Sysdig
Engineering Manager
Flexible - USA · Full-time
Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 27 days ago
JavaGoC#.NETDistributed SystemsCode ReviewAWSGCPAzureCloud PlatformsKubernetesCI/CDDevOpsLLMsCybersecurityProject ManagementStakeholder ManagementPerformance ManagementLeadershipCommunicationMentoring
About the role
- On the leading edge of security, Sysdig stops attacks in real-time by instantly detecting changes in cloud security risk with runtime insights and open source Falco.
- We appreciate diverse opinions and open dialogue to spur ideas and we believe in working together to achieve our goals.
- We're an international company that understands how to cultivate an inclusive environment across all teams.
Responsibilities
- Team Leadership: Reporting to the Senior Director Engineering you will build, mentor, and lead a high-performing development team for Sysdig's next-generation Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) product.
- Execution & Delivery: Communicate team priorities, define development tasks aligned with broader organizational goals, and own the planning and tracking of sprint deliverables.
- Cross-Functional Execution: Drive high-visibility, company-level strategic initiatives across the organization, aligning product, security, and infrastructure teams to push projects across the finish line.
- Dependency & Constraint Navigation: Masterfully manage complex cross-team dependencies, mitigating timeline shifts and engineering bandwidth constraints without sacrificing quality.
- AI-Driven Automation: Architect and implement automated pipelines using Claude Code for autonomous testing, continuous maintenance, code review assists, and boilerplate generation to significantly boost team velocity.
- Architecture & Design: Guide the design of multitenant, cloud-native data processing microservices for high resiliency and performance.
- Rigor under Constraints: Exceptional project management and scoping skills; ability to maintain delivery rigor despite shifting variables, resource constraints, and competing corporate priorities.
- Experience building high-availability, fault-tolerant platforms and reusable cloud components.
- Experience building and leading cross functional teams at major cloud providers such as AWS, GCP is a major plus.
Requirements
- 10+ years of software engineering experience, with 4+ years of experience directly managing or leading software engineering teams in distributed system environments.
- Experience communicating updates and resolutions clearly, with the ability to navigate sensitive customer commitments and setting realistic, data-backed expectations.
- Hands-on experience with at least one public cloud environment (e.g., AWS, GCP, Azure) and containerized environments using Kubernetes and cloud native technologies.
- High proficiency in software development using one or more core languages (e.g., Golang, Java,.NET, C#).
- An execution mindset that brings the structure and discipline required to drive initiatives to completion.
Skills
- In the cloud, every second counts.
Compensation
- someone who prioritizes the team and fosters a culture of trust, mutual respect, and shared success.
- When you join Sysdig, you can expect
- The U.S. annual salary range for this full-time position is between 175,000 and 219,000 USD/year.
- We would love for you to join us!
- Please reach out even if your experience doesn't perfectly match the job description.
- We can always explore other options after starting the conversation.
Benefits
- Someone who can effectively balance internal team health and velocity with demanding external delivery milestones and customer expectations.
- Actual offers may be higher or lower than this range based on a variety of factors, including your work location, job-related experience and education.
Company info
- Act as a key technical touchpoint for stakeholders and customers, managing expectations transparently when requirements, timelines, or scopes wiggle.
- Customer & Stakeholder Diplomacy: Act as a key technical touchpoint for stakeholders and customers, managing expectations transparently when requirements, timelines, or scopes wiggle.
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