Software Engineering Manager - Backend
Dragos, Inc.
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About Dragos
Dragos is on a relentless mission to defend industrial organizations that provide us with the necessities of modern civilization; running water, functioning electricity, and safe industrial working environments. As the market leader in ICS/OT Cybersecurity, we are dedicated to arming our customers with best-in-class technology, threat intelligence, and services to protect their systems as effectively and efficiently as possible. We’re a remote-first culture with operations in North America, Europe, the Middle East, and APAC. We’re looking for mission-oriented teammates who embody our core values of authenticity, transparency, and trust. Are you ready to make a difference? Come join a mission that can save the world!
About The Role: Software Engineering Manager - Backend
Dragos is seeking an experienced Backend Software Engineering Manager with a background in building and leading teams who develop microservice architectures, data processing pipelines, and extensible platform components. Backend Engineering is a critical dependency across the Dragos platform. As such, this role requires deep technical knowledge, excellent leadership skills, and strong business acumen. This person will manage the team responsible for developing and sustaining the backend components of the Dragos Platform. Focus areas include streaming data ingest, streaming detection processing, baseline learning, asset reconciliation, core platform APIs, and platform coordination across sensor/analytic deployments.
Responsibilities
- Leadership and health of the Backend Engineering skill community
- Mentor Engineering team members, especially their growth in technical expertise and career goals
- Champion the vision and execution of the backend components of the Dragos Platform
- Foster a strong technical community by developing close relationships amongst Engineering Leaders
- Heavy collaboration with tech leads and Product Managers on product teams
- Provide technical input/insight during software design, development, testing, and release
- Ensure support for fielded production deployments
Qualifications
- 7+ years of experience leading and building technical teams
- 5+ years of experience developing and/or leading teams developing software applications with microservice architectures
- Demonstrated hands-on experience as a software engineer, with strong fundamentals in backend system design, distributed systems, and production-grade development.
- Experience with Rust is strongly preferred, along with the ability to learn, adopt, and advocate for modern systems-level languages and architectures
- Leadership experience within agile cross-functional teams
- Familiarity with Apache Flink, RabbitMQ, or Hashicorp Vault
- Comfortable stepping in when needed for occasional development, triage, or troubleshooting support
Compensation
Salary: $220,000
Competitive Equity Package: Comprehensive Benefits Plan
Key skills/competency
- Backend Engineering
- Microservice Architecture
- Data Processing Pipelines
- Distributed Systems
- Team Leadership
- Technical Mentorship
- Rust Programming
- Apache Flink
- RabbitMQ
- Hashicorp Vault
How to Get Hired at Dragos, Inc.
- Research Dragos's mission: Study their commitment to ICS/OT cybersecurity, industrial defense, and company values on their website and LinkedIn.
- Tailor your resume for backend leadership: Highlight extensive experience with microservices, data processing pipelines, distributed systems, and team management.
- Showcase leadership and technical depth: Prepare examples of mentoring, team building, championing technical vision, and hands-on backend development contributions.
- Demonstrate expertise in relevant technologies: Emphasize experience with Rust, Apache Flink, RabbitMQ, or Hashicorp Vault, and modern systems-level architectures.
- Align with Dragos's values: Be ready to discuss authenticity, transparency, and trust through specific examples from your professional experience.
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