[Remote] Engineering Manager

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Cerby is a mission-critical cybersecurity company that empowers teams to operate securely and control their apps completely. The Engineering Manager will be responsible for leading the engineering squad, focusing on team performance, career development, and delivery of critical parts of the Cerby platform while fostering a strong engineering culture.

Responsibilities

• Manage a squad of engineers through regular 1:1s, structured feedback, and individualized growth plans
• Own performance management end-to-end: set clear expectations, deliver honest and timely feedback, run performance reviews, and address underperformance proactively
• Partner with engineers on career pathing—helping ICs grow toward senior, staff, or leadership roles based on their goals and the company’s needs
• Identify and close skill gaps through targeted development opportunities: training, mentorship, stretch projects, and learning programs
• Build and maintain psychological safety within the team—an environment where engineers speak up, take ownership, and learn from failure without fear
• Lead engineering hiring for your squad: define role requirements, partner with people, conduct structured interviews, and make hiring decisions
• Build a compelling candidate experience that reflects Cerby’s engineering culture and mission
• Proactively manage retention risk by understanding what motivates each team member and addressing concerns before they become attrition
• Partner with People on leveling, equity, and comp decisions to stay competitive in a tight talent market
• Own delivery predictability and team velocity: ensure the squad ships consistently against committed OKRs and sprint goals
• Optimize team rituals—standups, sprint planning, retrospectives—for efficiency, clarity, and continuous improvement
• Communicate team status, risks, and dependencies clearly and proactively to engineering leadership and cross-functional stakeholders
• Remove organizational blockers—cross-team dependencies, process friction, resource constraints—so engineers can focus on delivery
• Define and track team OKRs aligned with company and product goals, and report on progress with transparency
• Enable your team to integrate AI-assisted development practices—code generation, intelligent code review, automated testing—by protecting capacity and creating space for adoption
• Serve as the primary point of contact for engineering leadership and cross-functional partners on people and delivery topics
• Collaborate with Product Managers to ensure the squad has the capacity, context, and clarity needed to deliver on roadmap commitments
• Partner with other Engineering Managers to drive consistency in people practices, career frameworks, and engineering culture across teams
• Communicate status, risks, and needs to engineering and company leadership with clarity and appropriate urgency
• Embody and promote Cerby’s values—transparency, ownership, security-first mindset—within and beyond your team

Skills

• 5+ years of software engineering experience, with a strong enough technical foundation to earn credibility with senior engineers
• 2+ years of engineering management experience, ideally in a high-growth or scaling environment (Series A–C preferred)
• Demonstrated track record of growing engineers—promotions, career moves, skill development—not just shipping product
• Experience managing performance: supporting high performers and handling underperformance with clarity and care
• Strong hiring instincts: experience building interview pipelines, evaluating candidates, and closing competitive offers
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills—able to represent the team upward and across the organization
• Comfortable working with ambiguity and making sound people decisions without perfect information
• Experience with agile development methodologies and a pragmatic approach to process
• BS or higher in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or equivalent practical experience
• Background in cybersecurity, identity and access management, or related security domains
• Familiarity with AI-assisted development tooling (e.g., Claude, GitHub Copilot) and how it changes team workflows
• Experience managing teams building security-critical or compliance-sensitive systems
• Track record of scaling engineering teams from early-stage to growth—hiring multiple engineers, shaping org structure
• Experience with leveling frameworks and compensation benchmarking in competitive engineering talent markets
• Experience mentoring engineers transitioning into senior or staff roles

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