Software Engineering Manager (Mission Ops)

The role

You will lead the Mission Ops squad to build systems and tools for monitoring machine health and operations. You will own technical scope for user interfaces, APIs, and backend systems.

What you will do

• Manage and build a team of high-performing engineers, provide mentorship and guidance
• Collaborate with Product and Go-To-Market teams to define a technical roadmap
• Ensure the team delivers results at high velocity while meeting reliability demands
• Establish and refine engineering processes, agile rituals and use of AI
• Engage the architecture and codebase across frontend, APIs and backend services
• Contribute to high-impact features and help resolve critical technical challenges

Required qualifications

• 7+ years in software engineering
• 2+ years in a people management role
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, STEM, or a related field
• Strong experience with distributed systems and web applications using Go, Rust, or Python
• Experience with modern frontends built in React and TypeScript
• Experience building real-time monitoring, alerting, or incident management systems
• Familiarity with time-series data and event-driven architectures
• Expertise in observability tools such as Grafana or Prometheus
• Proven ability to guide teams through ambiguity

Nice to have

• Experience in Aerospace, Autonomous Vehicles, Robotics, Defense or Energy
• Experience building mission control, ground systems, or fleet operations software
• Experience in leading AI-first teams and AI initiatives
• Experience designing alerting, anomaly detection, or root-cause analysis workflows for operators

Benefits

• Unlimited PTO
• equity ownership
• 401(k)
• full medical/dental/vision coverage

Before you apply

• Must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident (Green Card Holder), or protected individual such as an asylee or refugee in compliance with ITAR / EAR regulations

About the company

Sift is the data infrastructure platform for hardware engineering teams. Founded by former SpaceX engineers, it turns high-frequency telemetry into engineering insights for mission-critical systems.