Engineering Manager

The role

The Engineering Manager will lead and mentor a distributed team of engineers building and scaling the Game Warden platform. You will drive technical execution, provide architectural oversight, and collaborate with Product, Platform, and Security teams.

What you will do

• Lead and mentor a distributed team of engineers
• Drive execution across key technical initiatives for scalability, reliability, and performance
• Partner with Product, Platform, and Security teams to define roadmaps and prioritize work
• Provide technical guidance and architectural oversight
• Collaborate with stakeholders to translate strategic objectives into engineering plans
• Recruit, onboard, and develop engineering talent
• Contribute to the evolution of engineering processes, tooling, and delivery frameworks

Required qualifications

• 6+ years of professional software engineering experience
• 2+ years managing or leading technical teams
• Success leading distributed teams in high-growth or startup environments
• Understanding of modern software development practices, cloud infrastructure (AWS, Kubernetes), and CI/CD pipelines
• U.S. citizenship required

Nice to have

• Experience building and scaling SaaS or platform products within highly regulated or security-sensitive industries
• Familiarity with secure software development frameworks (e.g., NIST 800-53, FedRAMP, SOC 2)
• Prior experience with infrastructure-as-code, observability, and automation frameworks
• Success leading cross-functional initiatives in collaboration with Product, Security, and Operations
• Understanding of agile methodologies and experience driving continuous improvement across teams
• Ability to obtain and maintain a security clearance

Benefits

• Competitive Salary
• 100% Healthcare, vision and dental coverage
• 401(k) + 3% company contribution
• One Medical membership, mental health resources and family planning assistance
• Equity incentive plan
• Tech + office supplies stipend
• Annual professional development stipend
• Flexible paid time off + federal holidays off
• Parental leave
• Referral Bonus

Before you apply

• Candidates must reside in one of our approved hiring hubs: DC/Maryland/Virginia or Denver/Colorado Springs, CO
• U.S. citizenship required

About the company

Second Front Systems (2F) is a public-benefit software company powering software for the free world. They enable faster, more secure development and deployment of software across government and regulated networks.