Senior Engineering Manager, Product Engineering

Secfix

United States

Remote

USD 180,000 - 260,000

Full time

14 days+

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Benefits offered by this job

Fully remote

Equity package

Learning budget

Co-working stipend

26 days holiday + public holidays

Health insurance

Latest laptop & peripherals

Annual company retreat

Job summary

Hidden Jobs is seeking a Senior Engineering Manager to head product engineering for a European leader in automated security compliance, guiding eight engineers and two product designers, with plans to scale to sixteen within a year.

The role blends hands-on engineering with people leadership, owning technical decisions and team velocity, and driving AI-enabled practices across the group. Fully remote with a competitive salary and equity.

Qualifications

Eight+ years as a software engineer.
Four+ years leading a team of eight or more engineers.
Experience shipping AI features in production.
Hands-on with AI coding tools in real projects.
Background as senior/principal engineer transitioning to management.
Able to work CET/CEST, ideally in Europe.

Responsibilities

Ship AI-enabled feature in the first month.
Remove bottlenecks in tooling, reviews, testing, and task allocation.
Conduct weekly one-on-ones focused on output and quality.
Own the engineering hiring process end to end.
Define testing standards, code review, security practices, and team structure.
Set technical direction in collaboration with leadership.

Skills

Team leadership

AI feature shipping

Code reviews

Architecture decisions

Hiring & interviewing

European time zones

Claude Code & Cursor

Tools

Claude Code

Cursor

Job description

Role overview

The Senior Engineering Manager will head product engineering at a European leader in automated security compliance, helping small and mid-market businesses achieve standards such as ISO 27001, GDPR, TISAX, and SOC 2 in weeks rather than months. The role blends hands-on engineering with people leadership, owning technical decisions and team velocity for a group of roughly eight engineers and two product designers, scaling toward about sixteen within a year. Success means raising the bar on shipping speed, product quality, and AI-enabled engineering practices across the team.

Responsibilities

Ship a meaningful product feature with AI tooling in the first month to establish credibility and stay close to the codebase
Identify and remove bottlenecks in tooling, code review, testing, and task allocation so feature timelines shrink without losing quality
Run regular one-on-ones focused on weekly output, code quality, and how engineers integrate AI into their workflow
Own the engineering hiring process end to end, designing technical challenges and making calls without oversight
Define how the team builds, including testing standards, code review and security practices, and team structure
Set technical direction and pace, partnering with leadership on architecture decisions and product taste

Requirements

Eight or more years as a software engineer, including four or more years managing a team of eight or more and running hiring yourself
Production experience shipping AI features such as retrieval, RAG, or agentic workflows, with judgment about what survives contact with real customer data
Strong product taste and a habit of flagging when shipped work is not good enough, even when it lands on time
Hands-on experience building with AI coding tools such as Claude Code and Cursor in real production environments
Background as a senior or principal engineer before moving into management, comfortable in design reviews and debugging
Able to work in European time zones (CET/CEST), ideally based in EMEA such as Germany or the UK

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