Muon Space
Senior Software Engineering Manager, Software Platform
$240K–$265K
San Jose, CA +1 · Manager · Full-time · Posted Jul 15, 2026
- Location
- San Jose, CA
San Jose, California, United States - Experience
- 5+ years of software engineering experience and 3+ years managing software engineering teams building and operating production systems.
- Education
- BS/MS in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field OR equivalent industry experience.
- Visa sponsorship
- For access to export-controlled information, applicants must be a U.S. person, eligible to access it without export authorization, or eligible and reasonably likely to obtain the required authorization. The company may decline to pursue export licensing for legitimate business reasons.
About the job
Leads and grows Muon Space’s Software Platform team, which builds and operates internal developer platforms and production infrastructure for the company’s software systems.
What you'll do
- Lead, hire, coach, and manage the Software Platform team, including setting team composition and performance expectations.
- Set team goals and technical roadmaps, aligning platform work with company priorities and developer needs.
- Ensure production reliability and promote engineering practices such as design reviews, testing, and observability.
What they ask for
- BS/MS in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent industry experience.
- 5+ years of software engineering experience and 3+ years managing software engineering teams building and operating production systems.
- Direct experience managing a platform, infrastructure, DevOps, or SRE team, including hiring, performance management, coaching senior engineers, and team composition.
- Strong technical background in distributed systems, backend services, or platform development, with hands-on depth in Kubernetes, Terraform, and AWS.
Nice to have
- Hands-on experience with Bazel or another large-scale monorepo build system.
- Experience leading data engineering or data platform work within a broader platform team.
Pay
$240,000 - $265,000 USD base salary
Tools
CI/CD, Kubernetes, Terraform, Bazel, AWS, IAM, Cloudflare, Artifactory
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