[Remote] Technical Program Manager, Platform Engineering

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Modular, a Qualcomm company, is hiring a Technical Program Manager to coordinate programs for its Platform Engineering organization. The role drives planning and execution across teams responsible for build, test, release, and deployment systems, while improving developer experience, security, and infrastructure reliability.

Responsibilities

• Partner with engineering and product leaders to scope projects, set milestones, and sequence work against dependencies and available staffing
• Set and run the cadence for planning, status reporting, and risk review across the org
• Drive execution on the build, release, and continuous deployment infrastructure behind MAX, Mojo, and Cloud, shortening the path from merge to production and keeping rollouts and rollbacks safe and routine
• Define and report the metrics for developer experience health, including build time, CI queue time, test flakiness, and time to merge. Use them to prioritize where to invest
• Partner with Security on the integrity of the build and release path — secrets handling in CI, runner and artifact isolation, signing and provenance, and access control on deploy paths
• Coordinate rollouts and migrations across teams, with clear communication, rollback plans, and adoption tracking
• Strengthen reliability of developer infrastructure: lead follow-through after incidents, drive root-cause analysis across teams, and make sure action items actually close

Skills

• Bachelor's degree in a technical field, or equivalent practical experience
• 8 years of experience in technical program management, engineering management, or infrastructure engineering
• Experience driving programs for platform or developer infrastructure teams at scale, such as build systems, CI/CD pipelines, test infrastructure, or release tooling
• Experience leading cross-functional programs with multiple teams and dependencies, from scoping and planning through delivery
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to explain technical work to a range of audiences
• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or related field
• 4+ years of Program Management or related work experience
• Completed advanced degrees in a relevant field may be substituted for up to two years (Master's = one year, Doctorate = two years) of work experience
• Experience building or operating release and deployment infrastructure, including continuous deployment
• Ability to diagnose and improve build performance, test reliability, and pipeline throughput
• Experience working with compiler, systems software, or AI/ML infrastructure teams
• Experience setting the planning and reporting cadence for an engineering organization
• Excellent written communication skills, with the ability to make technical detail clear to people outside the work

Benefits

• Your benefits package may include comprehensive healthcare coverage, retirement and savings programs, employee stock purchase opportunities, paid time off, wellbeing resources, family support programs, and learning and development opportunities. Specific benefit packages may vary based on your location.
• RSU grants
• Annual target bonus
• You can work in our office in Los Altos, CA or remotely from home. Onboarding for new hires is conducted in-person in our Los Altos, CA office.
• Regular team onsites and local meetups in Los Altos, CA as well as different cities

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