Senior Engineering Manager, Security Products

About the role

Journey alongside a strong community of top talent who are relentless in their drive to build the simplest scalable cloud. If you have a growth mindset, naturally like to think big and bold, and are energized by the fast-paced environment of a true industry disruptor, you’ll find your place here. We are looking for a seasoned Senior Engineering Manager to lead our Security Products engineering team based out of Seattle or Boston.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor a multi-disciplinary engineering team focused on building scalable security products.
• Drive the technical roadmap and execution for security features, including threat detection, identity management, and data protection.
• Manage delivery timelines, inter-team dependencies, and proactive risk mitigation to ensure successful on-time execution of product milestones (e.g., preview and GA launches).
• Establish and lead sustaining engineering practices, including prioritizing technical debt reduction, resolving aging tickets, and ensuring comprehensive security rule and feature coverage.
• Collaborate with Product Management and Security Architects to define product requirements and technical specifications.
• Ensure high standards of code quality, security best practices, and operational excellence across the development lifecycle.
• Manage recruitment, performance reviews, and career development for the engineering team.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• 10+ years of experience in software engineering, with at least 4+ years in a senior leadership or management role.
• Proven track record of delivering complex security products or cloud-scale distributed systems.
• Deep understanding of security protocols, cryptography, and modern web application security.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills within a global organizational structure.
• 5+ years of experience in software engineering, with significant exposure to building products at security companies or within security functions.
• Expert-level Go and strong JavaScript/Node.js skills.
• Proven track record of designing and implementing high-throughput, scalable systems with large data requirements.
• Deep understanding of distributed systems: consensus, replication, partitioning, and consistency - Production Apache Flink and advanced Kafka experience processing high-volume event streams.
• Deep understanding of Kubernetes expertise running security-critical workloads at scale.
• Cloud platform experience (AWS, GCP, Azure) with understanding of cloud security models, infrastructure as Code expertise (Terraform, Helm, Chef).
• Experience building systems handling millions of events per second.
• Familiarity with various security tools and technologies (e.g., SIEM, WAF, IDS/IPS, vulnerability scanners).
• Excellent problem-solving, analytical, and communication skills.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic, and rapidly evolving environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• 10+ years of experience in software engineering, with at least 4+ years in a senior leadership or management role.
• Proven track record of delivering complex security products or cloud-scale distributed systems.
• Deep understanding of security protocols, cryptography, and modern web application security.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills within a global organizational structure.
• 5+ years of experience in software engineering, with significant exposure to building products at security companies or within security functions.
• Expert-level Go and strong JavaScript/Node.js skills.
• Proven track record of designing and implementing high-throughput, scalable systems with large data requirements.
• Deep understanding of distributed systems: consensus, replication, partitioning, and consistency - Production Apache Flink and advanced Kafka experience processing high-volume event streams.
• Deep understanding of Kubernetes expertise running security-critical workloads at scale.
• Cloud platform experience (AWS, GCP, Azure) with understanding of cloud security models, infrastructure as Code expertise (Terraform, Helm, Chef).
• Experience building systems handling millions of events per second.
• Familiarity with various security tools and technologies (e.g., SIEM, WAF, IDS/IPS, vulnerability scanners).
• Excellent problem-solving, analytical, and communication skills.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic, and rapidly evolving environment.

Skills

• Experience with distributed systems and microservices architectures.
• Knowledge of cryptography and secure communication protocols.
• Contributions to open-source security projects.

Benefits

• Compensation Range: $200,800.00 - $251,000.00
• This is a remote role
• JR: 2026-7828

Pay

$200,800.00 - $251,000.00

Schedule

Remote

Application Instructions

You may apply to a maximum of 3 positions within any 180-day period.