Software Engineering Manager at Encore Fire Protection
Pawtucket, RI
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Jul 20, 2026
Pawtucket, RI
Jul 22, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A player-coach engineering leadership role at a large fire protection services company undergoing a significant technology modernization. The position involves directly managing a team of software engineers and DevOps practitioners, owning cloud infrastructure across GCP, AWS, and Azure, and overseeing CI/CD pipelines, integrations, and delivery processes. It suits an experienced engineering manager who remains hands-on with code and architecture while driving team development, standards, and platform reliability.
Senior level · 7+ years · Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 360 people in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (computer and information systems managers). range 150–550
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 $219,687 (middle half $178,102–$275,447).
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 (9)
The role is explicitly titled 'Engineering Manager' with direct reports, hiring authority, performance management, and budget/vendor ownership — 11-3021 is the primary classification. However, the posting strongly emphasizes a 'player-coach' dynamic with hands-on code reviews, architecture decisions, and production debugging, making 15-1252 a meaningful runner-up.
Location is not explicitly stated in the posting. Encore Fire Protection is headquartered in the Boston, MA area (Canton, MA); the CBSA has been inferred from company headquarters. The role does not appear to be remote.
AWS and Azure are listed together as 'preferred' cloud platforms within the requirements block ('AWS, Azure preferred'), so both are captured as hard gates with each as an alternative for the other. GCP is mentioned only in the responsibilities narrative as part of the current environment and is marked preferred.
Containerization is listed in the requirements block without a specific tool named (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes); it is captured generically as stated.
Agile/Scrum appears in the requirements block as part of SDLC practices; Scrum is listed as an alternative since the posting treats them interchangeably.
Workato is explicitly called out as 'a plus' (preferred). Snowflake and ServiceTrade appear only in the responsibilities narrative as existing vendor/integration relationships, not as candidate gates.
Compensation is described only as 'competitive salary commensurate with experience' with performance bonuses — no figures are provided.
The degree requirement states 'Bachelor's degree… or equivalent professional experience,' so no hard degree gate is set.
The '3 years in a people management role' sub-requirement is a role-level gate captured under the overall years minimum (7+ years overall); the management sub-requirement is noted here as it cannot be represented as a skill.
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