The posting
SpyCloud is on a mission to make the internet a safer place by disrupting the criminal underground. SpyCloud’s solutions thwart cyberattacks and protect more than 4 billion accounts worldwide. Cybersecurity is an exciting, evolving space, and being at the forefront of the fight to disrupt cybercrime makes SpyCloud a special place to work. If you’re driven to align your career with a fantastic mission, look no further!
We are looking for a Senior Engineering Manager, Core Services to lead our core platform team. Our product engineering teams are stream-aligned, each owning a slice of SpyCloud’s products end to end, and they are your customers. Your team will build and run the shared platform services they depend on, so they can focus on disrupting cybercrime instead of wrestling with shared services like authentication, authorization, and audit logging.
This is a product role as much as an engineering one, hands-on software development as well as defining the product direction. You’ll treat the platform’s shared services as a product, earn adoption rather than mandate it, and measure success by how much cognitive load you remove from the teams you serve. We value collaboration, transparency, and a culture of continuous improvement, and most importantly, we believe in keeping work fun!
Our Tech Stack
- Programming languages: Go, TypeScript, Python
- Relational databases: MySQL, PostgreSQL, Databricks
- NoSQL databases: ElasticSearch, DynamoDB
- Infrastructure: AWS, Docker, Terraform
- Operating systems: Linux
What You'll Do:
- Lead, hire, and grow a team of software and cloud engineers, coaching them toward ownership, operational excellence, and empathy for the teams who depend on their services.
- Own the vision and roadmap for SpyCloud’s shared services. Prioritize through direct discovery with stream-aligned teams, and be explicit about what the platform won’t offer.
- Publish and maintain a service catalog and team charter that define each shared service, its SLOs, its support model, and how teams engage with you.
- Run shared services as dependable products with SLOs, error budgets, versioning, and on-call. Measure success through SLO attainment, incident trends, cost efficiency, and consumer satisfaction.
- Own capacity planning, cost, and security posture for shared services, in partnership with Security and Finance.
- Lead platform-wide migrations and upgrades so the platform team carries the burden instead of every product team.
Requirements:
- 8+ years of software engineering experience, including hands-on work building and operating shared infrastructure or platform services in production.
- 3–5 years of experience leading engineering teams (4+ individuals).
- A track record of running shared services as products: you can explain who your consumers were, what you chose not to offer, and how reliability and consumer satisfaction changed.
- Experience operating highly available, multi-tenant systems in AWS, including data stores at scale, with working knowledge of containers, Terraform, and observability.
- Strong technical judgment and a hands-on approach: you make sound architectural and build-vs-buy decisions and aren’t afraid to get into the code when needed.
- Experience using SLOs, error budgets, incident reviews, and capacity and cost data to set priorities and communicate platform value.
- Excellent communication and the ability to influence without authority, including leading cross-team migrations with teams you don’t manage.
Base Salary Range: $150,000 – $195,000
The salary range reflects the expected base compensation for a fully qualified candidate at this level based on experience, qualifications, and market data at the time of posting.
U.S.-Based Benefits + Perks (for Full Time Employees):
At SpyCloud, we are committed to working alongside individuals who are equally passionate about preventing cybercrime, regardless of their department or role. Guided by our core values in all business decisions, we prioritize unity in our mission and ensure all SpyCloud employees have the support and benefits they need to stay focused on our goals. In addition to our engaging workspace in South Austin, flexible and remote-friendly work options, and competitive salary package, we offer our employees a comprehensive benefits package that includes:
- 401(k) with Employer Contribution
- Health, Vision, and Dental Insurance Health Savings Account (HSA) available with Employer Contribution
- Employer Paid Life, Short-term, and Long-term Disability Insurance
- Generous PTO Plan and 16 paid holidays per year
U.K.-Based Benefits + Perks (for Full Time Employees):
- Retirement Savings Plan with Employer Contribution
- Employer Provided Private Health Insurance and Healthcare Cashplan
- Employer Paid Life Insurance, Income Replacement, and Critical Illness Protection
- Employee Assistance Program
- 25 days annual accrued holiday plus 8 paid bank holidays and a paid company shutdown during winter holidays
About SpyCloud:
SpyCloud transforms recaptured darknet data to disrupt cybercrime. Its automated identity threat protection solutions use advanced analytics and AI to accelerate investigations and protect workforce, consumer, and supplier identities from the threats that matter most: authentication bypass, session hijacking, malicious insiders, account takeover, ransomware, and fraud. Its data from malware-infected devices, successful phishes, combolists, and third-party breaches also powers many popular dark web monitoring and identity theft protection offerings. Customers include 7 of the Fortune 10, along with hundreds of global enterprises, mid-sized companies, and government agencies worldwide. Headquartered in Austin, TX, SpyCloud is home to more than 250 cybersecurity experts whose mission is to protect businesses and consumers from the stolen identity data criminals are using to target them now.
To learn more and see insights on your company's exposed data, visit spycloud.com.
Our Mission:
Our mission is to make the internet a safer place by disrupting the criminal underground. Together with our customers and partners, we aim to end criminals’ ability to profit from stolen information.
Who We Are:
SpyCloud is a place for innovative, collaborative, and problem-solvers to thrive. Individually, we’re amazing, but together, we’re unstoppable. We celebrate diversity and various perspectives and aim to create an inclusive and supportive environment for all. We are proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer of choice. All aspects of employment decisions will be based on merit, performance, and business needs. We do not discriminate on the basis of any status protected under federal, state, or local law. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, reproductive health decisions, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, genetic information, political views or activity, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. Women, minorities, individuals with disabilities, and protected veterans are encouraged to apply. SpyCloud complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.
SpyCloud expressly prohibits any form of workplace harassment. Improper interference with the ability of SpyCloud's employees to perform their job duties may result in discipline up to and including discharge. SpyCloud shares the right to work and participates in the E-Verify program in all locations.
If you need assistance or accommodation due to a disability, you may contact us.
Our Culture:
Our culture is something really special. We’re all driven to disrupt the cybercriminal economy as we keep customer accounts safe from compromise. We support a truly worthy and serious mission, but we have fun doing it together. If you are driven, inventive, and collaborative, you’ll fit right in.
SpyCloud’s Recruitment Policy:
We will never ask an applicant for sensitive or personal financial information during the recruitment process. We advise all applicants seeking employment with SpyCloud to review available information on recruitment fraud. Anyone who suspects that they have been contacted by someone falsely representing SpyCloud should email [email protected].
Compensation Transparency Policy:
At SpyCloud, we believe in transparency and fairness in compensation. We strive to ensure that all employees are fairly compensated for their contributions, and we openly discuss our compensation philosophy and structure. We are committed to providing competitive salaries and benefits packages to attract and retain top talent, and we encourage open dialogue and feedback regarding compensation matters.
Learn more and apply: SpyCloud Careers
SpyCloud is not sponsoring visas at this time.
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For applicants residing in the UK, please click here to read SpyCloud's Employee Privacy Notice.
