Manager, Software Engineering at New Relic
Atlanta, GA
$186,000–$233,000
Jul 17, 2026
Atlanta, GA
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A leadership role overseeing global engineering teams responsible for building and maintaining APM agents — the instrumentation software that runs in customer environments to surface application performance data. Day-to-day work spans hands-on technical problem solving, data analysis, cross-team planning, and people management, including on-call operations. Suited to an experienced engineering manager with a strong backend software background and a track record of scaling distributed teams.
Senior level · 10+ years · Remote · Full-time
Pay in the description: $186,000–$233,000
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 33,600 people nationally plausibly meet what this posting asks for (computer and information systems managers). range 20,100–50,500
Applicant volume Heavy — This req sits in a large pool with little in its requirements to thin it, and auto-apply tools fire at everything in the occupation. Applying early and leading with the rare skills below is what gets read.
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 (8)
The role is a people-management position (Engineering Manager / Director level) leading global APM agent teams, with 4+ years of people-leadership and 10+ years of software engineering required — classified accordingly as a Computer and Information Systems Manager. The alt SOC (Software Developers) reflects the strong hands-on technical expectations called out in the posting.
The backend language requirement names Java and Node as interchangeable examples ('a backend language like Java and Node'); both are captured under a single skill with Node.js as an alternative.
People management (4+ years) is stated as a hard requirement in the requirements block; it is listed here as a skill because the JD explicitly gates on it, though it is a leadership capability rather than a named technology.
OpenTelemetry and AI appear under 'Bonus points if you have' and are marked preferred.
The posting states '#LI-Remote' and notes remote office availability; per caller instruction, remote=true and no metro is inferred.
A corporate bonus plan is mentioned in addition to the base salary range of $186,000–$233,000 USD/year.
Ignored 3 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): people management, data analysis, on-call / 24x7 operations management.
Caller marked this a fully-remote role — scored against the national candidate pool.
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