Software Engineering Manager (Developer Productivity)

Zipline; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Zipline is seeking an Software Engineering Manager for the Developer Productivity team in San Francisco. You will own the roadmap, technical direction, and execution, improving CI speed and reliability across our monorepo while expanding remote build execution and developer tooling.

You will lead a hands-on, high-impact team of engineers collaborating with software, firmware, autonomy, and infrastructure groups.

Qualifications

• Deep knowledge of modern build and CI systems, including remote execution, caching, artifact management, and distributed infrastructure.
• Experience leading top-performing software teams and delivering cross-team projects with measurable results.
• Obsession with engineering velocity, removing friction, and building great developer tools.
• Excellent communication across software engineering disciplines.

Responsibilities

• Own roadmap, direction, and execution for Zipline's Developer Productivity team.
• Grow and coach engineers while collaborating with software, firmware, autonomy, and infrastructure teams.
• Improve CI speed and reliability across the monorepo; expand on-prem remote build execution.
• Lead major build-system migrations to centralize projects in the monorepo.
• Define metrics to measure productivity and identify customer pain points.

Skills

Leadership

Roadmap ownership

CI/CD

Remote build execution

Monorepo

Cross-team collaboration

C++

Python

Go

TypeScript

Rust

Git

Tools

Bazel

Buildkite

BuildBarn

AWS

Linux

Docker

Job description

• You are the Software Engineering Manager for Zipline's Developer Productivity team. Your team builds the tools and infrastructure that help engineers develop, test, and ship software across FlightSystems and cloud
• You will own the team's roadmap, technical direction, and execution. Your work will improve the speed and reliability of CI, expand our use of remote build execution, simplify developer workflows, and support the long-term evolution of Zipline's software platform
• This is a hands-on leadership role. You will grow and coach the team, stay close to technical decisions, and work directly with software, firmware, autonomy, and infrastructure teams to solve the problems slowing engineers down
• Lead the team responsible for Zipline's build systems, CI/CD infrastructure, remote execution, and developer tooling
• Own the roadmap for improving CI speed, reliability, and developer experience across our monorepo
• Support a fast-growing software engineering organization of about 200 people to improve velocity and developer experience
• Expand our on-prem remote build execution platform
• Work across teams to improve our Bazel build graph
• Be a thought leader in simplifying complex CI pipelines
• Lead large build system migrations to move more projects into the monorepo's build system
• Set priorities for the developer productivity team by talking with customers to identify pain points, and defining metrics to track productivity
• Hire, coach, and develop engineers while building a team culture obsessed with building great developer experiences

Deep knowledge of modern build and CI systems, including remote execution, caching, artifact management, and distributed infrastructureExperience building top-performing software teamsExperience setting technical direction and delivering complex, cross-team projects with measurable resultsObsession with engineering velocity, removing friction, and building great toolsHigh-bandwidth communications across many software engineering disciplinesPassion for building strong relationships with stakeholder teamsMetric-driven mindsetSolid software engineering fundamentalsExperience with Bazel, Buildkite, BuildBarn, AWS, Linux, Docker, or large monoreposExperience with C++, Rust, Python, Go, or TypeScriptExperience supporting robotics, embedded systems, hardware-in-the-loop testing, or safety-critical softwareExperience leading major build-system, CI-platform, or repository migrations