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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Senior Software Engineering Manager - **Company:** Vectra Co. - **Location:** Austin, TX, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $185,000.0 - $275,000.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Amazon Web Services, Application Release Automation, JIRA, Automation of Tests, Microsoft Azure, C++ (Programming Language), Cloud Computing, Software Quality, Code Review, Cyber Security, Databases, Continuous Integration, Debian Linux, Linux, Programming Tools, Github, Intrusion Detection and Prevention, Python (Programming Language), Linux Kernel, Scrum Methodology, Release Management, Software Deployment, Software Engineering, Software Security, HybridCloud, Backend, Containerization, Kubernetes, Iptables, Build Tools, Terraform, Software Version Control, Docker, Jenkins, Golang - **Published:** August 6, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=2b435930974be596 ## About the Role This is a senior management role for someone who can combine strong technical judgment, operational discipline, people leadership, and cross-functional execution., * 5+ years of engineering management or technical leadership experience, including ownership of production software, infrastructure, or platform systems. * Experience leading teams that deliver reliable, secure, and scalable software. * Strong technical judgment with the ability to discuss architecture, design, code quality, operations, and delivery tradeoffs. * Experience with modern software engineering practices including code review, source control, CI/CD, automated testing, release management, and operational readiness. * Strong Linux/Unix proficiency. * Experience managing Agile delivery practices such as sprint planning, retrospectives, roadmap planning, and project visibility. * Ability to lead cross-team initiatives with complex dependencies and ambiguous ownership boundaries. * Strong communication, organizational, decision-making, and stakeholder management skills. * Demonstrated ability to mentor, motivate, and grow engineers and technical leads. Preferred Qualifications * Hands-on experience with AWS, Azure, Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, Packer, or similar platform tooling. * Experience with Linux internals, Debian packaging, AppArmor, cgroups, networking, iptables/nftables, or OS-level security. * Experience with Python, Go, C++, or systems/backend development. * Experience operating production environments and improving reliability, availability, security, and deployment safety. * Experience applying AI-assisted tooling, automation, or developer productivity improvements to engineering workflows. * Interest in using AI to improve software delivery, operational insight, documentation quality, incident analysis, or supportability. * Experience with telemetry systems including metrics, logs, traces, dashboards, and alerting. * Experience with appliance software, virtual appliances, customer-deployed infrastructure, or hybrid cloud products. * Knowledge of networking, cybersecurity, threat detection, or security operations. ## Description * Lead and grow one or more engineering teams responsible for foundational platform capabilities. * Provide direct management, coaching, career development, and performance feedback for engineers and technical leads. * Drive predictable delivery through clear planning, ownership, estimation, Jira hygiene, retrospectives, and consistent follow-through. * Partner with Product Management and engineering leadership to define priorities, clarify requirements, and make thoughtful tradeoffs. * Participate in architecture discussions and guide technical direction across platform systems. * Own operational excellence for team-owned services, including reliability, security, incident response, observability, and root-cause follow-up. * Improve platform services consumed by internal engineering teams and customer-facing products. * Identify opportunities to improve engineering efficiency through AI-assisted development, automation, and better internal tooling. * Encourage responsible use of AI tools for code understanding, test generation, documentation, operational analysis, and repetitive workflow automation. * Partner with engineering leaders to evaluate where AI can reduce toil, improve delivery predictability, and help teams move faster without compromising quality, security, or maintainability. * Ensure production deployments are fast, reliable, secure, and well-supported by automation. * Help define and mature service ownership, operational scorecards, and platform standards across teams. * Partner with recruiting to hire, onboard, and retain strong engineering talent. * Communicate clearly with senior leaders about progress, risk, delivery health, and investment needs. Platform Scope Depending on organizational priorities, this role may lead or influence work across: * Appliance operating system ownership, upgrades, hardening, packaging, provisioning, and migrations. * Hardware and virtual appliance platform enablement. * Cloud infrastructure across AWS, Azure, Kubernetes, networking, databases, reliability, operations, and alerting. * Device-to-cloud connectivity and customer lifecycle systems. * CI/CD, build systems, release automation, developer tooling, and engineering workflow automation. * Observability, telemetry pipelines, service health dashboards, incident trends, and operational reporting. * Containerization standards, runtime operations, and secure deployment patterns. ## Related Videos - [Improving quality with Agentic AI with Rovo Dev and Xray](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/2005-improving-quality-with-agentic-ai-with-rovo-dev-and-xray) - [Remote Driving on Plant Grounds with State-of-the-Art Cloud Technologies](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/251-remote-driving-on-plant-grounds-with-state-of-the-art-cloud-technologies) - [Docker network without Docker](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1418-docker-network-without-docker) - [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) - [Collaboration Quantified: Lessons from Open Source Developer Networks](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1422-collaboration-quantified-lessons-from-open-source-developer-networks) - [Docker exec without Docker](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1094-docker-exec-without-docker) ## Related Articles - [Highest Paying Tech Companies for Developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/220-highest-paying-tech-companies-for-developers) - [The 12 Best Jobs for Software Engineers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/401-the-12-best-jobs-for-software-engineers) - [How We Built a Worry-Free System That Runs for 10+ Years – And What We’d Do Again](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/751-how-we-built-a-worry-free-system-that-runs-for-10-years-and-what-we-d-do-again) - [What’s the Difference between a Junior, Mid, and Senior Developer?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/238-what-s-the-difference-between-a-junior-mid-and-senior-developer) - [What is Software Engineering?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/289-what-is-software-engineering) - [What is Software Engineering in the Age of AI?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/640-what-is-software-engineering-in-the-age-of-ai)