Software Engineering Manager

About SecurityScorecard:

SecurityScorecard is the global leader in cybersecurity ratings, with over 12 million companies continuously rated, operating in 64 countries. Founded in 2013 by security and risk experts Dr. Alex Yampolskiy and Sam Kassoumeh and funded by world-class investors, SecurityScorecard’s patented rating technology is used by over 25,000 organizations for self-monitoring, third-party risk management, board reporting, and cyber insurance underwriting; making all organizations more resilient by allowing them to easily find and fix cybersecurity risks across their digital footprint.

Headquartered in New York City, our culture has been recognized by Inc Magazine as a "Best Workplace,” by Crain’s NY as a "Best Places to Work in NYC," and as one of the 10 hottest SaaS startups in New York for two years in a row. Most recently, SecurityScorecard was named to Fast Company’s annual list of the World’s Most Innovative Companies for 2023 and to the Achievers 50 Most Engaged Workplaces in 2023 award recognizing “forward-thinking employers for their unwavering commitment to employee engagement.” SecurityScorecard is proud to be funded by world-class investors including Silver Lake Waterman, Moody’s, Sequoia Capital, GV and Riverwood Capital.

About the Role:

We are looking for an experienced Software Engineering Manager — a strategic, hands-on leader who will own the foundational systems that power our products. You'll lead a highly skilled team of backend, infrastructure, and full-stack engineers focused on building scalable services, improving developer velocity, and enabling teams to deliver great customer experiences. The role is based in Austin,TX and requires you to work in our Austin office (currently close to UT Austin) 3 days per week.

This role is both people and technology-focused: you’ll coach and grow engineers, while also guiding complex technical initiatives around micro-services architecture, distributed systems, infrastructure, and automation.

What You'll Do:

Team Leadership & People Management

• Lead, grow, and coach a highly competent engineering team

• Create a culture of accountability, ownership, and continuous learning

• Develop individualized growth plans; care deeply about career development

• Lead by example and be a role model of our values:

• Own process and outcomes, Be curious, Be a leader

Technical Ownership

• Own the quality, architecture, and pace of delivery for the team

• Lead the design and development of scalable microservices and platform systems using technologies such as AWS, Node.js, and React

• Drive adoption of modern infrastructure: CI/CD, containerization, observability, and cloud services

• Lead architectural and code reviews across the platform organization

• Translate business and R&D initiatives into actionable technical requirements, choosing appropriate technologies and driving implementation

• Build systems that scale: distributed, real-time data pipelines for low-latency decisioning

• Focus on automation & tooling to reduce toil and improve engineering efficiency

Cross-Team Collaboration

• Collaborate with product managers, architects, and stakeholders across teams to align priorities
Maximize the team’s impact by ensuring clarity, focus, and execution

• Advocate for platform capabilities that unlock product and engineering velocity

What We’re Looking For:

Required Skills & Experience

• 12+ years of experience in software engineering, with a focus on backend systems and platform services

• 5+ years of experience leading high-performing engineering teams

• Expertise in a modern programming language such as Node.js

• Strong systems design background with deep experience in performance, scalability, and reliability

• Hands-on experience with cloud infrastructure (AWS preferred), distributed systems, observability, and DevOps practices

• Strong fundamentals in computer science (algorithms, data structures, operating systems, networking)

• Proven success in mentoring engineers & delivering complex projects at scale
Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to balance tradeoffs
Strong communication skills — both verbal and written — and the ability to influence across disciplines

Our Tech Stack

• Programming Languages: Mainly Typescript / Javascript, although sub systems use a variety of languages - Node.js, Typescript, React.

• Cloud & Infrastructure: AWS, Docker, Terraform, Jenkins

• Production Monitoring: Newrelic

• Database: Clickhouse, PostgreSQL

Nice to Have

• Experience in cybersecurity, threat intelligence, or security-focused platforms

• Familiarity with front-end technologies (React) and full-stack engineering

• Experience building internal developer platforms or tools to improve productivity

• Prior work on high-scale systems handling large volumes of data

Benefits:

Specific to each country, we offer a competitive salary, stock options, Health benefits, and unlimited PTO, parental leave, tuition reimbursements, and much more!

The estimated total compensation range for this position is $175,000 - $225,000 (base plus bonus). Actual compensation for the position is based on a variety of factors, including, but not limited to affordability, skills, qualifications and experience, and may vary from the range. In addition to base salary, employees may also be eligible for annual performance-based incentive compensation awards and equity, among other company benefits.

SecurityScorecard is committed to Equal Employment Opportunity and embraces diversity. We believe that our team is strengthened through hiring and retaining employees with diverse backgrounds, skill sets, ideas, and perspectives. We make hiring decisions based on merit and do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, national origin, sex or gender (including pregnancy) gender identity or expression (including transgender status), sexual orientation, age, marital, veteran, disability status or any other protected category in accordance with applicable law.

We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, in accordance with applicable law. We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities in our job application procedures. If you need assistance or accommodation due to a disability, please contact [email protected].

Any information you submit to SecurityScorecard as part of your application will be processed in accordance with the Company’s privacy policy and applicable law.

SecurityScorecard does not accept unsolicited resumes from employment agencies. Please note that we do not provide immigration sponsorship for this position. #LI-DNI