Senior Engineering Manager

About the Role

We are hiring a Senior Engineering Manager to lead the technical strategy, architecture, and delivery of our cybersecurity platform.

This is a hands-on leadership role: you'll be building and scaling a small, high-performing team, owning end-to-end engineering execution, and laying the foundation for our product and culture.

Responsibilities

• Own and execute the engineering roadmap in alignment with company goals
• Build and scale a lean engineering team, hiring and mentoring talent
• Drive the design, development, and delivery of secure, scalable software products
• Establish best practices in coding, testing, CI/CD, observability, and architecture
• Collaborate with founders, product, and design to translate business needs into technical execution
• Make technical decisions on architecture, tools, and platform design
• Set and track engineering KPIs for velocity, quality, and reliability
• Ensure compliance with security and regulatory standards
• Stay ahead of emerging technologies and bring in the right innovations at the right time

Success in the First 12 Months

• Build and scale an initial engineering team of 5–7 engineers
• Deliver the MVP release of Visiblaze IQ and set the roadmap for enterprise readiness
• Establish secure, automated CI/CD pipelines and monitoring baselines
• Define and document engineering best practices and architecture standards
• Demonstrate measurable improvements in team velocity and product quality

Requirements

• Minimum of 8 years of professional software engineering experience
• At least 4+ years hands-on development
• At least 2–3 years in engineering management (team building, delivery)
• Proven ability to hire, mentor, and grow engineering talent
• Experience delivering SaaS products (cybersecurity, cloud, or compliance preferred)
• Strong foundation in system architecture, microservices, and cloud-native design
• Proficiency in PostgreSQL, Redis, and scalable data modeling
• Experience with REST APIs and GraphQL
• Familiarity with AWS (EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda) or similar cloud environments
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins)
• Excellent communication skills and ability to work with cross-functional teams

Nice to Have

• Experience with Kubernetes or container orchestration platforms
• Familiarity with event-driven architectures (Kafka, RabbitMQ, Redis Streams)
• Experience with monitoring & logging tools (Prometheus, ELK, CloudWatch)
• Exposure to compliance-driven environments (SOC 2, ISO 27001)
• Understanding of security best practices for SaaS products

What We Offer

• Competitive salary + equity package
• Career growth – opportunities for technical leadership and architecture ownership
• Health & wellness benefits
• Professional development – sponsored certifications, training, and conferences
• Generous time off and holidays
• Modern tech stack and collaborative, innovation-driven culture