.
• Experience managing a SaaS system powering a complex backend product, with meaningful on‑call ownership, incident command, and SLO discipline.

Rescale is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age. As part of our standard hiring process for new employees, employment with Rescale will be contingent upon successful completion of a comprehensive background check.

Compensation Range: $180K - $260K