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Posted Oct 13, 2026 · Application Software

Manager, Software Engineering, People (Application Software)

This week Fresh · 4d Real people manager Senior Managerest Manages managers Balanced Onsite $195k–290k
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Direct from SpaceX's careers pageVerified fresh Oct 17, 2026 via their Greenhouse job board. Removed here within a day of closing.
Open 4 days
Since Oct 13, 2026 · opened in the last 14 days
No reposts seen. Repost tracking started Oct 17, 2026.
Pay: bottom 25%
Midpoint $242k vs median $275k for non-remote Senior Manager roles we track (n=97)
Percentile 22 of posted US base ranges at this level · See the Senior Manager salary page
Real people manager
The posting describes people-management duties:
  • ✓ performance reviews / management; regular 1:1sConduct weekly 1:1s, goal setting, feedback conversations, and semi-annual performance reviews with engineers and engineering leads to ensure their well-being and team health, and support them in…
  • ✓ hiring for the teamManage all aspects of the software supporting People operations, including HRIS, payroll, time and attendance, benefits, recruiting, employee master data and org structure, and the systems that…
  • ✓ manages a team of engineersDirectly manage a team of software engineers and software engineering leads
  • ✓ manages managers

About the role

As the Software Engineering Manager, you will be managing teams of software engineers to build and support our People software systems – including HRIS, payroll, and the applications that run the employee lifecycle. Directly manage a team of software engineers and software engineering leads.

Short summary only. The full description, requirements and application are on SpaceX's careers site.

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