Senior Manager, Software Engineering

Overview

Epsilon is looking for a Senior Manager, Software Engineering to lead a high-impact team building core capabilities for Epsilon Clean Room, our privacy-first data collaboration platform. In this role, you will lead a team of 8-12 engineers and contractors, shape technical direction, partner closely with product and architecture leaders, and help deliver scalable solutions that enable secure, data-rich collaboration for enterprise clients. This role also includes helping shape the engineering foundations for agentic experiences such as intelligent workflow orchestration, AI-assisted user journeys, and automation patterns that improve how customers interact with the platform.

Responsibilities

What You’ll Do

• Lead, coach, and develop a team of full-time engineers and contractors, providing clear direction, regular feedback, and support for career growth and performance.
• Manage team capacity, delivery planning, and execution across a strategic product area, ensuring the team is set up to deliver high-quality outcomes against business priorities.
• Partner with product management, architecture, and multi-functional partners to define technical direction, align roadmaps, and deliver customer-facing capabilities for a data-intensive platform, including emerging agentic and AI-assisted experiences.
• Guide the design and delivery of full-stack and data-intensive systems using technologies such as Databricks, Spark, and cloud-native services, with an eye toward intelligent automation, orchestration, and agent-driven workflows.
• Hire and onboard strong engineering talent, build an inclusive and accountable team culture, and effectively lead a blended organization of employees and contractors.
• Operate as a player-coach by reviewing architecture and code, removing technical blockers, and contributing directly when the situation calls for it, including in areas related to AI-enabled services, workflow automation, and agent orchestration.
• Raise the bar on engineering quality, operational excellence, and delivery discipline through strong design practices, observability, continuous improvement, and responsible delivery of AI and agentic capabilities.

Qualifications

What We’re Looking For

• 10+ years of engineering experience, including 3+ years in an engineering management role.
• Experience leading software engineering teams in a product environment, including direct people management responsibilities such as coaching, performance management, and team development.
• Experience leading teams that build modern software platforms spanning application development, distributed systems, large-scale data processing, and increasingly AI-enabled or agentic product capabilities.
• Familiarity with AI-assisted engineering workflows and coding tools such as Cursor, GitHub Copilot, or similar developer productivity platforms.
• Hands-on experience with big data and data engineering technologies, including Databricks, Spark, and large-scale processing frameworks.
• Experience building and operating cloud-based platforms, with strong judgment around scalable architecture, reliability, performance, and the operational demands of automation and intelligent system behavior.
• A player-coach approach with strong communication skills, sound engineering judgment, and the ability to build trust with both senior partners and engineering teams while leading through ambiguity in emerging product areas such as AI and agentic capabilities.

Technology Environment

• Full-stack applications, backend services, APIs, and customer-facing product experiences
• Databricks, Spark, and large-scale data processing platforms
• Cloud infrastructure across AWS, Azure, and GCP
• Modern engineering practices including observability, CI/CD, distributed system design, and evolving patterns for AI integration, agent orchestration, and intelligent automation.
• AI-assisted developer tools such as Cursor, GitHub Copilot, and related coding productivity platforms.

Who Thrives Here

This is a strong opportunity for a technology leader who enjoys building teams, shaping platforms, and working close to the business. If you are excited by the idea of leading engineers, solving complex data and application challenges, and helping scale a privacy-first product in a fast-moving environment, this role offers meaningful scope and impact.

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Additional Information

When you join Epsilon, we’ll create something EPIC together. We’re a global leader in data and identity, with deep expertise in digital media, clean rooms, customer data platforms, loyalty and marketing services. Positioned at the center of Publicis Groupe, Epsilon helps brands deliver personalized experiences at scale and build lasting customer relationships by unlocking the full potential of data and identity. Epsilon operates in 30+ countries across EMEA, the Americas and APAC, with more than 8,000 employees.

Check out a few of these resources to learn more about what makes Epsilon so EPIC:

Our Culture: https://www.epsilon.com/us/about-us/our-culture-epsilon

Life at Epsilon: https://www.epsilon.com/us/about-us/epic-blog

Epsilon has five values that define our culture and guide us as we create value for our clients, our people and consumers. We seek candidates who align with our company values, demonstrate them and make them meaningful in their day-to-day work:

• Act with integrity. We are transparent and have the courage to do the right thing.
• Work together to win together. We believe collaboration is the catalyst that unlocks our full potential.
• Innovate with purpose. We shape the market with big ideas that drive big outcomes.
• Respect all voices. We embrace differences and foster a culture of connection and belonging.
• Empower with accountability. We trust each other to own and deliver on common goals.

Because You Matter

As an Epsilon employee, you deserve perks and benefits that put you, your family and your finances first. Our benefits encompass a wide range of offerings, including but not limited to:

• Time to recharge: Flexible time off (FTO), 14 paid holidays, paid sick time
• Family well-being: Parental/new child leave, childcare & elder care assistance, adoption assistance
• Extra perks: Comprehensive health coverage, 401(k), tuition assistance, commuter benefits, professional development, employee recognition, charitable donation matching, health coaching and counseling

Epsilon benefits are subject to eligibility requirements and other terms.

Epsilon is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Epsilon’s policy is not to discriminate against any applicant or employee based on actual or perceived race, age, sex or gender (including pregnancy), marital status, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, mental or physical disability, religion, creed, color, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression (including transgender status), veteran status, genetic information or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local law. Epsilon also prohibits harassment of applicants and employees based on any of these protected categories. Epsilon will provide accommodations to applicants who need accommodations to complete the application process. Please reach out to [email protected] to request an accommodation.

For San Francisco Bay and Los Angeles Areas: Epsilon will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories for employment in a manner consistent with the City of Los Angeles’ Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance and San Francisco Police Code Sections 4901-4919, commonly referred to as the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance. Applicants with criminal histories are welcome to apply.

Compensation Range: USD $140,900.00 - USD $261,700.00/Annually. This is the pay range the Company believes it will pay for this position at the time of this posting. Consistent with applicable law, compensation will be determined based on the skills, qualifications, and experience of the applicant along with the requirements of the position, and the Company reserves the right to modify this pay range at any time. Temporary roles may be eligible to participate in our freelancer/temporary employee medical plan through a third-party benefits administration system once certain criteria have been met. For regular roles, the Company will offer medical coverage, dental, vision, disability, 401k, and paid time off. The Company anticipates the application deadline for this job posting will be 11/6/2026.