Engineering Manager, Internal Developer Platform at Chainguard
$205,000–$230,000
Jun 29, 2026
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Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A people-manager role leading the team responsible for internal developer tooling, CI/CD pipelines, deployment workflows, and infrastructure automation. The team is actively migrating away from a third-party infrastructure dependency toward systems the company owns directly. The position suits an engineering manager with a platform, SRE, or DevOps background who has prior experience directing senior and principal-level engineers.
Senior level · 2+ years · Remote · Full-time
Pay in the description: $205,000–$230,000
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 9,500 people nationally plausibly meet what this posting asks for (computer and information systems managers). range 4,000–14,300
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $178,991 (middle half $141,096–$225,584). This posting is about at that midpoint.
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (7)
The posting is open to two levels — Manager (2–3+ years management experience) or Senior Manager (5–10+ years). The overall years minimum reflects the lower Manager-level gate of 2–3 years; the Senior Manager track would require 5+. Seniority is mapped to Senior as the role manages a single team (even a high-caliber one) and reports to a Senior Director.
The title carries no explicit level word ('Engineering Manager, Internal Developer Platform'), so the title states no level.
GitHub/GitLab administration is listed as a single requirement with 'and/or' phrasing — GitHub is the primary name with GitLab as an alternative.
'Background in Linux distributions or OS-level systems' and 'experience in security-focused organizations or with software supply chain security practices' appear under the explicit 'Nice to Have' section.
The alternative occupation of 15-1252 is noted because the JD emphasizes that managers must stay technically engaged and may occasionally contribute code — but the primary day-to-day work is clearly people and team leadership, so 11-3021 is the right primary code.
Ignored 3 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): engineering management, infrastructure automation, software supply chain security.
Caller marked this a fully-remote role — scored against the national candidate pool.
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