Software Engineering Manager, Software Platform at Muon Space
San Jose, CA
$210,000–$234,000from the description
Jul 15, 2026
San Jose, CA
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A management role leading a six-person Software Platform team responsible for the shared infrastructure and developer tooling — including CI/CD pipelines, container orchestration, cloud infrastructure, and data systems — that other engineering teams depend on. The manager will own hiring, roadmap definition, and reliability of production systems, while steering the team toward treating internal developers as product customers. Suits an engineering leader with hands-on platform or infrastructure background.
Senior level · 5+ years · San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA · Full-time
Posted 2 times — it's one opening, so apply once.
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 120 people in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (computer and information systems managers). range 90–150
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
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Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $298,074 (middle half $224,695–$326,567). 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)
This is a people-management role (Engineering Manager) with direct reports, hiring authority, and performance management responsibility — classified as Computer and Information Systems Managers (11-3021). The alt code 15-1244 reflects the platform/infrastructure domain the team operates in, but the primary day-to-day work is managing the team, not hands-on infrastructure operations.
The title carries no explicit seniority level word, so the title states no level. The scope (managing a team of 6, owning roadmap and hiring) is consistent with a Senior-band manager role.
The JD requires 5+ years of software engineering experience AND 3+ years managing engineering teams; the overall years minimum is set to 5 (the overall professional experience floor). The 3-year management requirement is a separate gate captured in the notes since it is a role-type requirement rather than a named technology.
The degree requirement is None: the JD explicitly accepts 'equivalent industry experience' in lieu of a BS/MS.
Bazel, Cloudflare, Artifactory, Okta (listed as 'IAM/Okta'), InfluxDB, and Grafana all appear exclusively under the 'Nice-to-have Skills' heading and are marked preferred accordingly.
The ITAR/EAR clause restricts applicants to US persons or those eligible for export authorization, but does not require a formal US government security clearance — the clearance requirement is None.
The role is hybrid (3 days on-site in San Jose, CA) — not fully remote.
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