Product Engineering Manager

Role Description:

We are seeking an experienced Product Engineering Manager. You will play a critical role in managing and developing airgapnative software and ensuring it integrates seamlessly with UDS to Accelerate the ATO. You will oversee the development of innovative solutions that meet customer needs and drive the success of our products in National Defense. This role requires a blend of technical expertise, leadership, and will need a deep understanding of modern software systems.

You will be responsible for guiding a team of talented engineers, fostering a culture of continuous improvement, and delivering highquality, scalable, and secure products. Collaboration with crossfunctional teams, including Product, Growth, and Delivery, is essential to ensure alignment with our company roadmap and customer requirements.

Responsibilities:

• Lead, inspire, and manage a team of engineers dedicated to developing and maintaining UDScompatible applications.
• Own the teams deliverables, ensuring the timely delivery of scalable, highlyavailable products that exceed customer expectations.
• Collaborate with crossfunctional teams to prioritize and manage engineering roadmaps in alignment with Product objectives.
• Instill a spirit of continuous improvement in code quality, architecture, and processes, driving innovation and efficiency.
• Mentor and guide the professional and technical development of team members, helping them advance their careers and achieve their goals.
• Facilitate communication among clientscustomers and engineers, ensuring clear understanding of specifications, budgets, and deadlines.
• Stay abreast of new trends, developments, and technologies to continually improve product lines and production efficiency.

• Travel ExpectationsRequirements: 1025%

  The listed responsibilities are not exhaustive and additional responsibilities may be assigned based on the evolving needs of the organization. We are seeking a dynamic individual who is able to adapt and take on new responsibilities as they arise.

  Preferred Experience and Qualifications:

  • 6+ years of industry experience, preferably in building, maintaining, and managing platforms and infrastructure.
  • 2+ years of experience managing engineering teams, with experience in a remote, distributed environment.
  • Strong technical background in software engineering, with deep experience in architecting and delivering scalable solutions using cloud providers such as AWS, GCP, or Azure, while deploying cloudnative software to Kubernetes.
  • Proficiency in DevOps principles, CICD pipelines, and infrastructure automation.
  • Excellent interpersonal, communication, and leadership skills, with a track record of inspiring and empowering teams.
  • High level of technical proficiency, with the ability to work within the team to solve complex problems.
  • Detailoriented, highly organized, and able to prioritize tasks effectively.

  • Amazing To Haves

    • Contributions to opensource projects or published projects.
    • Familiarity with CloudNative technologies including Kubernetes. Experience with Zarf, and the UDS ecosystem is highly desirable.
    • Understanding of the needs of airgapped systems, edge devices, and the implications of semidisconnected software delivery is a differentiator.
    • Experience in mobile development, particularly Android software development, is a huge plus.

    • Full compensation packages are based on candidate experience. Compensation ranges are established using national benchmarking data and apply across all geographic locations within the United States.

      Remote USA

      $162,000—$197,100 USD

      Who We Are

      Defense Unicorns delivers mission value by streamlining software delivery so our customers can focus on the most important challenges. We share a vision of freedom and security for the advancement of progress and innovation. Our commitment to this vision, and to our missiondriven customers, means a commitment to speed, user experience and optionality, without compromising security. Our team is composed of innovators, software engineers, and veterans with decades of experience delivering technology programs across the federal market.

      What We Do

      We create and deliver secure solutions for continuous software integration and delivery. Defense Unicorns consolidates the best practices for security pipelines, testing, and deployment automation in order to meet the high security requirements valued by mission owners. Our solutions are agnostic by design and we believe that growing a robust ecosystem of secure, cloudnative software solutions can help enterprise customers inside and outside the federal market buy and integrate software more easily.

      Who We Serve

      Defense Unicorns’ customers are missionfocused leaders across public and private enterprises. We proudly support defense and civil agencies across the U.S. government and we work closely with the creators of leadingedge software solutions to deliver value to the missionowner by improving the security and consumability of commercial software products.

      What We Work On

      • Kubernetes
      • Cloud Environments (AWSGCP and Azure)
      • Infrastructureascode (like TerraformPulumi)
      • Continuous Delivery and automation tooling
      • GitOps
      • Containers
      • CNCF projects and open source products and packages
      • HelmKustomizeValue Stream Mapping
      • Building and improving security delivery
      • Building Kubernetes and cloud native applications

      • Benefits Our Unicorns Enjoy

        Health:

        • MedicalDentalVision
        • Premiums are 100% Company Paid
        • Health Reimbursement Account
        • Life Insurance
        • Disability Insurance

        • Financial:

          • 401k Retirement Plan
          • Company Stock Options
          • Home Office Budget

          • Leave:

            • Unlimited paid time off, with a mandatory 10 days off on top of 11 federal government holidays, week of Thanksgiving, last two weeks of December (including New Year’s Day)
            • Paid Parental Leave

            • Learning:

              • Reimbursement for approved trainingssubscriptions
              • Conferences (travel, lodging, and fees)

              • Don’t have all the preferred experience or qualifications? Studies show that underrepresented groups like women and people of color are less likely to apply to jobs if they dont meet every requirement listed.

                At Defense Unicorns, were committed to diversity. If youre enthusiastic about the role but dont match every criteria, we encourage you to apply. You could be the perfect fit for this or another role! Defense Unicorns is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, national origin, veteran status, genetic information, union status andor beliefs, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.

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