This role requires regular on-site presence at our Lehi, Utah office, with a minimum of one day per week in person. Additional in-office time may be required based on business needs or critical initiatives.

We are seeking an Engineering Manager / Engineering Lead to lead a single, full‑stack agile team. This role combines people leadership, delivery accountability, and hands‑on technical leadership in building and operating AI/ML‑powered production systems.

The Mgr, Software Development 1 role is a management role that supports the broad objectives of the department and the Church in the work of software development. These objectives include code consistency, code quality, project maintainability, developer job satisfaction, retention and propagation of developer business knowledge, developer recruiting, developer training, and developer resource allocation across projects and software development methods. The manager is expected to have excellent technical skills in addition to project management and personnel management experience. The development manager acts as the coach and mentor to ensure the effective use of software development methodologies within the teams he/she oversees. This position is responsible for a group of developers, systems/products, and projects within a portfolio.

This leader drives the development and delivery of automated tree‑building (ATB) solutions leveraging modern AI technologies and processes. This role defines and drives the technical vision to use AI to construct family trees from all available data, both from FamilySearch and from third parties. The primary objective is to significantly increase the number of ordinance‑ready names available to Church members.

The manager is expected to have excellent technical skills in addition to project management and personnel management experience. The development manager acts as the coach and mentor to ensure the effective use of software development methodologies within the teams he or she oversees. This position is responsible for a group of developers, systems or products, and projects within a portfolio. This individual works with divine guidance to provide or support technology that furthers the mission of the Church and reflects the eternal impact of the gospel.

This individual works with divine guidance to provide or support technology that furthers the mission of the Church and reflects the eternal impact of the gospel.

We value early, mid and late-career candidates and encourage all applicants with the posted skills and abilities to apply.

Church employees find joy and satisfaction in using their unique talents and abilities to further the Lord’s work. From the IT professional who develops an app that sends the gospel message worldwide, to the facilities manager who maintains our buildings— giving Church members places to worship, teach, learn, and receive sacred ordinances—our employees seek innovative ways to share the gospel of Jesus Christ with the world. They are literally working in His kingdom.

Only members of the Church who are worthy of a temple recommend qualify for employment. Apart from this, the Church is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate in its employment decisions on any basis that would violate U.S. or local law.

Qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, national origin, color, gender, pregnancy, marital status, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, or other legally protected categories that apply to the Church. The Church will make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with known disabilities.

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FamilySearch Mgr, Software Development 1 (Lehi, UT)