Manager, Coder Fellows

Snorkel AI

. Directly manage a portfolio of Coding Fellows across multiple projects .

Posted 9/21/2026full-timeRemote • California • United StatesMid-LevelSeniorWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates strong technical leadership and management skills, with a focus on performance management, coaching, and development of software engineers. Capable of fostering collaboration and communication across multiple projects while utilizing metrics to monitor team health and quality.

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Technical LeadershipPerformance ManagementCoaching and DevelopmentSoftware Engineering ExperienceAI/ML Development

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Hard Skills

Software EngineeringPerformance ReviewsCode ReviewTechnical LeadershipAI/ML DevelopmentData Quality AssessmentFeedback SynthesisProject ManagementOnboardingCoaching

Soft Skills

Written CommunicationVerbal CommunicationEmpathyCollaborationSound Judgment

Industry Keywords

ConsultancySoftware AgencyProfessional ServicesStaff AugmentationDistributed Environment

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Directly manage a portfolio of Coding Fellows across multiple projects
Build trusted relationships through regular one-on-ones and ongoing communication
Understand each Fellow’s strengths, goals, challenges, and support needs
Set clear expectations and partner with People Operations and project leaders on onboarding and administrative matters
Own cross-project performance management, including expectations, consolidated feedback, performance reviews, coaching, development, and long-term success
Gather and synthesize feedback across projects while accounting for assignment complexity, project context, ramp time, and changing responsibilities
Recognize strong performance, provide candid feedback, and address concerns through focused improvement plans
Review representative code, pull requests, reviews, annotations, documentation, and commentary to understand quality and development needs
Partner with delivery and quality leads to identify recurring issues and distinguish individual performance concerns from requirements, context, or process gaps
Create feedback loops with project managers, technical leads, reviewers, and other delivery partners
Establish expectations when Fellows join projects, preserve context during transitions, surface assignment mismatches or blockers, and resolve conflicts fairly
Hold career conversations and help Fellows grow as individual contributors, reviewers, quality specialists, coaches, or mentors
Use contextualized metrics to monitor quality, throughput, reliability, team health, and retention
Improve feedback and calibration processes and contribute to hiring and workforce planning as the program scales

Requirements

What you’ll need

3+ years of experience in software engineering, technical leadership, or a related environment, including direct management of programmers or software engineers
Experience hiring, onboarding, coaching, conducting performance reviews, delivering actionable feedback, and handling difficult conversations
Experience managing people across multiple projects, clients, teams, or changing assignments
Enough technical depth to read and discuss code and pull requests, assess engineering judgment, and understand core software-development practices
Ability to evaluate performance thoughtfully rather than relying on throughput, ticket volume, or other simple metrics
Strong written and verbal communication, sound judgment, discretion, empathy, and a collaborative, low-ego approach
Experience with AI/ML development, model evaluation, annotation, data quality, or technical-content production is helpful
Experience in a consultancy, software agency, contract engineering shop, professional-services organization, staff-augmentation model, or similar distributed environment is strongly preferred
A computer-science degree is not required

Benefits

Comp & perks

Base salary offered
Meaningful opportunities to shape priorities and initiatives
Influence on key strategic decisions
Career development opportunities to deepen technical expertise, explore leadership opportunities, or learn new skills across multiple functions
Environment designed for growth, learning, and shared success
Reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities
Equal employment opportunities