Engineering Manager, Data Collection & Scanning (Remote)

JoinStartup; United States; Remote; USD 180,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

Censys, a security startup building the internet map, is seeking an Engineering Manager to lead the Data Collection team. You’ll oversee scanners, distributed systems, and real-time data pipelines powering the Censys Internet Map and customer products.

You will partner with Product, Research, Security, and Infrastructure to drive high-value investments. You’ll coach engineers through feedback, delegate ownership, and measure success by data coverage, freshness, reliability, and cost efficiency

Qualifications

• Engineering management experience (three years) required.
• Experience leading large technical initiatives from planning through production.
• Background as software or systems engineer operating production systems.
• Strong knowledge of distributed systems and networking fundamentals (TCP/IP, DNS, HTTP, TLS).
• Experience with data-intensive systems and production reliability practices.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach, and develop Scanner Engineers and Distributed Systems Engineers.
• Define the Data Collection roadmap with Product, Research, Infrastructure, and engineering stakeholders.
• Provide architectural guidance across scanning, orchestration, protocol implementations, and ingestion pipelines.
• Identify bottlenecks and manage technical debt with business impact.
• Ensure on-call and incident-management processes with post-incident analysis.

Skills

Engineering management

Distributed systems

Networking fundamentals

Data-intensive systems

Incident response

Project management

Architecture reviews

Job description

Censys, a security startup building the internet map, is seeking an Engineering Manager to lead the Data Collection team. You’ll oversee scanners, distributed systems, and real-time data pipelines powering the Censys Internet Map and customer products.

You will partner with Product, Research, Security, and Infrastructure to drive high-value investments. You’ll coach engineers through feedback, delegate ownership, and measure success by data coverage, freshness, reliability, and cost efficiency