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# Software Engineering Manager

- **Company:** The Meta Game, Inc.
- **Location:** Menlo Park, CA, United States
- **Experience:** Experienced
- **Salary:** $219,000.0 - $301,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Distributed Systems, Software Engineering, Software Systems, Prompt Engineering
- **Published:** October 23, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=e5fb59a51935ae20

## About the Role

* 8+ years of software engineering experience, including experience in technical leadership or engineering management roles
 * 2+ years of experience managing other engineering managers or technical leaders
 * Experience recruiting, developing, and managing engineering teams, including performance management and career development
 * Experience influencing technical strategy and roadmap decisions across multiple teams or organizational areas
 * Experience communicating technical decisions and organizational context to both technical and non-technical stakeholders, * Experience building and scaling engineering organizations in ambiguous, high-growth environments
 * Track record of improving engineering efficiency through tooling, workflow improvements, or process changes adopted across teams
 * Demonstrated ability to integrate AI tools to optimize/redesign workflows and drive measurable impact (e.g., efficiency gains, quality improvements)
 * Experience adhering to and implementing responsible, ethical AI practices (e.g., risk assessment, bias mitigation, quality and accuracy reviews)
 * Demonstrated ongoing AI skill development (e.g., prompt/context engineering, agent orchestration) and staying current with emerging AI technologies
 * Experience managing teams delivering on distributed systems, infrastructure, or platform-scale software projects

## Description

* Manage multiple engineering teams and technical leaders delivering on large-scale projects with significant organizational dependencies and business impact
 * Actively shape technical strategy and long-term roadmap priorities by synthesizing team insights and aligning with broader organizational goals
 * Drive efficient execution against strategy by proactively identifying and resolving blockers related to vision, people, or project delivery
 * Maintain technical engagement across teams by evaluating technical direction and quality, and contributing directly where appropriate
 * Delegate key technical and product responsibilities to leads to ensure sound and timely engineering decisions are made
 * Build and grow the team by proactively sourcing, recruiting, and closing candidates, and by developing engineering leaders from within and outside the organization
 * Foster a self-reinforcing team culture that values engineering craft, healthy codebases, and efficient workflows and tooling
 * Proactively monitor and improve team health through regular feedback cycles, upward feedback, and retention efforts informed by engagement data
 * Communicate effectively across all levels of the organization, sharing relevant context and helping stakeholders understand how emerging technologies reshape what is possible
 * Model cross-functional ownership by ensuring engineers engage substantively with product, design, and data partners rather than operating in silos