Manager, Software Engineering

ai2io

. Lead assigned engineers through one-on-ones, role expectations, feedback, performance reviews, development planning, recognition, and support .

Posted 10/14/2026full-timeRemote • United StatesSeniorLead💰 $120,750 - $148,313 per yearWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates extensive experience in people management within software organizations, focusing on performance management, talent development, and effective team dynamics. Proficient in workforce planning, capacity management, and leading organizational change while maintaining strong communication across technical and non-technical stakeholders.

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People ManagementPerformance ManagementWorkforce PlanningTechnical LeadershipOrganizational Change

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Hard Skills

Performance ReviewsSkill-Gap AssessmentSuccession PlanningCapacity PlanningDelivery Risk ManagementOnboarding ImprovementTechnical DepthAgile MethodologiesProject ManagementConflict Resolution

Soft Skills

Interpersonal CommunicationCoachingFacilitationOrganizational JudgmentWritten Communication

Tools & Technologies

Azure DevOpsMicrosoft AzureC#/.NETASP.NET BlazorSQL ServerMicrosoft Graph API

Certifications & Qualifications

Agile CertificationsProject Management CertificationsTechnical Certifications

Industry Keywords

Software EngineeringTechnical DeliveryOrganizational DesignWorkforce StrategyTeam Operating Practices

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

ASP.NETAzureSQL.NET

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead assigned engineers through one-on-ones, role expectations, feedback, performance reviews, development planning, recognition, and support
Address sustained performance concerns through documented feedback, support plans, and appropriate processes
Connect individual goals to assignments, coaching, learning opportunities, mentoring, and increasing ownership
Identify skill gaps and coordinate learning, pairing, role assignments, mentoring, or hiring plans
Develop future Technical Leads and Managers and reduce key-person and leadership-continuity risk
Ensure teams have sufficient staffing, capability, role clarity, decision pathways, tools, and organizational support
Partner with Technical Leads and Project Managers on delivery health, technical risk, dependencies, capacity limitations, and recovery needs
Escalate material delivery, staffing, conduct, performance, organizational, and cross-team issues
Protect teams from sustained overload and incompatible commitment patterns
Establish candid, respectful team practices and dependable communication rhythms
Maintain views of capacity, critical skills, succession risk, dependencies, and staffing needs
Develop hiring, internal-development, succession, and capacity plans
Lead structured, equitable hiring and selection processes and own consistent onboarding
Evaluate and improve onboarding effectiveness and coordinate retention-risk responses
Lead adoption of performance-management, career-development, hiring, onboarding, workforce-planning, and team-operating practices
Identify cross-team patterns and improve role clarity, escalation pathways, staffing coordination, and management consistency
Partner on hiring strategy, compensation planning, career frameworks, workforce design, culture programs, and organizational change
Advise leadership on people and organizational implications of delivery commitments, technical investments, reorganizations, and capability changes
Develop Managers and Technical Leads and expand ownership of organizational design, management systems, and department-level capability planning

Requirements

What you’ll need

8+ years of professional software engineering or closely related technical-delivery experience
At least 2 years of formal people management within a software organization
Demonstrated experience managing performance, providing difficult feedback, recognizing contribution, developing talent, and applying fair career expectations
Experience conducting performance reviews, promotion assessments, career calibration, and documented performance-improvement processes
Ability to build healthy software teams while preserving authority for Technical Leads, Architects, Product Owners, and Project Managers
Experience with workforce planning, capacity planning, skill-gap assessment, succession planning, and evidence-based staffing recommendations
Experience defining roles, conducting structured interviews, selecting candidates, and improving onboarding and retention
Sufficient technical depth to engage credibly with engineers and evaluate delivery and operational risk without directing implementation
Experience with delivery and operational risk, cross-team dependencies, organizational blockers, and sustainable workload management
Demonstrated success leading organizational change and adopting improved management or team-operating practices
Experience managing distributed or remote software teams
Ability to communicate effectively across technical, product, delivery, and organizational audiences
Ability to handle confidential employee information responsibly and partner with HR or people operations
Excellent interpersonal, written, verbal, coaching, facilitation, conflict-resolution, and organizational judgment
Prior experience as a Software Engineer Technical Lead, senior software engineer, or comparable technical leader
Experience developing other managers or leading across multiple engineering teams
Experience with Azure DevOps, Microsoft Azure, C#/.NET, ASP.NET Blazor, SQL Server, Microsoft Graph API, or adjacent enterprise software platforms
Formal or informal project-management experience
Experience contributing to compensation planning, career-framework design, organizational design, or department-level workforce strategy
Relevant management, coaching, Agile, project-management, or technical certifications
Bachelor's degree in a listed field or equivalent experience preferred
Willingness to travel up to 5%, potentially to any or all 50 US states

Benefits

Comp & perks

Comprehensive medical plans, including two PPO-style plans and an HDHP with HSA option
Flexible spending accounts (FSA)
Dental and vision plans
Medical, dental, and vision benefits for spouse/domestic partner and dependent children up to age 26
401(k) with company match and self-directed brokerage account option
PTO, including additional paid time off during the last week of the year
Company-paid life insurance for employees and eligible dependents
Short- and long-term disability coverage
AD&D coverage
Professional development opportunities
Tuition reimbursement
Professional licensing assistance
Paid parental leave after one year of employment