Senior Manager, Software Engineering

Accountabilities: The Senior Manager, Software Engineering will lead a key engineering domain, ensuring successful delivery of reliable, scalable, and secure software platforms. The role requires a balance of technical depth, people leadership, operational excellence, and cross-functional collaboration.

Own the engineering strategy, execution roadmap, and daily operations for a critical product engineering area.

Lead, mentor, and develop a team of software engineers while creating a culture focused on accountability, innovation, and continuous learning.

Provide technical guidance across architecture, design decisions, implementation challenges, and production operations.

Partner with Product, Research, SRE, and engineering leaders to prioritize initiatives and deliver scalable solutions.

Improve engineering fundamentals, including observability, incident management, quality standards, CI/CD practices, and operational processes.

Use metrics, technical insights, and business priorities to identify improvement opportunities and increase team effectiveness.

Drive reliable delivery of software solutions while maintaining strong technical health and long-term scalability.

Support strategic planning and execution in a multi-cloud environment.

Communicate technical priorities, risks, and trade-offs clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Promote collaboration, knowledge sharing, and best practices across engineering teams.

Requirements:

The ideal candidate is a technically experienced engineering leader with a strong background in software development, cloud technologies, distributed systems, and team management. They should be comfortable moving between strategic planning, technical discussions, and hands-on problem solving.

6+ years of experience in software, platform, or cloud engineering, including direct responsibility for engineering teams and delivery outcomes.

Proven experience leading engineers, improving development processes, and delivering reliable production systems.

Strong hands-on experience building and operating distributed systems using AWS and/or GCP.

Familiarity with Kubernetes, CI/CD pipelines, cloud-native architectures, and modern engineering practices.

Strong technical foundation in backend engineering, observability, and operational excellence.

Experience working with cross-functional teams to deliver complex technology initiatives.

Ability to balance technical depth with strong people leadership and organizational influence.

Excellent communication skills, with the ability to explain complex technical concepts and business impact.

Experience working in high-growth SaaS, security, fraud prevention, authentication, trust and safety, or related technology environments is a plus.

Previous experience as a software, infrastructure, or platform engineer before transitioning into management is preferred.

Benefits:

Competitive base salary range of approximately $195,000 – $235,000 USD, depending on experience, skills, and qualifications.

Equity compensation through Restricted Stock Units (RSUs), allowing employees to share in long-term company success.

Remote-first work environment with flexibility and autonomy.

Regular team gatherings, company events, and opportunities for meaningful collaboration.

Unlimited paid time off.

Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance plans.

Employer contributions to health savings accounts.

Paid parental leave for birth, adoptive, and foster parents.

Monthly phone and internet allowance.

Enhanced fertility and personalized health support benefits.

Annual learning and development stipend for certifications, training, and professional growth.

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