Sr. Engineering Manager - Full Stack

Illumio is the leader in ransomware and breach containment, redefining how organizations contain cyberattacks and enable operational resilience. Powered by the Illumio AI Security Graph, our breach containment platform identifies and contains threats across hybrid multi-cloud environments — stopping the spread of attacks before they become disasters. Recognized as a Leader in the Forrester Wave™ for Microsegmentation, Illumio enables Zero Trust, strengthening cyber resilience for the infrastructure, systems, and organizations that keep the world running.

About the role

Our Engineering team thrives on visionary leadership, autonomy, and ownership, creating a dynamic synergy that drives us forward in the ever-evolving landscape of cybersecurity. As part of our team, you will work with a cutting-edge technology stack spanning operating systems, distributed applications, and immersive UI/visualization tools, shaping the future of cybersecurity.

Responsibilities

• Manage high-performing teams of 9+ engineers and own the accountability of complete end-to-end delivery.
• Manage managers as well as individual contributors.
• Drive design, development, implementation, and documentation of engineering solutions.
• Exhibit excellent stakeholder and program management skills.
• Establish best engineering practices and operational excellence backed by product, engineering, and scrum metrics.
• Interact with other Illumio engineering teams to share expertise and align on dependencies and deliverables.
• Engage with Product Management and Business to drive the agenda, set priorities, and deliver products.
• Work closely with Architects and cross-functional teams, following established practices for solution delivery within architectural guidelines.
• Work with senior leadership to chart the future roadmap of products.
• Participate in hiring and build high-performing agile teams.
• Engage in organizational events like hackathons and demo days.
• Interact closely with business owners and technical teams both within India and globally for requirements.
• Mentor and coach the team to help them grow.

Requirements

• 6+ years' experience in building products with a focus on cloud-based high-performance systems.
• 7+ years' experience in leading and managing high-performance teams.
• Have led a team of 9+ engineers/managers and owned accountability of end-to-end delivery.
• Excellent stakeholder and program management skills.
• Extensive experience building distributed systems and cloud services using technologies like Java, Spring Boot, Golang, Python.
• Advocacy for engineering and operational excellence.
• Knowledge of cloud platforms like Azure, AWS, and GCP.
• Exposure to developing large-scale data platforms using cloud technologies and data warehouse products like BigQuery, RedShift.
• Proficient in understanding and handling Non-Functional Requirements (NFRs).
• Strong experience running cloud-distributed systems in production for at least 2-3 years.
• Experience creating high-performing, highly scalable, and distributed middle-tier services in the Cloud (Azure, AWS, or GCP).
• Good knowledge and experience developing REST-based APIs and integrations.
• Object-Oriented analysis and design using common design patterns.
• Knowledge of unit testing frameworks (JUnit/Spock/Jest, etc.) and code quality control platforms.
• Experience in CI/CD development environments/tools: Git, Maven, Gradle, Jenkins, GCP DevOps.
• Working knowledge of SQL and NoSQL database technologies.
• Strong hands-on development skills to prototype technical solutions.
• Strong desire to drive change and ability to adapt quickly.
• Willingness to learn new and emerging technologies.
• Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills — including negotiation, facilitation, and consensus-building; ability to influence and persuade without direct control.
• Well-versed with Agile (Scrum) methodology.

This position involves access to software/technology subject to U.S. export controls. Any job offer will be contingent upon the applicant’s capacity to serve in compliance with U.S. export controls.

Schedule

5 on-site days a week in Sunnyvale, CA Headquarters.