Software Development Manager, Developer Productivity & AI Systems (US)
Autodesk · Portland, OR · 3 wk ago
HybridEngineering$148k–$265k/yrFull-time
What You’ll Do
- Lead, mentor, and grow a high-performing Developer Productivity engineering team
- Hire, coach, and develop talent
- Own delivery of developer productivity platforms
- Define and execute roadmaps
- Manage dependencies and risk across teams
- Ensure high-quality, on-time delivery and adoption
- Partner with Product, Architecture, Security, Platform, and Application teams
- Communicate clearly with stakeholders on progress, tradeoffs, and outcomes
Minimum Qualifications
- 3+ years of experience managing software engineers; ability to set strategy, delegate effectively, and develop talent
- 8+ years total experience in software engineering
- Strong hands-on background in backend, platform, or systems engineering
- Experience building internal developer tools or productivity platforms
- Practical experience applying AI/ML or LLM-based systems to engineering workflows
- Strong systems thinking and ability to work across ambiguous problem spaces
- Strong written/spoken communication; stakeholder management; ability to translate business goals into engineering outcomes
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience building AI-assisted developer tooling at scale
- Selective test execution and test intelligence
- Release risk analysis and deployment safety
- Incident analysis and reliability engineering
- Experience operating at org scale across multiple domains
- Strong written and verbal communication skills with technical and non-technical stakeholders