Software Engineering Manager, General Platform
RADAR · Seattle, WA
$200,000–$250,000from the description
Jul 10, 2026
Seattle, WA
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A player-coach engineering manager role leading a full-stack team responsible for tenant and store onboarding systems and a customer-facing front-end platform at a retail technology company. The position combines hands-on technical involvement — architecture, design reviews, and code review — with people management duties including mentoring, performance management, and cross-functional collaboration. It suits an experienced engineer-turned-manager comfortable operating at pace in a high-growth environment.
Senior level · 5+ years · National · Bachelor's required · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
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.
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Why we read it this way (9)
The role is titled 'Software Engineer Manager' with no explicit seniority level in the title — advertised seniority is Unspecified. The actual scope (managing a team of 5+, full P&L-style ownership of a platform team) maps to a Senior management band.
This is a genuine player-coach role: the JD explicitly requires hands-on technical engagement (design reviews, architecture, code review) alongside people management. 11-3021 is the primary classification given direct reports, hiring authority, and team ownership, but 15-1252 is a meaningful runner-up given the 'practicing engineer' emphasis.
The degree requirement states 'Bachelor's or Master's degree' — Bachelor's is the minimum hard gate.
The required language is framed as 'at least one core language such as Java, Python, C++, or Go' — these are interchangeable options; Java is listed first with the others as alternatives.
Container orchestration (e.g. Docker/Kubernetes) and cloud platform experience (AWS/GCP/Azure) appear only under the Preferred section.
No work location is specified in the posting; the compensation range and company context suggest a US-based role, but no city or metro is identified.
The 2-year minimum for managing teams of 5+ is a people-management gate, not a technology skill — captured in the overall years minimum alongside the 5+ years overall engineering experience requirement (the higher of the two role-level gates).
'Multi-tenant platform systems' is listed as a required skill under the Required section ('Experience with onboarding, provisioning, or multi tenant platform systems'); it is retained as a named capability gate even though it is not a specific named tool, because the JD explicitly gates on this architectural experience.
Ignored 1 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): multi-tenant platform systems.
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