Senior Manager, FIEET Engineer

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ROLE SUMMARY
We are seeking an experienced Software Engineering leader to collaborate and partner across high-performing, cross-functional software engineering teams.  In this role, you will drive technical excellence, set technical direction, create space for innovation, and model the ownership behaviors that define our engineering culture.
This Senior Manager role encompasses multi-team initiatives with high impact to the organizational and its strategic goals.  You'll influence multiple teams, be recognized as a domain expert and navigate through complexity and ambiguity to deliver results.
ROLE RESPONSIBILITIES
Collaborate and partner across high-performing, cross-functional software engineering teams
Set technical direction and ensure alignment with organizational strategy
Drive delivery excellence while maintaining code quality standards
Create an environment that fosters curiosity, experimentation, and growth
Partner with stakeholders to translate business needs into technical solutions
Model ownership behaviors and accountability for team outcomes
ROLE BEHAVIORS
Don't Lose Your Curiosity:  Proactively investigates root causes; experiments with new technologies and AI capabilities; protects time for exploration; treats failure as learning; discovers requirements through immersion in problem spaces
Own the Quality:  Takes end-to-end ownership of features and systems; supports production operations; ensures quality over speed; never ships code without rigorous review; builds trust through rapid delivery of working solutions
Think in Systems:  Maps complex system interactions across technical and business domains; anticipates cascading effects; designs systems that degrade gracefully; understands how technology changes impact business operations
Be Polymath Oriented:  Applies knowledge from one domain to inform decisions in another; studies adjacent fields like design, business, or science; begins learning domain language of business partners
Communicate with Precision:  Writes clear documentation and specifications; reduces ambiguity in requirements; crafts effective prompts for AI tools; adapts communication style for different audiences
QUALIFICATIONS
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or similar field
6+ years of experience in software engineering, data science, or applied AI
Proven ability to build working prototypes and AI applications using modern languages and frameworks
PRACTITIONER-LEVEL SKILLS
AI-Augmented Development :
You optimize team AI tool usage, train others on AI-augmented workflows, evaluate new AI development tools, and balance AI speed with verification.
Business Immersion:  You immerse in operations until you think like an insider, rapidly acquire domain expertise through direct observation, and mentor others on immersion techniques.
Knowledge Management :
You lead knowledge management initiatives and create organizational knowledge systems.
Lean Thinking & Flow :
You lead lean transformations, design flow-optimized systems, coach others, and balance speed with sustainability.
Stakeholder Management :
You influence senior stakeholders, manage complex stakeholder landscapes, and build trust rapidly.
Team Collaboration :
You build high-performing teams and handle complex interpersonal dynamics.
Technical Writing :
You define documentation standards, create documentation systems, and train others on spec-driven development.
WORKING-LEVEL SKILLS
AI Evaluation & Verification :
You design evaluation frameworks, test AI systems systematically, document limitations, and ensure verification depth.
AI Literacy :
You evaluate AI solutions critically, understand bias, fairness, and hallucination risks, and know when AI helps vs hinders.
Site Reliability Engineering :
You design observability strategies, lead incident response, and implement proactive resilience testing.
Time Management & Deep Work:  You protect focus time, balance multiple priorities, and minimize context switching.
FOUNDATIONAL-LEVEL SKILLS
Architecture & Design:  You can explain common patterns (MVC, microservices) and contribute to architectural discussions.
Code Quality & Review:  You write readable code, use linting tools, write basic tests, and participate in code reviews.
Dev Ops & CI/CD:  You configure basic pipelines and understand containerization basics.
Full-Stack Development:  You build simple features across frontend and backend using JavaScript or Python and understand how layers connect.

Work Location Assignment:
Hybrid

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