Senior Engineering Manager (Architecture)

Illumio; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Equity opportunities

Paid time off

Parental leave

Wellness program

Job summary

Illumio seeks a Senior Engineering Leader in Sunnyvale to drive end-to-end delivery of high-impact cybersecurity products. You will lead 9+ engineers, mentor managers, and shape architecture for scalable solutions across cloud platforms.

You will partner with Product Management and Business stakeholders to set priorities, drive roadmap, and ensure delivery with strong Scrum practices and operational excellence.

Qualifications

• Experience leading and delivering large-scale cloud-based systems.
• Strong background in RESTful API design and data stores.
• Proven track record of mentoring high-performance teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead 9+ engineers and own end-to-end delivery.
• Shape architecture and design of new products or features.
• Mentor, coach, and guide team members on capabilities and challenges.
• Collaborate with Product Management and Business to drive roadmap.
• Drive engineering best practices and operational excellence.

Skills

Leadership

People management

Agile / Scrum

Cloud architectures

Java / Spring Boot

Golang / Python

CI/CD

REST APIs

SQL / NoSQL

Architectural design

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS or related

Tools

Git

Jenkins

GCP / AWS

Job description

• Our Engineering team is driven by a culture that thrives on visionary leadership, autonomy, and ownership, creating a dynamic synergy that drives us forward in the ever-evolving landscape of cybersecurity
• When you join our team, you become part of the leader in Zero Trust Segmentation. You’ll work with a cutting-edge technology stack that spans operating systems, distributed applications, and immersive UI/visualization tools
• We’re shaping the future of cybersecurity. And together, we will continue to build world-class products—led by people with different perspectives, backgrounds, and a commitment to innovation in a time when the world faces its greatest cybersecurity threats in history
• You are a leader who is motivated to build and lead one or more high-performing teams and contribute to the architecture and design of new products or features. The role demands to lead, motivate, mentor, and provide ample guidance to team members with respect to product capabilities and technical challenges. The role is also expected to make a difference to the product in terms of innovation, platform mindset with focus on scale and performance, and contribute towards identifying technical risks and finding alternate solutions to problems
• Manage high-performing teams of 9+ engineers and own the accountability of complete end-to-end delivery
• Manage managers as well
• Drive design, development, implementation and documentation of engineering solutions
• Excellent stakeholder and program management skills
• Establish best engineering practices and operation excellence backed up with product, engineering and scrum metrics
• Interact with other Illumio engineering teams for getting and sharing expertise, as well as aligning on dependencies and deliverables
• Engage with Product Management and Business to drive the agenda, set your priorities and deliver awesome products
• Work closely with the Architects and cross-functional teams and follow established practices for the delivery of solutions within the established architectural guidelines
• Work with senior leadership to chart out the future roadmap of the products
• Participate in hiring and build teams enabling them to be high-performing agile teams
• Participating in organizational events like hackathon/demo days etc
• Interact closely for requirements with Business owners and technical teams both within India and across the globe
• Mentoring and coaching the team and helping them grow

Benefits

• Health and Dependent Savings Accounts
• Life and Disability Programs
• Paid Parental Leave
• Voluntary Benefit Programs
• Company Sponsored Wellness Program
• Wellness Reimbursement Program
• Retirement Savings
• Equity Opportunities
• Paid time off and Paid Holidays
• Employee Incentive Program
• Medical, Dental, Vision Coverage

Knowledge of unit testing frameworks (Junit/Spock/Jest etc) and code quality control platformsGood knowledge and experience with developing REST based APIs and integrationsProficient in understanding and handling Non-Functional requirements (NFRs)Strong experience in running cloud-distributed system in production for at least 2-3 yearsExperience in CI/CD development environments/tools: Git, Maven, Gradle, Jenkins, GCP DevOps7+ years’ experience in leading and managing high performance teamsWell versed with Agile (Scrum) methodologyStrong hands-on development skills to prototype technical solutionsHave led a team of 9+ engineers/mangers and owned accountability of E2E deliveryWorking knowledge of SQL and NoSQL database technologiesExceptional communication and interpersonal skills - including negotiation, facilitation, and consensus-building skills; ability to influence and persuade, without direct controlExposure to developing large-scale data platforms using cloud technologies and Data warehouse products like BigQuery, RedShiftStrong desire to drive change, and ability to adapt to change quickly. Willing to learn new and emerging technologiesExcellent stakeholder and program managementExperience in creating high-performing, highly scalable, and distributed middle-tier services, in the Cloud like Azure, AWS or GCPObject Oriented analysis and design using common design patternsKnowledge of cloud platforms like Azure, AWS and GCPAdvocacy for engineering and operational excellence6+ years’ experience in building products with a focus on cloud-based high-performance systemsExtensive experience building distributed systems and cloud services using technologies like Java, Spring Boot, Golang, Python