Our vision is to be the Champions of a Safer Digital Future and the Champions of Change. We believe in empowering individuals and teams with freedom and responsibility to align their goals such that we all row in the same direction. We are uncomfortably transparent, autonomous & accountable; we have zero tolerance for brilliant jerks; we have an unlimited vacation policy and more. For us, our Culture Is Our Strategy - check out our Culture Memo for more details and surprises.
Job Overview:
As an Engineering Manager, you'll lead our talented engineers, providing technical guidance, mentorship, and strategic direction. You'll contribute to solving intricate scale architecture problems, collaborating closely with various teams to design and develop core product features aimed at predicting and preventing cyber breaches.
Core Responsibilities
- Technical Leadership: Lead, mentor, and inspire a team of engineers, fostering a culture of continuous learning, growth, and collaboration.
- Technical Strategy: Define and execute the technical strategy and roadmap for your team, aligning it with business objectives and organizational goals.
- Code Review: Conduct thorough code reviews to maintain code quality, identify opportunities for improvement, and share constructive feedback with team members.
- Problem-Solving: Troubleshoot and resolve complex technical issues, identifying root causes and implementing effective solutions.
- Collaboration: Collaborate closely with product managers, designers, and other stakeholders to ensure alignment between technical solutions and business objectives.
- Project Management: Lead the planning, execution, and successful delivery of features, ensuring they are completed on time, within scope, and to the highest quality standards.
- Technical Excellence: Drive innovation and adoption of best practices in development, architecture, and technology stack, influencing the organization's growth and success.
- Performance Management: Conduct regular performance evaluations, provide feedback, and support the professional growth and development of team members.
- Architectural Guidance: Be a thoughtful technical voice and support your team in making diligent architectural decisions.
Qualifications/ Essentials Skills/ Experience
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
- Minimum of 8 years of proven experience in software engineering, with at least 2 years in an engineering manager role.
- Profound expertise in a server-side language such as NodeJs, Python, Go, or similar technologies.
- Strong understanding of modern web development technologies (e.g., React, Angular, Vue.js).
- Knowledge of SQL and NoSQL databases with experience in optimizing database performance at scale.
- Demonstrated track record of delivering high-performance and scalable platforms in a fast-paced agile environment.
- Exceptional leadership and communication skills, with a strong drive to mentor and guide a team of developers towards technical excellence.
- Experience in managing and coaching 4-6 member teams and delivering high-quality projects on time.
Join our rocket ship if you want to learn, make your mark and work with incredible talent!
Top Skills
What We Do
Safe Security is a pioneer in the “Cybersecurity and Digital Business Risk Quantification” (CRQ) space. It helps organizations measure and mitigate enterprise-wide cyber risk in real-time using it’s ML Enabled API-First SAFE Platform by aggregating automated signals across people, process and technology, both for 1st & 3rd Party to dynamically predict the breach likelihood (SAFE Score) & $$ Value at Risk of an organization
Headquartered in Palo Alto, Safe Security has over 200 customers worldwide including multiple Fortune 500 companies averaging an NPS of 73 in 2020.
Backed by John Chambers and senior executives from Softbank, Sequoia, PayPal, SAP, and McKinsey & Co., it was also one of the Top Contributors to the National Vulnerability Database(NVD) of the U.S. Government in 2019 and the ATT&CK MITRE Contributor in 2020.
The company, since 2018, has also been working with MIT in joint research for the development of their SAFE Scoring Algorithm. Safe Security has received several awards including the Morgan Stanley CTO Innovation Award.