Software Engineering Manager - Cloud Software, Data Platform & AI-Agentic Product Engineering

Picarro, Inc • Santa Clara, CA

2d • $200,000 - $215,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

The Software Engineering Manager leads a team of engineers building Picarro's cloud software, data platform, and AI-agentic product engineering capabilities. This is a hybrid technical and people-leadership role, expected to stay close to architecture and technical decisions—not just manage process—while building and growing a high-ownership engineering team.

Requirements

• 7+ years of software engineering experience, including 2+ years directly managing engineers.
• Demonstrated technical credibility, with the ability to review a design document or dig into an incident—not just run standups.
• Experience building or scaling data-intensive or cloud platform systems.
• Experience integrating AI-assisted engineering practices into a team's workflow, including tooling adoption beyond individual use.
• Strong track record of hiring and developing engineers.
• Personal background building software as a core product—at a software product company, R&D lab, or technology-first organization—rather than internal IT, retail/e-commerce technology operations, or IT services/consulting shops that primarily implement or customize other companies' software.

Nice To Haves

• A public GitHub or similar portfolio showcasing personal or past project work is a strong plus.
• Experience managing both backend/platform and mobile engineers.
• Background in IoT, sensor data, or a regulated or hardware-adjacent industry.
• Experience scaling a team through significant headcount or scope growth.

Responsibilities

• Manage and grow a team of product/software engineers, and potentially mobile engineers, including hiring, mentorship, and career development.
• Set technical direction jointly with senior ICs for the team's systems, including architecture reviews, major design decisions, and technical tradeoffs.
• Champion and evolve the team's product-engineering-driven, AI-assisted development practices, including prototype-first development, fast iteration, and engineers owning production reliability.
• Own delivery by translating business and product priorities into a realistic roadmap, and be accountable for the team shipping and operating what it builds.
• Partner cross-functionally with product management, hardware/domain experts, and other engineering teams to align priorities.
• Maintain enough hands-on technical depth to make credible architecture and hiring decisions; this is not a purely process-oriented PM role.
• Drive a healthy on-call and reliability culture where the team owns what it ships in production, not just at merge time.

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance
• Flexible Spending Account (FSA) and Health Savings Account (HSA) plans
• Life, Short-Term Disability, and Long-Term Disability Insurance
• Paid Time Off and Paid Holidays
• Employee Referral Program
• 401K
• Social events (summer picnic, holiday party, team lunches, etc.)
• On-site Health & Wellness programs (fitness challenges, outdoor bootcamp, flu-shots, etc.)

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Education Level: No Education Listed