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Software Engineering Manager – Developer Productivity

Zipline · South San Francisco, California, USA

Posted about 2 months ago

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Is this posting real?

This role has been open
72 days
Zipline 's roles stay open a median of 80 days
Reposted
No
Salary listed
No
51% of Zipline 's roles list one
Ghost-job risk at Zipline
high
342 stale, 6 reposted of 342 open
Hiring momentum
454 roles opened in the last 90 days
↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
Last confirmed on the employer's board
2026-10-24

Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from Zipline 's own greenhouse board since 2026-08-03. Full hiring picture for Zipline .

About this role

As the Software Engineering Manager for Zipline’s Developer Productivity team, you will lead efforts to enhance the tools and infrastructure that support software development across FlightSystems and cloud. Your responsibilities include managing the team's roadmap, improving CI speed and reliability, and collaborating with various engineering teams to streamline workflows. This hands-on leadership role also involves hiring and coaching engineers while fostering a culture focused on developer experience.

Our read on this posting3.2out of 5
benefits
2/5
freshness
1/5
career value
4/5
role clarity
4/5
pay transparency
5/5

Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of Zipline as an employer.

What you need

  • Experience building top-performing software teams
  • Solid software engineering fundamentals
  • Deep knowledge of modern build and CI systems, including remote execution, caching, artifact management, and distributed infrastructure
  • Experience setting technical direction and delivering complex, cross-team projects with measurable results
  • Obsession with engineering velocity, removing friction, and building great tools
  • Passion for building strong relationships with stakeholder teams

Nice to have

  • Experience with Bazel, Buildkite, BuildBarn, AWS, Linux, Docker, or large monorepos
  • Experience with C++, Rust, Python, Go, or TypeScript
  • Experience supporting robotics, embedded systems, hardware-in-the-loop testing, or safety-critical software
  • Experience leading major build-system, CI-platform, or repository migrations

What you get

  • Starting cash range of $182,000 – $230,000 depending on experience
  • Equity compensation
  • Medical, dental, vision benefits
  • PTO

Worth weighing

  • No specific technologies or methodologies mentioned for the development stack
  • Role involves significant cross-team collaboration which may require strong interpersonal skills

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Listed by Zipline on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-10-24. PitchMeAI is not the employer.

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