Software Development Manager, AI Builder Tools - Remote

Overview

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.

In Short

• 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.
• Collaborate with Recruiting and other Software Development Managers to hire, onboard, and scale a world-class platform engineering organization.

Requirements

• 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.

Benefits

• 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.