Manager, Software Engineering

New Relic · Atlanta, Georgia, USA; Austin, Texas, USA; Boise, Idaho, USA; Chicago, Illinois, USA; Cleveland, Ohio, USA; Detroit, Michigan, USA; Indianapolis, Indiana, USA; Las Vegas, Nevada, USA; Miami, Florida, USA; Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA; Orlando, Florida, USA; Phoenix, Arizona, USA; Portland, Oregon, USA; Salt Lake City, Utah, USA · Engineering

Posted 2026-07-17

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Do you get excited about complex distributed systems? Do you love data? We’re looking for an experienced technology leader to lead and grow our global engineering team and help our customers build better software by building the next generation of Application Performance Monitoring (APM) by leading our Agent teams.

New Relic is committed to giving our customers valuable insights into their systems, and New Relic’s APM agents are used by tens of thousands of companies to evaluate and improve the performance of their most important business applications.

Opportunity to work from a remote office may be available depending on the applicant's location.

What you'll do

Hands on with data analysis and technical problem solving

Leverage open source tools like OpenTelemetry to acquire data

Help design and build our APM agents that run in our customer environments and give engineers deep insight into application performance, and business line owners actionable intelligence on their business performance

Build processes that ensure reliability, scalability, team growth and execution

Work across teams to build engineering plans and execute, getting things done in a distributed, large-scale, and fast-growing environment

This role requires

4+ years of experience leading people and teams

10+ years of experience in Software Engineering

Proven track record of leading and scaling strong technical teams

Experience handling high performing self-directed remote teams

Capable of diving deep and understanding the technical implications and risks of a decision

Experience in a backend language like Java and Node

Experience with Data Analysis

Experience managing on-call rotations and 24/7 operations

The most successful managers here act with drive and urgency, yet always take the time to listen and to do the right thing. They constantly seek new ways to explain, coach, teach, and bring out the best in others.

Able to handle a fast paced working environment

Bonus points if you have

Experience with OpenTelemetry or other observability tools

Experience with AI

Please note that visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

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The pay range below represents a reasonable estimate of the salary for the listed position. This role is eligible for a corporate bonus plan. Pay within this range varies by work location and may also depend on job-related factors such as an applicant’s skills, qualifications, and experience.

New Relic provides a variety of benefits for this role, including healthcare, dental, vision, parental leave and planning, and mental health benefits, a 401(k) plan and match, flex time-off, 11 paid holidays, volunteer time-off, and other competitive benefits designed to improve the lives of our employees.

Estimated Base Pay Range

$186,000—$233,000 USD

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