Material Security was founded to protect the world's most sensitive data, starting with the most vulnerable point of entry: email. As a Senior Engineering Manager for Email Security, you will lead the team responsible for our flagship product. Our customers—ranging from the Fortune 500 to global nonprofits—rely on us to stop sophisticated attacks that bypass traditional defenses. You will join at a pivotal time to scale our distributed systems, mentor a high-performing team of engineers, and partner with leadership to define the future of email security. If you thrive in high-stakes environments and love building robust platforms that solve real-world problems, we want to talk to you.
ResponsibilitiesLead and scale a team of high-performing engineers, providing mentorship and career development.
Own the delivery and execution of the Email Security roadmap, ensuring high velocity without compromising on quality or reliability.
Drive architectural decisions for complex, high-throughput distributed systems and platforms.
Partner cross-functionally with Product and Security teams to align technical strategy with customer needs.
Foster a culture of operational excellence, overseeing oncall rotations, incident response, and system health.
Extensive experience as a strong IC in distributed systems or backend infrastructure, with a proven track record of transitioning into successful engineering management.
Experience managing teams of engineers in a high-scale, high-growth environment.
Strong product sense and the ability to translate technical constraints into product tradeoffs.
Excellent communication skills and experience collaborating with cross-functional partners like Product and Security.
Startup agility: A low-ego, "roll-up-your-sleeves" attitude with the ability to thrive in ambiguous, fast-paced settings.
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Material Security is a remote-first workplace with an office in San Francisco, California.
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Compensation at Material Security is determined by a range of factors, including but not limited to the individual’s particular combination of knowledge, skills, competencies, and experience. The projected pay range for this position is $235,000 - $260,000 annual salary.
Equal Opportunity Employer Statement
Material Security is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, national origin, ancestry, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or any other legally protected status. All employment decisions are based on qualifications, merit, and business needs.
Skills Required
- Extensive experience as an individual contributor in distributed systems or backend infrastructure and proven transition to engineering management.
- Experience managing engineering teams in high-scale, high-growth environments.
- Strong product sense with ability to translate technical constraints into product tradeoffs.
- Excellent communication and cross-functional collaboration skills with Product and Security teams.
- Ability to foster operational excellence, oversee on-call rotations, incident response, and system health.
- Startup agility and a low-ego, roll-up-your-sleeves attitude thriving in ambiguous, fast-paced settings.
What We Do
Material Security uses ubiquitous tools in unexpected ways to understand and mitigate risk in cloud office apps. Material is known and loved in the security community for protecting cloud email at global media and financial conglomerates, large tech companies, and highly-targeted public sector organizations. The platform connects in minutes to Microsoft and Google environments to analyze risk, detect threats, automatically investigate incidents, and crowdsource mitigation with end-users via novel integrations with identity providers like Okta, Duo, Ping, and Microsoft Azure AD. The company was started in response to the 2016 Election hacks, is backed by Andreessen Horowitz, and was recently valued at $1.1B. Material is single-tenant, can be deployed in the customer’s cloud, and Material personnel do not need access to customer data. Material also protects the personal accounts of high-risk VIPs. https://material.security/love
