Software Delivery Manager: Lead Platform & Automation

Q2

Austin (TX)

Hybrid

USD 140,000 - 190,000

Full time

14 days+

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Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid Work Opportunities

Flexible Time Off

Career Development & Mentoring Program

Health & Wellness Benefits

Community Volunteering & Company Philh

Employee Peer Recognition Programs – “

Job summary

Q2 is seeking a Software Engineering Manager to lead our Software Delivery team, responsible for the platforms, automation, and insights that enable software delivery across our engineering organization. In this role, you'll lead a team of full-stack engineers responsible for advancing release orchestration, release intelligence, and engineering workflow automation.

You will partner closely with Product, Architecture, Platform Engineering, and Development teams to improve how software is

Qualifications

Typically requires a Bachelor's degree in a relevant field and a minimum of 6 years of related experience; or an advanced degree with 4+ years of experience.
Proven ability to build, develop, and lead high-performing engineering teams.
Deep systems thinking—can design and reason about complex, interconnected platforms and tooling.
Track record translating complexity into clear technical direction and measurable outcomes.
Product thinking: balances technical excellence with business impact.
Experience building or operating software delivery platforms, release orchestration, or developer self-service tooling preferred.
Enterprise-scale deployment and system reliability experience preferred.
Comfortable in ambiguous, high-growth environments; able to translate complexity into clear team direction and measurable outcomes.

Responsibilities

Lead and develop a high-performing engineering team; own hiring, coaching, career development, and execution against strategic and operational outcomes.
Own the product vision, roadmap, and delivery of Q2's Software Delivery platforms, including release orchestration, release visibility, and engineering workflow capabilities; define strategic direction and prioritize investments that improve software delivery across the organization.
Partner across Product, Architecture, Development, Platform Engineering, Infrastructure, and Security to coordinate dependencies, remove delivery roadblocks, manage risk, and drive alignment that enables predictable, low-friction software delivery.
Ensure the reliable execution of client software updates through mature automation, operational excellence, and continuous improvement while creating capacity for continued investment in strategic platform capabilities.
Build and evolve scalable systems that provide actionable release intelligence, operational visibility, and engineering insights that improve decision-making across software delivery.
Lead the evolution of software delivery practices through progressive delivery, engineering self-service, workflow automation, and other innovations that improve engineering productivity and customer experience.