Software Engineering Manager, Atlas AI

Overview

Cognite operates at the forefront of industrial digitalization, building AI and data solutions that solve some of the world’s hardest, highest‑impact problems. With unmatched industrial heritage and a comprehensive suite of AI capabilities, Cognite accelerates the digital transformation to drive operational improvements.

We are seeking a customer‑focused Software Engineering Manager at Cognite’s HQ in Phoenix, AZ to lead a team of 5‑10 engineers, developing services and applications for industrial AI. Atlas AI is Cognite’s agent builder workbench and agentic runtime that uses LLMs, RAG, and other tools to help optimize and automate industrial business processes.

• Lead a team of 5‑10 software engineers.
• Develop services, applications, and AI agents and tools to enable industrial software customers to unlock the value of their operational data, and automate complex workflows.
• Drive the team to build, operate, and support production‑grade SaaS software, including establishing on‑call rotations, defining service level objectives (SLOs), and ensuring a fast and effective incident response process.
• Champion a culture of quality by establishing automated code coverage goals, implementing comprehensive telemetry and monitoring for all services, and developing robust testing strategies to ensure the reliability and scalability of our industrial AI solutions.
• Coach engineers to have a high impact on the team, regardless of their background, seniority, or understanding of the domain.
• Collaborate with a cross‑functional team consisting of designers, product managers, and program managers to ensure the team builds the right product, that is of excellent quality and is delivered on time.
• Collaborate with industrial domain experts to deeply understand pain points, unmet needs, and opportunities to enhance operational efficiency through AI and data liberation.
• Unblock the team and collaborate with stakeholders outside the team to resolve and mitigate problems.
• Help your team with code reviews and documentation, and write code yourself.

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 10+ years of software engineering experience.
• 5+ years of experience leading and managing software engineers.
• Expertise relevant to our tech stack:
  Kubernetes systems in a multi‑cloud environment (Azure, AWS, GCP), frontend Type Script and React, backend Python.
• Understanding of software engineering and best practices for the full development life cycle including coding standards, build processes, testing, and operations.
• Understanding of generative AI and/or machine learning, and familiarity with the tools and methodologies around them, for instance for measuring accuracy.

• Experience building applications on top of AI/ML models or large language models (LLMs).
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• A genuine and keen interest in building the competency of engineers.

Cognite is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment at work and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive the same level of consideration for employment.