Top Software Engineering Manager Jobs in Los Angeles, CA

Leads and develops software engineers through mentorship, feedback, hiring, and career growth. Partners with product and design to deliver secure, scalable, reliable features; guides architecture and engineering best practices; improves processes, velocity, and execution; and translates customer and business needs into technical roadmaps. The role requires hands-on leadership in a high-growth startup environment and ownership of engineering culture, performance, reliability, and talent development.

Lead and manage a distributed team of engineers in Sustaining Engineering, ensuring growth, performance, and customer-focused software solutions. Support timely delivery of technical solutions across various technology fields while promoting a collaborative culture.

Leads a small full-stack engineering team maintaining and enhancing a secure, scalable e-signature SaaS platform. Responsibilities include technical direction, mentoring, .NET and Angular development, Azure operations, reliability and performance improvement, incident response, deployment coordination, security and compliance, code reviews, technical debt reduction, and stakeholder collaboration. The role remains hands-on while overseeing platform stability, auditability, observability, and continuous product improvement.

Leads software engineering and change management teams developing and modernizing Specialty Pharmacy technology. Responsibilities include setting technology strategy, managing multiyear roadmaps, overseeing design, development, testing, and delivery, improving engineering practices and operational efficiency, mentoring distributed teams, managing performance and hiring, partnering with business and product leaders, coordinating vendors, and researching emerging healthcare and technology trends.

Lead and grow a team of 6–12 software engineers, drive project execution from planning to delivery, maintain technical standards and architecture, collaborate with Product and Design, conduct performance management and career development, recruit and retain talent, and improve engineering processes and team culture.

Lead and coach a software engineering team owning mission, execution, code quality, and morale. Partner with product managers on roadmaps, remove roadblocks, improve processes, and drive innovation across high-traffic full-stack and data applications.

The Senior Manager, Software Engineering will oversee multiple engineering teams for an unpublished R&D product, defining engineering strategy, managing performance, and shaping product development. This role requires a hands-on approach in implementation and close collaboration with product teams, focusing on backend systems for game development and scaling technologies effectively.

The Engineering Manager will lead a team of engineers to develop and maintain software solutions, collaborate with various teams, and implement CI/CD practices. They will also mentor engineers and influence organizational technology strategies.

As a Software Engineering Manager, you'll lead a team, drive product execution, refine engineering processes, and contribute to high-impact code.

The Software Engineering Manager will lead and optimize data transformation projects using AI, collaborate with various teams, and ensure project delivery while balancing technical debt and new features.

Leads software engineering teams delivering enterprise applications and SaaS products. Owns architecture, technical design, product lifecycle, roadmap execution, release quality, security, reliability, and operational readiness. Partners with Product, Architecture, Quality, Cloud, and Support teams, while driving engineering practices, AI-assisted development, process improvements, and customer issue resolution. Builds high-performing teams, coaches managers and engineers, and communicates technical direction, risks, and delivery outcomes to stakeholders.

Lead and grow a robotics engineering team building autonomous factory systems (perception, planning, control, collision avoidance). Hire, mentor, partner cross-functionally, influence technical direction, and improve engineering practices across design, testing, simulation, deployment, and incident response.

Manages software engineers and integration specialists building, deploying, and operating Fastpath Access Governance services. Owns the technical roadmap, delivery, quality, architecture, and operational health of cloud-native services. Partners with product, UX, and architecture teams in Scrum, drives AI-assisted engineering practices, oversees ERP and business application integrations, and develops a supportive, high-performing engineering culture.

Lead and manage agile software development teams onsite, oversee SDLC activities, staffing, budgeting and performance metrics, mentor engineers, implement process improvements, interface with program leaders, and support cost estimates and requirements management.

Lead one or more engineering teams owning mission, execution, code quality, and morale. Partner with product managers on roadmaps, remove roadblocks, improve processes, coach and grow engineers, and drive innovation while delivering high-traffic full-stack or data applications at scale.

Manage a team developing accelerated image and data compression libraries. Define project goals, roadmap, and scope; ensure execution and delivery; elevate engineering practices; collaborate with internal and external customers and the open-source community while fostering an inclusive, innovative environment.

Lead and manage the development of the Landscape systems management solution for Ubuntu, guiding a team of engineers and setting strategic goals.

Lead a team of 5+ engineers building scalable game-platform services (game provisioning, data delivery, leaderboards). Manage hiring, onboarding, performance, and career growth. Own technical roadmap, design reviews, code reviews, and live service operations including on-call troubleshooting and cross-team collaboration to ensure reliability and scalability.

Leads and develops a team of mobile software engineers building NPR applications. Responsibilities include coaching, hiring, Agile delivery, technical planning, code and design reviews, workflow automation, production incident response, vendor coordination, and cross-functional collaboration. The role requires prior hands-on mobile engineering experience, proficiency in native iOS or Android technologies, release infrastructure, Git, and Agile/Scrum practices.

Leads the Platform Development and browser engineering teams, overseeing architecture, development, delivery, optimization, and operational excellence for scalable enterprise software. Maintains hands-on technical involvement while building high-performing teams, mentoring leaders, driving AI enablement, improving engineering practices, and executing the product roadmap. Partners with Product, Architecture, Data, and AI teams to deliver reliable, secure, performant platform capabilities and communicates technical strategy and progress to executive stakeholders.

Lead multiple engineering teams for VALORANT, overseeing service development, performance management, and cross-team collaboration, while driving technical direction and operational excellence.

Lead and develop a software engineering team modernizing a legacy enterprise platform. Drive re-architecture, define target-state architecture and technical strategy, guide scalability and reliability decisions, and establish engineering standards for testing, code review, CI/CD, infrastructure automation, observability, and operational excellence. Partner with Architecture, Product, Security, and business stakeholders while recruiting talent, supporting career development, and balancing technical priorities with delivery commitments.

Lead and manage software engineering teams to deliver scalable, secure cloud-native applications. Own SDLC, architecture, production stability, incident resolution, cross-functional alignment, technology strategy (including AI/ML), hiring, mentorship, and engineering excellence.

Lead and grow a multidisciplinary software and data engineering team building data pipelines, AI-enabled analytics, and custom BI dashboards. Own roadmaps, delivery, SDLC practices, data governance, and cross-functional collaboration with product, program, QA, and BI partners to ensure scalable, reliable analytics platforms and polished UI components.

Lead a team to enhance Cengage Learning Platforms by implementing AI-first strategies, improving software delivery processes, and ensuring product quality.