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Is this posting real?
- This role has been open
- 81 days Vannevar's roles stay open a median of 81 days
- Reposted
- No
- Salary listed
- No 39% of Vannevar's roles list one
- Ghost-job risk at Vannevar
- high 23 stale, 0 reposted of 28 open
- Hiring momentum
- 45 roles opened in the last 90 days ↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
- Last confirmed on the employer's board
- 2026-10-23
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About this role
As an Engineering Manager for the Security Platform at Vannevar, you will lead a team focused on developing and managing authentication, authorization, and access management systems across various products. Your role involves defining the technical strategy, fostering team growth, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure secure and user-friendly access solutions. You will also drive the adoption of security best practices and standards throughout the organization.
- benefits
- 4/5
- freshness
- 1/5
- career value
- 4/5
- role clarity
- 4/5
- pay transparency
- 0/5
Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of Vannevar as an employer.
What you need
- 3+ years of experience leading and developing high-performing software engineering teams
- Strong understanding of authentication, authorization, access control, and secure system design
- 8+ years of software engineering experience building and operating scalable, reliable distributed systems
- Demonstrated ability to partner closely with product, engineering, and operational stakeholders
- Proven ability to lead through ambiguity and make sound tradeoffs between security, reliability, developer experience, and delivery velocity
- Excellent communication skills and a track record of driving alignment across teams
Nice to have
- Active security clearance or ability/willingness to obtain one
- Prior experience building software for defense, national security or intelligence use cases
What you get
- Health, dental, and vision insurance
- Remote friendly with WeWork access
- Unlimited PTO, shared downtime during the federal holiday calendar, and company-wide off time at the end of each year
- 401(k) match
- Lifestyle & wellbeing stipends
- Salary top-up during military reserve duty
Worth weighing
- No salary listed
- Focus on security and defense applications may limit exposure to other industries
- Role requires strong leadership and communication skills, which may not suit all candidates
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Listed by Vannevar on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-10-23. PitchMeAI is not the employer.
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