Engineering Manager

Blackpoint Cyber is the leading provider of world-class cybersecurity threat hunting, detection and remediation technology. Founded by former National Security Agency (NSA) cyber operations experts who applied their learnings to bring national security-grade technology solutions to commercial customers around the world, Blackpoint Cyber is in hyper-growth 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

On this team, we value high-quality 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 high-performance culture and enabling growth through overcoming challenges in the modern cyber threat landscape.

What You'll Do:

As the Engineering Manager for Blackpoint Cyber's Cloud Response and Compliance products, you will lead and oversee the end-to-end 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 team's 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 hands-on technical guidance in Node.js, Nest.js, Typescript, and React for developing backend and frontend services.

• Champion cloud-native technologies such as AWS Lambda and ensure proper monitoring and alerting with Prometheus/Grafana to maintain performance and system health.

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

• Foster a collaborative and high-performance engineering culture, recruiting top talent, and providing career development opportunities to ensure the continuous delivery of high-quality 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 1+ 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 JavaScript/Typescript frameworks.

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

• Experience driving compliance-focused 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 long-term success in a distributed environment.

• Ability to influence and lead high-impact initiatives, with a forward-thinking approach to defining and executing the team's mission, vision, and strategies.

• Excellent leadership and collaboration skills, with a proven track record of managing cross-functional 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 Master’s 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.