Top Software Engineering Manager Jobs in Los Angeles, CA

Lead and grow Ground Systems Software teams: hire, mentor, allocate staff, define scope, track program progress, and drive technical architecture, design reuse, process improvements, and best practices for satellite ground segment development and testing.

Leads multiple software engineering teams and managers responsible for scaling B2B SaaS products. The role combines people management, technical leadership, recruiting, mentoring, performance development, and engineering culture improvement. Responsibilities include promoting software quality, automated testing, CI/CD, DevOps, Agile practices, and cross-functional collaboration with product, QA, security, sales, marketing, HR, and customer success teams.

Lead the Performance and Quality Frameworks team, owning scalable performance engineering platforms and shared functional testing frameworks. Drive architecture, reliability, adoption, documentation, self-service, and roadmap execution across product teams. Apply AI tools such as Cursor and Claude Code to improve test development, maintenance, analysis, and engineering efficiency. Partner with cross-functional stakeholders, mentor engineers, measure framework outcomes, and support highly distributed SaaS systems using cloud, microservices, containers, and CI/CD technologies.

Leads and grows a team of modeling and simulation engineers developing high-fidelity physics-based models and digital twins for spacecraft design, testing, and operations. Provides technical oversight of modeling architecture, validation, and integration; owns the team roadmap; coordinates cross-functional delivery; manages hiring, performance, development, and team culture; and translates organizational strategy into execution.

Manages the Marketplace Performance software engineering team, setting technical strategy and delivering business-critical backend and consumer marketplace systems. Partners with product, design, analytics, revenue, and merchant teams; oversees system reliability, monitoring, testing, on-call operations, and technical standards. Develops engineering talent, drives quality and ownership, and contributes to Affirm’s ads platform and marketplace monetization initiatives.

Lead and develop a software engineering team within NVIDIA’s GeForce NOW Developer Portal. Drive technical roadmaps, software architecture, distributed cloud services, developer-facing APIs, infrastructure, partner support, and operational excellence. Collaborate across internal teams and external partners while overseeing deployments, incident response, observability, and delivery of scalable, low-latency cloud gaming services.

Leads a 10–15-person software engineering team supporting mission planning and mission data management. Responsibilities include staffing, recruiting, training, performance management, career development, workforce planning, compensation coordination, conflict resolution, and process improvement. The manager partners with program teams to align engineering resources with delivery goals and maintains engineering excellence. The role requires software or systems engineering experience, Agile or SAFe knowledge, and an active DoD Secret clearance.

Lead the ToastNow engineering team in delivering high-quality native mobile experiences for restaurant operators. Drive planning, execution, cross-functional collaboration, backlog development, production quality, monitoring, and issue resolution. Hire, mentor, and develop engineers while fostering diverse, high-performing teams. Champion AI tools and practices to improve development speed, quality, and team velocity.

Leads and coaches a team building and maintaining integrations between a cybersecurity platform and third-party technologies. Responsibilities include technical design reviews, code reviews, troubleshooting, direct engineering contribution, delivery planning, stakeholder collaboration, process improvement, and team development. The manager balances new integrations, maintenance, customer needs, and technical debt while promoting reliable engineering practices and practical use of AI-assisted development tools.

Leads Samsara’s globally distributed Core Infrastructure team, combining people leadership with technical strategy across compute, networking, storage, cloud systems, reliability, and efficiency. The manager will develop engineers, establish ownership, improve operational health, lead modernization and disaster-recovery initiatives, build automation and self-service infrastructure, and coordinate with engineering and security leaders. The role requires 8+ years of software engineering experience, including at least two years managing software or infrastructure engineers.

Leads engineering managers and software teams building customer-facing front-end applications and internal and external APIs. Sets technical direction, oversees delivery, manages risks and dependencies, improves engineering quality and security, develops talent, supports hiring, and partners with product and design. The role drives innovation and scalable software solutions for connected vehicle and fleet operations.

Leads a team of approximately 10 engineers developing and maintaining DevOps tools, architectures, and processes for mission-critical software. Manages work packages, budgets, schedules, staffing, risks, Agile metrics, and technical delivery. Provides functional leadership, career guidance, hiring support, and technical direction while collaborating with software, systems engineering, and test organizations. The role requires on-site work, government clearance, and occasional travel.

Leads and mentors cross-functional engineering teams building and operating distributed, API-driven, cloud-native platforms. Owns technical strategy, architecture, delivery outcomes, engineering excellence, operational reliability, and API lifecycle governance. Drives Agile, DevOps, cloud migration, observability, and incident management practices. Establishes responsible AI adoption across software development and guides delivery of AI-enabled products, including agentic solutions, with appropriate evaluation and controls.

Leads a game engineering team developing and modernizing League of Legends alternate play modes. Responsibilities include mentoring engineers, contributing hands-on C++ implementation for UI and player-facing gameplay systems, maintaining engineering quality, and collaborating with product, design, art, and other engineering teams to ship scalable features.

Leads and develops a software engineering team, owns engineer growth, partners with Product and technical teams on architecture and data models, facilitates technical roadmap execution, translates business goals into requirements, and drives scalable, maintainable solutions amid ambiguity.

Lead and manage software engineering teams: run agile processes, design and ship secure scalable APIs and services, guide architecture, manage technical debt, recruit and mentor engineers, and align work with company objectives.

Lead and mentor a team of full-stack engineers to define strategy, roadmap, and measurable goals. Collaborate with Product, Data Science, Operations, and executives to deliver scalable, high-availability services. Make technical tradeoffs, hire and retain talent, apply AI tools responsibly, and ensure code correctness, security, and production quality while executing large, complex initiatives.

Lead a compliance and risk engineering pillar to design, deliver, and operate regulatory automation, AI/ML, and risk-control platforms. Own roadmap, reliability, incident and defect management, stakeholder communication with Legal/Cyber/Compliance, and hiring and growth of software and quality engineering teams across global jurisdictions.

Lead and mentor a backend engineering team building Snap Map backend services and data infrastructure. Set strategy and roadmap, collaborate with product, data science, and ops, evaluate technical tradeoffs, hire and retain talent, and use AI tools and high-velocity workflows to design and ship scalable, production-ready distributed systems.

Lead a squad building factory and launch platform software: manage engineers, own architecture and full SDLC, ship code, partner with cross-functional teams, mentor and hire, and uphold engineering standards for production systems.

Lead a developer productivity engineering team responsible for CI/CD, build systems, internal tooling, and AI-augmented development workflows. Improve developer experience, engineering velocity, and software quality through scalable infrastructure, productivity metrics, AI tool adoption, coaching, and governance. Partner cross-functionally, mentor engineers, evaluate AI technologies and costs, and establish standards for security, correctness, licensing, and data handling.

Leads a software engineering team building backend services, APIs, and product integrations. Responsibilities include people management, technical direction, architecture reviews, delivery planning, vendor coordination, API and integration standards, testing, observability, security, release readiness, and production support. The manager also recruits and develops engineers, manages dependencies and risks, and ensures reliable, maintainable solutions across internal teams, customers, and external technology partners.

Leads and develops a software engineering team building consumer-facing mobile and web experiences. Owns technical strategy, multi-quarter roadmaps, architecture, reliability, performance, incident response, and operational improvements. Partners with Product, Design, Analytics, and engineering teams to deliver large-scale redesigns and cross-functional initiatives while driving alignment, execution, and a high-trust team culture.

Lead and grow a software engineering team owning delivery, quality, and operational health. Provide technical oversight for architecture and code quality, drive planning and execution cadence, adopt AI-assisted development tooling, recruit and onboard engineers, remove blockers and manage cross-team dependencies, and partner with product and design to deliver high-impact work.

Leads and grows a distributed software engineering team building a scalable cloud data and analytics platform. Owns architecture, data modeling, technical delivery, roadmaps, product collaboration, agile planning, quality standards, security alignment, vendor relationships, and engineering KPIs. The role remains hands-on with coding, code reviews, documentation, data architecture, deployment, and development of SaaS data products using Azure or AWS, Microsoft Fabric or Snowflake, and Power BI.