Software Development Manager, AI Builder Tools
Lead the AI Builder Tools team to enhance productivity for MaintainX engineers through autonomous coding agents.
Posted by employer 6 months ago
First seen on Joblaze 1 month ago
Last verified on the company career page 1 day ago
Skills & Technologies
Role intensity
10% coding — mostly leadership/strategy
AI in the day-to-day
Transform how every MaintainX engineer writes, ships, and maintains software through autonomous coding agents.
Requirements
- Experience
- 4+ years
Not disclosed in this posting: compensation, visa sponsorship.
Benefits
Joblaze summary
In this role, the Software Development Manager will oversee a team of platform engineers focused on enhancing the software development lifecycle through AI-powered tools. Key skills include a strong background in developer tooling, CI/CD, and distributed systems, with a preference for experience in LLM agent frameworks. This position is ideal for someone with over four years of management experience in platform or infrastructure teams, who is passionate about mentoring and developing talent. The team operates with high autonomy, aiming to significantly boost productivity across MaintainX's engineering efforts.
Joblaze insights
- Listed about a month ago — first seen on Joblaze September 3, 2026. Last confirmed on MaintainX's careers page October 27, 2026.
- This exact title is also open at 1 other location at MaintainX: San Francisco.
- distributed systems appears in 3.1% of 1199 comparable lead management roles; developer tooling appears in 0.1% of 1199 comparable lead management roles.
Quick facts
- Is the Software Development Manager, AI Builder Tools role remote?
- Yes — MaintainX lists this as a fully remote position.
- How much experience is required?
- At least 4 years of relevant experience for this Software Development Manager, AI Builder Tools role.
- What's the tech stack?
- Joblaze extracted these technologies from the posting: CI/CD, MCP tooling, agent frameworks, agentic coding infrastructure, containerization, developer tooling.
- What seniority level is this role?
- MaintainX targets lead candidates for this position.
- Is this full-time or contract?
- Full-time for this Software Development Manager, AI Builder Tools role at MaintainX.
From the original posting
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.
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