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PindropPindropUnited States

Senior Manager, Software Engineering

Lead and grow an engineering team building scalable, high-performance services for Pindrop's real-time fraud detection platform. Requires 6+ years in software/cloud engineering with leadership experience, hands-on distributed systems expertise in AWS/GCP, and strong backend/observability skills.

195k – 235k/yr
Remote6+ YOEEngineering Management

About the role

Responsibilities

  • Lead the strategy, execution, and day-to-day engineering operations for a key Protect domain, with a focus on reliability, delivery quality, and technical health.
  • Manage, mentor, and grow a team of engineers, building a culture of ownership, continuous improvement, and strong technical execution.
  • Stay close to the architecture and implementation details, moving comfortably between planning, technical design, and operational problem-solving when needed.
  • Partner with Product, Research, SRE, and adjacent engineering teams to prioritize work, remove bottlenecks, and deliver scalable solutions in a multi-cloud environment.
  • Strengthen engineering fundamentals across your area, including observability, incident response, quality practices, CI/CD, and team operating cadences.
  • Use data, metrics, and technical judgment to identify systemic issues, improve team effectiveness, and raise the bar on execution.

Requirements

  • 6+ years of experience in software, platform, or cloud engineering, including direct responsibility for team leadership and delivery outcomes.
  • Strong hands-on experience building and operating distributed systems in AWS and/or GCP, with familiarity in Kubernetes, CI/CD, and cloud-native engineering practices.
  • Proven ability to lead engineers through execution, improve engineering processes, and deliver reliable systems in production.
  • Strong technical grounding in modern backend engineering, observability, and operational excellence.

Nice-to-Haves

  • Experience in fraud prevention, authentication, voice biometrics, trust and safety, or related security products.
  • Prior hands-on experience as a software, infrastructure, or platform engineer before moving into management.
  • Experience working in high-growth SaaS environments where speed, scale, and cross-functional execution all matter.

Compensation and Benefits

  • Base pay range: $195,000–$235,000 USD (factors include scope, responsibilities, experience, education, skills, market, and business considerations).
  • Competitive compensation package including RSUs for all employees.
  • Remote-first environment with flexibility and autonomy.
  • Regular team on-sites, company-wide events, and intentional gatherings.
  • Unlimited Paid Time Off (PTO).
  • Generous health and welfare plans, including one employer-paid “employee-only” plan.
  • Best-in-class Health Savings Account (HSA) employer contribution.
  • Low-cost vision and dental plans.
  • Paid Parental Leave (birth, adoptive, foster).
  • One year of diaper delivery for new additions.
  • Recurring monthly phone and internet allowance.
  • Enhanced fertility and GLP-1 benefits.
  • Annual Learning & Development stipend.

Skills

AWSGCPKubernetesCI/CDDistributed Systemsbackend engineeringObservabilitySRE
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