Software Development Manager, Ads AI Core Services, Builder Productivity

Key job responsibilities

• Solve challenging technical problems in AI-native development, including agent orchestration, domain-specific knowledge indexing, and autonomous code generation
• Foster an environment where team members grow and contribute meaningfully
• Drive measurable impact on Ads builder productivity at scale: code review velocity, deployment frequency, time-to-production, and cross-team coordination overhead for 5,000+ engineers across Ads
• Partner with executive stakeholders across Ads organizations to evangelize AI-native development practices, secure shared goals for adoption, and drive the transition from manual coordination to agent-driven orchestration
• Evangelize and champion AI-native development across AIGC: run demos, office hours, publish success stories, and drive adoption through influence rather than authority
• Partner with cross-functional stakeholders including product, platform, and partner engineering teams to define requirements, scope technical solutions, and prioritize work across a broad surface area
• Make data-driven decisions by analyzing system performance, adoption metrics, and builder feedback to inform product direction and operational improvements
• Communicate clearly and persuasively with engineers, peers, and leadership through written documentation (PRFAQs, OP1 narratives, design docs), presentations, and discussions to align on strategy and execution

Basic Qualifications

• 3+ years of engineering team management experience
• 7+ years of working directly within engineering teams experience
• 3+ years of designing or architecting (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience
• 8+ years of leading the definition and development of multi tier web services experience
• Knowledge of engineering practices and patterns for the full software/hardware/networks development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, certification, and livesite operations
• Experience partnering with product or program management teams

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in communicating with users, other technical teams, and senior leadership to collect requirements, describe software product features, technical designs, and product strategy
• Experience in recruiting, hiring, mentoring/coaching and managing teams of Software Engineers to improve their skills, and make them more effective, product software engineers