Manager of Software Engineering at AHEAD
$180,000–$220,000
Jul 14, 2026
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Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
An engineering management role responsible for leading the teams building two internal platforms — one focused on IT asset lifecycle, procurement, and inventory visibility for enterprise clients, and a sibling platform supporting internal operations. The position blends people leadership (hiring, mentoring, career development) with hands-on technical guidance on architecture, code review, and AI-assisted development workflows, suiting someone with a software engineering background who has moved into team leadership.
Senior level · 5+ years · Remote · Full-time
Pay in the description: $180,000–$220,000
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 55,000 people nationally plausibly meet what this posting asks for (computer and information systems managers). range 33,100–82,500
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 (7)
The role is a people-management position (Engineering Manager) with direct reports, hiring authority, and delivery ownership — classified as 11-3021. The alt SOC 15-1252 reflects the explicit expectation that the candidate stays close to the codebase and guides architectural decisions.
The title carries no seniority level word; the title states no level. The requirements (5+ years engineering, 2+ years management, multi-product delivery ownership) support a Senior band.
Elixir/Phoenix is listed as 'ideally in Elixir/Phoenix or similar modern stacks' — framed as preferred, not a hard gate.
REST, GraphQL, database design, and cloud infrastructure are explicitly called out as 'a plus' under the candidate profile, so they are preferred.
The $180,000–$220,000 figure is described as On-Target Earnings (OTE), which includes base salary plus any applicable target bonus. The exact base/bonus split is not disclosed.
No degree requirement is stated anywhere in the posting.
Caller marked this a fully-remote role — scored against the national candidate pool.
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