Senior Software Development Manager, Platform

📋 Description

• Own the roadmap and operating model for Platform Engineering: set division-level priorities, manage cross-team dependencies, translate business goals into multi-quarter platform investments.
• Lead and develop a team of Software Development Managers across seven teams.
• Set engineering standards: framework conventions, reliability targets, compliance posture, CI/CD health.
• Drive MaintainX's AI-native platform strategy: AI Builder team's agent orchestration, tool registry, and developer environments; ensure org extracts leverage.
• Own division-level reliability: SLO definitions, incident response frameworks, on-call health, and the systemic path from incident to prevention.
• Partner with the CTO and peer engineering leaders on org design, architectural decisions, and headcount planning.

🎯 Requirements

• 10+ years in software engineering with 5+ years in engineering leadership, including 2+ years managing managers across multiple teams.
• Technical depth in at least two of: distributed systems, backend or mobile frameworks, platform engineering, reliability engineering.
• Track record of owning platform or infrastructure-focused teams at growth-stage B2B SaaS company, with demonstrated impact on engineering velocity.
• AI-forward: you set direction for teams building on LLMs and agentic workflows, and you hold your org to an AI-native standard.
• Systems thinker who identifies organizational bottlenecks and eliminates them without creating new ones — you design teams, not just manage them.
• Strong communicator who can represent platform complexity and tradeoffs clearly to product, finance, and executive stakeholders.

🎁 Benefits

• Competitive salary and meaningful equity opportunities.
• Healthcare, dental, and vision coverage.
• 401(k) / RRSP enrollment program.
• Take what you need PTO.
• Global, meritocratic culture with Smart Humble Optimists.