Senior Engineering Manager

Suno Suno · Multimodal · New York, NY · Engineering

Senior Engineering Manager to lead Product Engineering organization, manage Engineering Managers, and partner with product, design, and data science to build applications for creators. Role involves setting technical direction, managing teams, and contributing to the AI music platform.

What you'd actually do

  1. Own the technical direction across your pillar, setting architecture strategy and ensuring scalable, high-quality systems that serve millions of creators
  2. Manage and coach a group of Engineering Managers — setting a hiring bar, running effective performance cycles, and building a culture where teams do their best work
  3. Partner with senior product, design, and data science leaders to define multi-team roadmaps, sequence bets, and ship features that move the needle
  4. Navigate the full development lifecycle from ideation through launch across multiple teams simultaneously, managing tradeoffs and removing blockers at the organizational level
  5. Champion engineering craft across your pillar — code quality, robust testing, and the right balance of rapid iteration with long-term maintainability

Skills

Required

  • managing software engineering teams
  • managing engineering managers
  • shipping impactful consumer products at scale
  • technical foundation
  • code review
  • architectural decisions
  • setting multi-team roadmaps
  • hiring
  • developing engineers
  • retaining engineers
  • building and operating systems at scale
  • production environment
  • fast-paced environments
  • ambiguous environments
  • integrating AI
  • agentic coding

Nice to have

  • consumer tech experience
  • creator-platform company experience
  • experience at startups
  • familiarity with AI/ML-powered product development
  • Modern web technologies
  • native mobile technologies
  • consumer media systems
  • real-time systems

What the JD emphasized

  • managing software engineering teams in a direct-to-consumer product organization, including experience managing other engineering managers, with a track record of shipping impactful consumer products at scale
  • Strong technical foundation — you can review code, guide architectural decisions across multiple teams, and jump into the codebase when needed
  • Experience setting multi-team roadmaps and translating ambiguous, org-level problems into clear plans and shipped features alongside senior product, design, and data science partners
  • A demonstrated ability to hire, develop, and retain strong engineering managers and engineers — you care deeply about growing people's careers
  • Hands-on experience building and operating systems at scale in a production environment
  • Comfort thriving in fast-paced, ambiguous environments while keeping multiple teams focused across competing priorities
  • Forward-looking perspective on integrating AI and agentic coding into production engineering workflows

Other signals

  • leading product engineering organization
  • manage a group of Engineering Managers
  • partner closely with product, design, and data science
  • shape both the technical roadmap and the managers
  • integrating AI and agentic coding into production engineering workflows