Senior Manager of Engineering, DevEx (R3569)

Senior Manager of Engineering, DevEx (R3569)

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Senior Manager of Engineering, DevEx (R3569)

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Founded in 2015, Shield AI is a venture-backed defense technology company with the mission of protecting service members and civilians with intelligent systems. Its products include the V-BAT aircraft, Hivemind Enterprise, and the Hivemind Vision product lines. With offices in San Diego, Dallas, Washington, D.C., Boston, Abu Dhabi (UAE), Kyiv (Ukraine), and Melbourne (Australia), Shield AI’s technology actively supports U.S. and allied operations worldwide. For more information, visit www.shield.ai. Follow Shield AI on LinkedIn, X , YouTube and Instagram.

Job Description :

The Developer Experience team seeks to improve the development velocity of Hivemind teams via feedback and support with the developers, development of internal tools, and the optimization of workflows and guidelines. This means owning build architecture, developer tools, defining metrics & signals, and deciding what strategic bets the company should take to improve the software quality and quantity. The DevEx Manager will lead this team as they work with software engineers to understand their development process and identify places to improve. These decisions impact all Hivemind engineers!

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What you'll do :

• Lead and grow the DevEx team — coach and develop engineers, manage performance, and foster a culture of operational excellence, user empathy, and continuous improvement.
• Set strategic direction for the Developer Experience function, in partnership with Software Operations and engineering leadership. This includes defining priorities, making technical trade-offs, and aligning with company-wide goals.
• Own the developer productivity roadmap, including build system reliability, CI / CD optimization, developer tooling, and standardization of engineering workflows and guidelines.
• Drive cross-functional collaboration, working closely with engineering teams to understand friction points, gather feedback, and ensure DevEx efforts are solving real and impactful problems.
• Ensure observability of developer productivity by defining and interpreting metrics and signals that measure engineering health, software quality, and development velocity.
• Oversee architecture decisions related to internal tooling and infrastructure that supports scalable and efficient software development.
• Represent the voice of developers in engineering planning by championing ease-of-use, system resilience, and feedback loops within Hivemind’s developer ecosystem.

Required qualifications :

Preferred qualifications :

$180,000 - $270,000 a year

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Full-time regular employee offer package :

Pay within range listed + Bonus + Benefits + Equity

Temporary employee offer package :

Pay within range listed above + temporary benefits package (applicable after 60 days of employment)

Salary compensation is influenced by a wide array of factors including but not limited to skill set, level of experience, licenses and certifications, and specific work location. All offers are contingent on a cleared background and possible reference check. Military fellows and part-time employees are not eligible for benefits. Please speak to your talent acquisition representative for more information.

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Shield AI is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know.

Seniority level

Seniority level

Mid-Senior level

Employment type

Employment type

Full-time

Job function

Job function

Engineering and Information Technology

Industries

Software Development

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