people · May 16, 2026
Vinay Perneti VP of Engineering at Augment Code discusses demand for engineering managers in agentic coding era
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Vinay Perneti, VP of Engineering at Augment Code, shared his perspective on engineering manager roles with The Lead Dev on May 14, 2026. The article notes that demand for engineering managers is surging because agents can write code but still require direction, review, and system coherence. Vinay Perneti stated that leaders should let go of role definitions and stereotypes in an agent-first world. Augment Code's VP of Engineering Vinay Perneti contributed to the piece published 2 days ago.
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