Senior Engineering Manager - Enablement

About the role

The Engineering Enablement team is seeking a leader to own the developer feedback loops, lead AI-partnered development, prove the ROI, lead change across the org, and grow the team.

Responsibilities

• Own the developer feedback loops — the CI/CD, testing, dependency management, and tooling that let the whole org ship faster and more safely.
• Lead AI-partnered development — incubate what the next chapter of AI-assisted engineering looks like at Honeycomb, for both human engineers and agents, and how observability plays into it.
• Prove the ROI — define and track the developer-productivity and satisfaction metrics that give leadership confidence in the team's impact.
• Lead change across the org — bring engineers inside and outside your team along, helping them welcome change rather than resist it.
• Grow the team — support engineers and your manager community.

Requirements

• Sustained, multi-year experience leading an engineering enablement / developer-experience team — enough tenure in prior roles to have steered large-scale change over time.
• Fluency in CI/CD.
• A track record of defining and tracking developer-productivity / ROI metrics — you can stand up the metrics program, not just consume it.
• Cross-org change leadership — ideally having led an organization through a major workflow change or AI rollout.
• Real depth with AI tooling.
• The ability to distinguish good from bad AI usage, and to articulate your own AI philosophy.
• Familiarity with observability / OpenTelemetry (Honeycomb's domain).
• Experience running internal platform or tooling as a "product," with internal engineers as your customers.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience and enjoyment of contributing to and reviewing code (welcome, but it won't be your primary role here).
• Bonus points for building your own AI-driven projects and tools.

Skills

• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to influence and collaborate across different departments and levels within the organization.
• Experience with and passion for continuous improvement and innovation.

Benefits

• Base Salary based on level of experience $208,260 - $234,000 USD
• Stake in our success - generous equity with employee-friendly stock program
• Time to recharge with unlimited PTO
• Distributed-first mindset and culture (really!)
• Home office, co-working, and internet stipend
• Full benefits coverage for employees, with additional coverage available for dependents
• Took up to 16 weeks of paid parental leave, regardless of path to parenthood
• Annual development allowance

Pay

Base Salary based on level of experience $208,260 - $234,000 USD

Schedule

Not specified

Benefits

• Full benefits coverage for employees, with additional coverage available for dependents
• Took up to 16 weeks of paid parental leave, regardless of path to parenthood
• Annual development allowance