Manager, Software Engineering

We are looking for an experienced Engineering Manager to lead a high-performing Data Plane Platform team building the foundation of Alteryx’s next-generation cloud platform. You will lead a team responsible for designing, building, and operating the platform that provisions, secures, and manages thousands of data planes across AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud Platform. Working closely with Product, Architecture, Security, Infrastructure, and SRE teams, you will drive the delivery of scalable, secure, and reliable platform capabilities while fostering a culture of engineering excellence and continuous improvement., * Lead, mentor, and develop a team of 8-10 software engineers, including hiring, onboarding, performance management, career development, and promotion readiness.

• Foster an inclusive, collaborative, and high-performing engineering culture by setting clear expectations, providing timely feedback, and coaching engineers on execution, ownership, technical judgment, and stakeholder communication.
• Drive the team’s technical execution and roadmap in partnership with Product, Architecture, and Engineering leadership.
• Translate product and engineering strategy into actionable plans, priorities, milestones, and measurable outcomes.
• Own release readiness activities, including quality gates, go/no-go decisions, incident reviews, and Sev1/Sev2 operational management.
• Own the team’s delivery, quality, operational readiness, On Call and predictability, while managing capacity, execution risks, dependencies, and tradeoffs.
• Partner with Infrastructure, Security, SRE, and Architecture teams to improve platform reliability, observability, deployment automation, and operational excellence.
• Maintain strong engineering discipline across planning, estimation, design reviews, testing, CI/CD, incident management, retrospectives, and technical debt management.
• Provide technical leadership by reviewing designs, implementation approaches, and operational considerations to ensure quality, scalability, maintainability, and alignment with engineering standards.
• Clarify team ownership, responsibilities, and decision-making to enable efficient execution while maintaining quality and alignment.

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 2+ years of experience managing software engineering teams, including hiring, coaching, performance management, career development, and team development.
• 3 to 5+ years of experience leading the delivery of complex software systems in SaaS, cloud platform, distributed systems, or enterprise software environments.
• Proven ability to deliver high-quality software through a team while balancing scope, schedule, quality, reliability, and operational excellence.
• Experience building backend services, APIs, and distributed systems using Go, Java, C#, Python, or similar programming languages.
• Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, and/or Google Cloud Platform.
• Ability to plan, prioritize, and execute effectively while managing ambiguity, cross-team dependencies, and changing business priorities.
• Strong people leadership skills, including coaching, feedback, performance management, career development, and building accountable, high-performing teams.
• Strong cross-functional partnership skills with the ability to align engineering delivery with product priorities, platform strategy, and organizational goals.
• Experience improving engineering practices such as planning, estimation, design reviews, automated testing, CI/CD, observability, incident response, and technical debt management.

The salary range for this role varies based on the geographic location of the position. The ranges below represent the expected base salary for candidates hired in the applicable locations:

* Zone A: New York (statewide), Arlington, VA, Northern California, Washington, DC, Massachusetts (statewide), and Seattle, WA - $150,000-$201,000 * Zone B: All other U.S. locations - $137,000-$184,000

Actual compensation will be determined based on a variety of factors, including the candidate’s skills, experience, qualifications, geographic location, and other business and organizational considerations.

Employees may also be eligible for a wide range of other benefits, such as a bonus or commission, medical, retirement, financial, wellness, time off, employee discounts, and others.

Interested? Learn more and apply today at alteryx.com/careers!

Find yourself checking a lot of these boxes but doubting whether you should apply? At Alteryx, we support a growth mindset for our associates through all stages of their careers. If you meet some of the requirements and you share our values, we encourage you to apply. As part of our ongoing commitment to a diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplace, we’re invested in building teams with a wide variety of backgrounds, identities, and experiences.

Benefits & Perks:

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We’re living through a once-in-a-generation shift in how work gets done. Data, automation, and AI are quickly becoming the center of every business decision - and Alteryx is leading the transformation.

You’ll be working on the challenges that sit at the heart of modern business. No matter your role, the work you do will help organizations move faster, see more clearly, and tackle questions that used to feel impossible.

If you’re ready to meet the moment with innovation, curiosity, and excellence, there’s a place for you here.

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Meet the Moment with Alteryx We’re living through a once-in-a-generation shift in how work gets done. Data, automation, and AI are quickly becoming the center of every business decision - and Alteryx is leading the transformation.

You’ll be working on the challenges that sit at the heart of modern business. No matter your role, the work you do will help organizations move faster, see more clearly, and tackle questions that used to feel impossible.

If you’re ready to meet the moment with innovation, curiosity, and excellence, there’s a place for you here.