JumpCloud is an AI-powered unified IT management platform designed to secure the modern workforce. As a Senior Engineering Manager for Devices, you will manage multiple global engineering teams and drive high engineering standards while partnering with Product and Design leadership to define the strategic vision for the device management platform.
Responsibilities:
- As part of the Devices Engineering team, and as part of the engineering team as a whole here at JumpCloud, you will be responsible for managing and guiding multiple global engineering teams reporting to you
- Set and maintain the technical bar for the Devices Management group. Drive high engineering standards across the organization, including rigorous architectural reviews, automated testing strategies, and operational excellence
- Partner with Product and Design leadership to define the strategic vision. You will translate complex business requirements into high-level technical execution plans that balance aggressive delivery with technical sustainability
- Drive the adoption of AI-assisted engineering workflows to measurably improve developer velocity and reduce routine boilerplate work
- Identify and resolve systemic organizational bottlenecks. You will be responsible for optimizing the SDLC, improving developer velocity, and utilizing data (such as DORA metrics) to drive continuous improvement in team performance
- As an active member of the engineering leadership team, you will partner with your peers and other teams to build, lead, and inspire a world class engineering organization
Requirements:
- 8+ years of experience in engineering leadership, with at least 3+ years managing multiple teams or a sub-organization of 10+ engineers
- Experience leading and building software engineering teams developing on top of public clouds, like AWS, GCP, or Azure
- Demonstrated track record of developing leadership talent (mentoring Senior engineers into Lead, Staff or Manager roles)
- Proven ability to lead and empower high-level Individual Contributors (Staff+). You know how to leverage their technical expertise to drive strategy while providing them with the organizational support and air cover they need to execute
- Experience implementing AI-assisted engineering workflows (e.g., Copilot, automated code reviews, AI-generated unit tests) and can demonstrate how these tools have measurably improved team throughput and code quality
- Track record of leading and driving team and/or organizational projects/initiatives to successful, on-time completion and/or delivery
- Strong understanding of software engineering principles and techniques
- Track record of Software-as-a-Service Ownership, and strong proponent of Reliability Principles
- Hands-on experience working with agile teams
- Ability to work and communicate effectively with other engineering managers, and both technical and non-technical business stakeholders
- Ability to quickly integrate new technologies and industry best practices into your skill sets
- Experience managing cross-functional teams including Software and Quality Engineers
- Strong track record in finding, hiring, growing, and retaining High Performing Engineers
- Proven ability to thrive in a fast-moving, team-oriented, collaborative environment
- Track record of continuous improvement through innovation, delivery, process development, quality, etc
- Experience leading geographically diverse engineering teams in today's remote first work environment
- Commercial software development in a variety of languages and operating systems technologies (Golang, C++, Python, Java, Kernels, OS libraries, etc.)
- MacOS or Windows development, including working with native libraries and frameworks
- Strong technical foundation in software engineering design principles