Software Engineering Manager

Blackpoint Cyber is the leading provider of worldclass cybersecurity threat hunting, detection and remediation technology. Founded by former National Security Agency (NSA) cyber operations experts who applied their learnings to bring national securitygrade technology solutions to commercial customers around the world, Blackpoint Cyber is in hypergrowth mode, fueled by a recent $190m series C round.

Why Blackpoint?

Ready to give some hackers hell? On the Blackpoint Cyber Team, we win the unfair fight while helping others protect what’s most important to them. Simply put, our team takes out the adversaries before they see us coming. Join us today and help put the bad guys in their place for good. Blackpoint Cyber was built by former US Department of Defense and Intelligence security experts focused on stopping malicious tradecraft and safeguarding MSP operations. Our mission? Provide absolute and unified Managed Detection and Response services to organizations across the world.

Company Culture

We value highquality execution, ownership, and strong morals. With us, principles are never tested, and we are proud to always do right by our customers. If you’re a driven professional with a passion for learning and contributing towards the best, then Blackpoint welcomes you. Our team is energetic and collaborative, maintaining a highperformance culture and enabling growth through overcoming challenges in the modern cyber threat landscape.

What Youll Do:

As the Engineering Manager for Blackpoint Cybers, you will lead and oversee the endtoend development, strategy, and execution of these critical security offerings. This role demands a deep technical understanding of cloud security and cybersecurity best practices. You will drive product innovation, ensure scalable and robust solutions, and align product development with both customer needs and the company’s broader cybersecurity strategy.

Responsibilities:

• Lead, mentor, and develop a team of engineers, fostering a culture of ownership, accountability, and continuous improvement.

• • Ensure the engineering teams efforts are aligned with product goals, delivering features, improvements, and bug fixes on time and with high quality.

  • • Oversee the architecture and design of distributed systems, leveraging technologies like Kafka, Redis (Elasticache, BullMQ), Elasticsearch, Postgres, and Kubernetes to ensure system scalability, security, and reliability.

    • • Provide handson technical guidance in Node.js, Nest.js, Typescript, and React for developing backend and frontend services.

      • • Champion cloudnative technologies such as AWS Lambda and ensure proper monitoring and alerting with PrometheusGrafana to maintain performance and system health.

        • • Build strong relationships with crossfunctional teams, including Product, Engineering, and key stakeholders, to ensure solutions meet business and compliance requirements.

          • • Foster a collaborative and highperformance engineering culture, recruiting top talent, and providing career development opportunities to ensure the continuous delivery of highquality products.

            • • Collaborate with external vendors to address technical challenges, performance issues, and new feature development. Manage contracts and negotiations to ensure optimal outcomes.

              • Requirements:

                • 10+ years of software development experience, with at least 2+ years of people management, demonstrating success in building, growing, and managing multiple teams, including managers.

                • • Proven experience as an Engineering Manager with a strong technical background in distributed systems, cloud technologies, and modern JavaScriptTypescript frameworks.

                  • • Expertise in key technologies: Kafka, Redis (Elasticache, BullMQ), Elasticsearch, Postgres, Typescript, Node.js, Nest.js, React, Apollo GraphQL, Kubernetes, AWS Lambda, and PrometheusGrafana.

                    • • Experience driving compliancefocused solutions, ensuring product scalability, security, and cloud readiness.

                      • • Strong understanding of complex business systems with a demonstrated ability to learn and adopt new technologies as needed.

                        • • Proven leadership in managing remote teams, driving longterm success in a distributed environment.

                          • • Ability to influence and lead highimpact initiatives, with a forwardthinking approach to defining and executing the teams mission, vision, and strategies.

                            • • Excellent leadership and collaboration skills, with a proven track record of managing crossfunctional teams and partnering across departments.

                              • • Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to translate complex technical concepts into business outcomes, paired with solid business intuition.

                                • • Passion for quality and a Get Stuff Done attitude, while maintaining a deep sense of responsibility to both the team and customers.

                                  • • Bachelor’s or Masters degree in computer science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.

                                    • If you are passionate about cyber security and have a proven track record of leading and managing software engineering teams, we encourage you to apply for this exciting opportunity. We offer competitive compensation, comprehensive benefits, and a dynamic work environment where you can make a real impact in the field of cyber security

                                      Blackpoint Cyber welcomes and encourages applications from qualified individuals of all races, colors, religions, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, marital status, or any other legally protected status. We are committed to equality of opportunity in all aspects of employment. For eligible employees in the US, Blackpoint offers competitive Health, Vision, Dental, and Life Insurance plans, a robust 401k plan, Discretionary Time Off, and other minor perks.

                                      Blackpoint Cyber welcomes and encourages applications from qualified individuals of all races, colors, religions, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, marital status, or any other legally protected status. We are committed to equality of opportunity in all aspects of employment. For eligible employees in the US, Blackpoint offers competitive Health, Vision, Dental, and Life Insurance plans, a robust 401k plan, Discretionary Time Off, and other minor perks.