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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Manager, Software Development (Tech Lead) - **Company:** AI FIRST, INC. - **Location:** Phoenix, AZ, United States (Remote available) - **Experience:** Expert - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Software as a Service, Cloud Computing, Cloud Engineering, Distributed Systems, Python (Programming Language), Software Engineering, TypeScript, Microsoft Power Automate, System Availability, Information Technology, GPT, Golang, Programming Languages - **Published:** July 17, 2026 - **Apply:** https://jobs.military.com/career/280850/manager-software-development-tech-lead-new-york-ny-phoenix ## About the Role Precisely is an AI-first organization. All employees are expected to demonstrate proficiency in applying AI tools to accelerate their work, improve output quality, and eliminate low-value tasks. Candidates should be comfortable using generative AI tools (e.g., Microsoft Copilot, ChatGPT) in their day-to-day workflows, able to evaluate AI-generated outputs critically, and open to continuously adopting new AI capabilities as they emerge.\n, * Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.\n * 7+ years of software development experience, including at least 5+ years as a Senior Software Engineer/Developer and 2+ years in a technical leadership capacity leading, mentoring, or coaching engineers.\n * Demonstrated success in a player-coach leadership role within SaaS or platform engineering environments.\n * Experience managing internationally dispersed teams through 1:1s, performance reviews, structured career development, and delivery leadership.\n * Strong background in SaaS foundation/platform engineering, reusable common services, cloud-native architecture, distributed systems, and platform reliability.\n * Experience with AI-driven software development practices and leveraging AI tools to improve engineering productivity and delivery.\n * Experience with modern programming languages such as Python, TypeScript, or Golang.\n * Experience with FedRAMP-compliant environments, including coordination across engineering, security, and compliance stakeholders to manage and maintain service boundaries.\n * Must be a U.S. Citizen or U.S. Permanent Resident due to FedRAMP/Government Cloud access requirements.\n * Travel is required as needed for team, planning, customer, or stakeholder engagements.\n * Strong partnership with Product Management in roadmap definition, product vision development, prioritization, and business outcome alignment.\n * Excellent system design, technical communication, execution leadership, and cross-team alignment skills.\n, * Proven experience building and operating core AI capabilities within a SaaS business, including AI service abstractions, model integration patterns, evaluation, and observability.\n * Hands-on experience with AI-driven software development methodology, including AI specification frameworks, AI CLI/harnesses, and the Copilot ecosystem.\n * Ability to set AI tooling standards for an engineering team and evaluate engineering quality in an AI-first development workflow.\n * Demonstrated ability to lead cultural change required for engineers to adopt, improve, and responsibly evolve AI-enabled development practices.\n, * Experience leading senior engineering teams in fast-paced SaaS organizations.\n * Expertise in cloud-native architecture, distributed systems, and platform reliability.\n * Experience establishing engineering operating models for AI-enabled product development.\n * Experience coordinating across Platform Engineering, Security, compliance, and product engineering teams to support regulated SaaS delivery.\n ## Related Videos - [ Evaluating AI models for code comprehension](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1462-evaluating-ai-models-for-code-comprehension) - [Go with the Flow: Stop the Leaks Before Your Memory's a Waterfall!](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100073-go-with-the-flow-stop-the-leaks-before-your-memory-s-a-waterfall) - [Do TypeScript without TypeScript](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/327-do-typescript-without-typescript) - [Hiring AI Native Talents](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100268-hiring-ai-native-talents) - [Streaming AI Responses in Real-Time with SSE in Next.js & NestJS](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1630-streaming-ai-responses-in-real-time-with-sse-in-next-js-nestjs) - [The New Org Chart: When AI Joins the Workforce](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100036-the-new-org-chart-when-ai-joins-the-workforce) ## Related Articles - [How to Become an AI Engineer](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/331-how-to-become-an-ai-engineer) - [Navigating the AI Shift](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/629-navigating-the-ai-shift) - [MLOps And AI Driven Development](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/82-mlops-and-ai-driven-development) - [Transforming Software Development: The Role of AI and Developer Tools](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/527-transforming-software-development-the-role-of-ai-and-developer-tools) - [What is Agentic Programming and Why Should Developers Care?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/625-what-is-agentic-programming-and-why-should-developers-care) - [Prompt Engineering is a Job of the Past](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/342-prompt-engineering-is-a-job-of-the-past)