Software Development Manager, AI Builder Tools
MaintainX · San Francisco Bay Area
- Hybrid
- Full-time
- $180,000 / year
- San Francisco Bay Area
Job highlights
- Lead AI Builder Tools team, enhancing engineer productivity.
- Manage platform engineers building agentic SDLC tools.
- Mentor developers in AI, tooling, and platform engineering.
- Drive innovation in autonomous coding agents and infrastructure.
- Shape the future of software development processes.
About the role
Software Development Manager AI Builder Tools
MaintainX is the leading AI-powered Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) platform built for the modern world. Our mission is to make the lives of blue-collar workers easier worldwide by providing intuitive, mobile-first software that helps teams keep the physical world running. MaintainX powers operational excellence for 12,000+ businesses including Duracell, Univar Solutions Inc., Titan America, McDonald's, Brenntag, Cintas, Xylem, and Shell. We recently completed a $150 million Series D round, bringing our total funding to $254 million and valuing the company at $2.5 billion. We’re redefining how maintenance and operations teams work—transforming maintenance from a cost center into a strategic lever for growth. MaintainX fuses enterprise strength with consumer simplicity, empowering organizations to boost reliability, performance, and efficiency.
The Opportunity
This is a rare opportunity to be at the forefront of AI-powered developer tooling at one of the most impactful industrial software companies in the world. You won't just be managing platform engineers, you'll help transform how every MaintainX engineer writes, ships, and maintains software through autonomous coding agents and infrastructure. We're looking for a Software Development Manager to lead our newly formed AI Builder Tools team. This lean, high-autonomy, focused team has one mandate: make every MX engineer more productive through agentic tooling across the software development lifecycle — starting with autonomous coding agents that can take a ticket, implement the change, and open a pull request with with minimal hand-holding. Join us in shaping the future of how software gets built—one agent, one PR, one software developer at a time.
What You’ll Do
- Manage a team of platform engineers, driving delivery, quality, and innovation on our agentic SDLC platform.
- Partner with Engineering Leadership and Platform teams to scope, plan, and deliver the infrastructure that powers autonomous coding agents across MaintainX.
- Lead, mentor, and grow your developers—helping them build new skills in agent frameworks, developer tooling, and platform engineering.
- Set clear expectations, provide ongoing feedback, and support the team in achieving goals.
- Champion software development excellence—ensuring strong CI/CD pipelines, containerized environments, observability, and agent orchestration practices.
- Provide visibility into team impact, progress, and risks to senior leadership—including agent-produced PR rates, adoption metrics, and quality guardrails.
- Collaborate with Recruiting and other Software Development Managers to hire, onboard, and scale a world-class platform engineering organization.
About You
- 4+ years of Software Development management experience with proven success leading platform, DevEx, or infrastructure teams.
- Strong technical foundation in developer tooling, CI/CD, containerization, and distributed systems.
- Demonstrated experience in technical design, problem-solving, and project management
- Passion for hiring, coaching, and developing diverse platform engineering teams.
- Familiarity with LLM agent frameworks, MCP tooling, or agentic coding infrastructure is a strong differentiator.
- Excellent communication skills - you can distill complex ideas and collaborate effectively across technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Bonus: you've shipped an AI coding agent or contributed to a DevEx/platform initiative that measurably improved engineering throughput.
What’s In It For You
- Competitive salary and meaningful equity opportunities.
- Healthcare, dental, and vision coverage.
- 401(k) / RRSP enrollment program.
- Take what you need PTO.
- A Work Culture where:You’ll work alongside folks across the globe that reflect the MaintainX values: Smart Humble Optimists.We believe in meritocracy, where ideas and effort are publicly celebrated.
About Us
Our mission is to make the life of blue-collar workers easier worldwide by creating software that meets their needs and realities. Our product is truly life-changing for that 80% of the workforce who doesn’t work behind a desk and needs enterprise-grade software at their fingertips. MaintainX is committed to creating a diverse environment. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.
Key skills/competency
- Software Development Management
- AI Builder Tools
- Platform Engineering
- Developer Experience (DevEx)
- CI/CD
- Containerization
- Distributed Systems
- LLM Agent Frameworks
- Technical Design
- Team Leadership
Skills & topics
- Software Development Manager
- AI Builder Tools
- Platform Engineering
- DevEx
- CI/CD
- Containerization
- Distributed Systems
- LLM
- Agent Frameworks
- Team Leadership
- Mentoring
- Infrastructure
- Technical Design
- Project Management
- Hiring
- Coaching
How to get hired
- Tailor your resume: Highlight experience in software development management, AI tools, and platform engineering.
- Showcase technical skills: Emphasize CI/CD, containerization, distributed systems, and any AI/LLM agent framework experience.
- Quantify achievements: Provide examples of improving engineering throughput or shipping AI agents.
- Demonstrate leadership: Detail your experience in hiring, coaching, and developing engineering teams.
- Network internally: Connect with current MaintainX employees on LinkedIn for insights and referrals.
Technical preparation
Behavioral questions
Frequently asked questions
- What is the primary goal of the AI Builder Tools team at MaintainX?
- The primary goal of the AI Builder Tools team at MaintainX is to significantly enhance the productivity of every MaintainX engineer by developing agentic tooling across the software development lifecycle, with an initial focus on autonomous coding agents.
- What kind of experience is crucial for the Software Development Manager, AI Builder Tools role?
- Crucial experience includes 4+ years in software development management, particularly leading platform, DevEx, or infrastructure teams, with a strong technical background in developer tooling, CI/CD, containerization, and distributed systems. Familiarity with LLM agent frameworks is a strong plus.
- How does MaintainX foster a positive work culture for its engineering teams?
- MaintainX fosters a culture of 'Smart Humble Optimists' where ideas and effort are publicly celebrated, promoting a meritocracy. They also value global collaboration and offer competitive benefits and a flexible PTO policy.
- What are the key responsibilities of the Software Development Manager, AI Builder Tools?
- Key responsibilities include managing a team of platform engineers, partnering with leadership to deliver AI infrastructure, mentoring developers, championing software development excellence, and providing leadership with visibility into team impact and progress.
- What makes this role at MaintainX unique compared to other Software Development Manager positions?
- This role is unique as it places you at the forefront of AI-powered developer tooling within a rapidly growing, well-funded industrial software company. You will directly influence how all engineers write, ship, and maintain software using cutting-edge agentic technology.
- What is MaintainX's mission and who do they serve?
- MaintainX's mission is to make the lives of blue-collar workers easier worldwide by providing intuitive, mobile-first Enterprise Asset Management software that helps teams keep the physical world running. They serve over 12,000 businesses.
- What are the potential career growth opportunities for this role?
- As a lead of a newly formed, high-autonomy team focused on cutting-edge AI tooling, this role offers significant opportunities to shape the future of developer productivity and potentially grow with the company as it scales its AI initiatives.