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The Senior Manager, Software Engineering - Rack Scale Systems Infrastructure leads a team building rack-scale infrastructure software to make complex hardware manageable and programmable. You will own the delivery of control planes, lifecycle orchestration, system health, and recovery capabilities, coordinating across hardware, firmware, networking, and operations teams. Key responsibilities include translating hardware roadmaps into release priorities, mentoring engineers, and managing open-source delivery practices. The role requires expertise in Linux, distributed systems, APIs, state machines, and failure handling. Candidates must possess software development experience in Go, C++, or Rust. You will solve technical problems related to data center architecture, hardware-conscious orchestration, server manageability, and large-scale reliability. This position involves managing production software across multiple programs, ensuring high standards for reliability, security, and maintainability within a matrix organization.
What does a Software Engineering Manager earn in California?
Median $281300 from 43 postings across 15 companies.
Own the delivery of rack-scale infrastructure software including control planes, lifecycle orchestration, and system health.
Translate business needs and hardware roadmaps into actionable release priorities and technical plans.
Manage engineering tradeoffs to ensure high standards for reliability, security, and maintainability.
Build and develop the engineering team through hiring, mentoring, and performance management.
Establish planning, validation, release, and issue triage practices to improve team workflows.
Coordinate with firmware, networking, and operations teams to deliver integrated system capabilities.
Convert customer and partner feedback into specific product improvements and features.
Manage open-source delivery practices including contribution reviews, documentation, and release maintenance.
What we're looking for
Bachelor's, master's, or doctoral degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
12 or more years of engineering experience in systems software, platform software, server firmware, or data center infrastructure.
Minimum of 6 years of experience managing software or firmware engineering teams.
Proven track record delivering production software across multiple programs in a matrix organization.
Solid technical background in Linux, distributed systems, APIs, state machines, and failure handling.
Software development experience in Go, C++, or Rust.
Experience across the rack-scale systems lifecycle, from hardware bring-up to production operations (preferred).
Familiarity with Kubernetes controllers, declarative control planes, or OpenBMC (preferred).
Remote (Santa Clara, CA)+32 days ago
$272,000–$431,250
Go
Rust
C++
Kubernetes
Linux
InfiniBand
RDMA
Ethernet
BMC
Redfish
IPMI
NVLink
Firmware
Kernel Drivers
Distributed Systems
Infrastructure-as-a-Service
FPGA
GPU