Engineering Manager, Server Networking Security
Leads the Server Ingress Security team, managing engineers while guiding the design and operation of security-critical networking services in Rust. The role requires substantial systems software experience, engineering management expertise, and strong judgment in security-sensitive domains.
About the job
Responsibilities
- Lead a team of software engineers, including hiring, growth, compensation, and performance management.
- Own the results delivered by the team and the execution of its 12-month roadmap for the Atlas Network Protection layer.
- Lead the design, implementation, and operation of production-ready security services in Rust, emphasizing security, correctness, performance, and operational excellence.
- Collaborate with Product Management, Program Management, and Engineering leadership to specify, prioritize, and deliver features.
- Handle or lead responses to time-sensitive security incidents and customer escalations.
- Estimate task complexity, communicate delivery timelines, and manage project risks.
- Remove technical barriers, coordinate cross-team dependencies, and support the overall health and development of the team.
- Contribute to organizational growth planning, engineering resource allocation, hiring plans, and project assignments.
- Establish relationships with stakeholders across Server, Atlas, and Product Security; review designs, guide technical decisions, and lead major feature delivery.
Requirements
- 3+ years of experience managing software engineering teams, including hiring, performance and growth management, compensation planning, and mentoring.
- 8+ years of experience building production-quality systems software in large backend or compiled-codebases, ideally using Rust.
- Strong technical judgment in security-sensitive or networking-adjacent domains.
- Experience designing, writing, testing, maintaining, and operating mission-critical software systems.
- Ability to coach engineers, support career development, and create growth opportunities.
- Willingness and ability to learn quickly across computer science, software engineering, and leadership.
Nice-to-haves
- Performance profiling.
- Network protocols.
- TLS.
- Connection management.
- Professional or advanced academic expertise in security or networking.
Work Arrangement
- Hybrid working model for candidates based in Dublin or Cork.
Skills
Rust, Systems Software, Backend Engineering, Network Protocols, Tls, Connection Management, Performance Profiling, Security Engineering, Software Testing, Incident Response, Roadmap Planning
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