Senior Manager of Engineering

As a Sr. Manager of Engineering, you will be managing a high-performing SRE/DevOps squad of engineers covering our product value streams from our HQ in El Segundo, CA. This role will report directly to our VP, Engineering. This team will be responsible for making sure our service level objectives are met to delight our customers. You will mentor, lead, and grow our team of software and infra engineers while operating effectively in a Series B environment—comfortable with ambiguity, lean process, and rolling up your sleeves into code, design reviews, or incident response when the situation calls for it. As Senior Manager of Engineering you will also: Drive hiring strategy and close top engineering talent; Motivate and communicate across multiple levels of their department; Have successful peer partnerships with other department leaders in Engineering, and cross-functionally (product, sales, marketing, etc); Partner closely with Product leadership to translate roadmap into executable engineering plans, including running prioritization and trade-off conversations; Development, measurement, and management of key metrics for team performance.

Responsibilities

Managing a high-performing SRE/DevOps squad of engineers covering our product value streams from our HQ in El Segundo, CA; Reporting directly to VP, Engineering; Making sure our service level objectives are met to delight customers; Mentoring, leading, and growing our team of software and infra engineers while operating effectively in a Series B environment—comfortable with ambiguity, lean process, and rolling up your sleeves into code, design reviews, or incident response when the situation calls for it; Driving hiring strategy and close top engineering talent; Motivating and communicating across multiple levels of their department; Having successful peer partnerships with other department leaders in Engineering, and cross-functionally (product, sales, marketing, etc); Partnering closely with Product leadership to translate roadmap into executable engineering plans, including running prioritization and trade-off conversations; Development, measurement, and management of key metrics for team performance

Requirements

Excellent communication skills; Expert hiring manager skills and experience; A well developed people management philosophy for engineers; Experience supporting enterprise customers (Fortune 500 or regulated industries) with high-touch deployments and uptime expectations; Experience leading distributed teams across multiple time zones (e.g., US plus Europe or LATAM); Has directly owned performance management cycles, including coaching, leveling, and exiting under performers; Agile/kanban project management skills; Commitment to understand, communicate and improve the quality of multiple teams; Humble, servant leader; 7+ years of software engineering experience, 3+ years of leadership experience; 3+ years production operations experience; Strong debugging skills across distributed systems and microservices architectures

Nice to have

Preferred: experience scaling an engineering org through Series B to C growth

Benefits

Eligible to participate in HiveWatch Equity Incentive Plan; Comprehensive health coverage: medical, dental, vision, and life insurance; Cutting-edge work in an emerging field with huge growth potential; Competitive compensation packages designed to reward top talent; A modern, newly renovated HQ right on Main Street in El Segundo, CA; 401(k) with a 4% company match to help you invest in your future; Flexible paid time off so you can recharge when you need it; Additional benefits include ClassPass credits and a discount on pet insurance; A family-friendly, compassionate culture that values balance and belonging