Engineering Manager, Security Platform

Vannevar is a defense technology company building AI to deter adversaries. They are seeking an Engineering Manager to lead the Security Platform team and drive the strategy and execution of systems governing authentication, authorization, and access management across their products.

Responsibilities:

• Grow and mentor a high-performing team of engineers
• Foster a strong engineering culture focused on security, reliability, ownership, and delivering high-impact platform capabilities
• Define the roadmap and technical vision for authentication, authorization, and access management capabilities, ensuring Vannevar’s identity platform scales securely and reliably with the business
• Lead the development of centralized identity and access services—including IdP integrations, authorization infrastructure, and SSO capabilities—that reduce friction for product teams and enable secure-by-default development
• Partner with Product, Mission, Infrastructure, and Engineering teams to deliver foundational identity and access capabilities that balance security, usability, and operational excellence
• Drive adoption of access control standards, security best practices, and platform capabilities across engineering teams to create a consistent and trustworthy access experience throughout Vannevar

Requirements:

• 3+ years of experience leading and developing high-performing software engineering teams, with a track record of delivering complex technical initiatives and growing engineers
• Strong understanding of authentication, authorization, access control, and secure system design, with experience building or operating identity, security, or platform infrastructure
• 8+ years of software engineering experience building and operating scalable, reliable distributed systems that serve as critical infrastructure for engineering organizations
• Demonstrated ability to partner closely with product, engineering, and operational stakeholders to deliver solutions that balance customer needs, business priorities, and technical excellence
• Proven ability to lead through ambiguity and make sound tradeoffs between security, reliability, developer experience, and delivery velocity
• Excellent communication skills and a track record of driving alignment across teams, influencing technical direction, and building strong cross-functional partnerships
• Active security clearance or ability/willingness to obtain one
• Prior experience building software for defense, national security or intelligence use cases