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[Remote] Manager, Engineering

Remote role Full-time Open position

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Smarsh empowers its customers to manage risk and unleash intelligence in their digital communications. We are seeking an experienced and highly capable Manager of Engineering to lead our US Server team, managing and mentoring a team of Java developers while providing strong technical leadership across system architecture, design, and implementation.

Responsibilities

  • Lead, mentor, and manage a team of Java developers, including hiring, coaching, performance reviews, and professional development
  • Own technical design and architecture decisions across services deployed in both federal enclave and AWS cloud environments
  • Guide team members in delivering high quality, secure, and scalable backend systems
  • Promote engineering best practices, including code quality, system design, test coverage, DevOps, and security
  • Collaborate closely with Product, DevOps, QA, and Security teams to ensure high quality and compliant releases
  • Oversee production troubleshooting, root cause analysis, system tuning, and operational improvements
  • Drive innovation, evaluate new tools and technologies, and continuously improve engineering processes
  • Lead Agile ceremonies and ensure predictable, high quality delivery

Skills

  • 5+ years of hands-on experience in Java development, including strong expertise with Spring / Spring Boot
  • 2+ years of experience leading a development team or providing significant technical leadership
  • Strong understanding of OOP, Java internals, concurrency, and multi-threaded programming
  • Proven experience in designing and implementing distributed backend systems and microservices
  • Hands-on experience working within secure or federal enclave environments or similar highly restricted environments
  • Practical experience with AWS cloud services and cloud-native architectures
  • DevOps-oriented mindset, familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, observability, automation, Docker, and Kubernetes
  • Strong communication skills and ability to lead both people and technology
  • Experience with production environments, monitoring, metrics, and performance optimization
  • Experience supporting FedRAMP-certified products
  • Knowledge and hands-on experience with Kafka or other event-driven messaging systems
  • Familiarity with Redis, Oracle, or PostgreSQL databases
  • Experience with Jenkins, Grafana, ELK, GitHub Actions or similar tools
  • Strong testing mindset (unit, component, integration)
  • Experience with large-scale microservices architectures

Benefits

  • Any applicable bonus programs will be discussed during the recruiting process.
  • The salary for this role will be set based on a variety of factors, including but not limited to, internal equity, experience, education, location, specialty and training.
  • Local cost of living assessments are done for each new hire at the time of offer.

Company Overview

  • Smarsh manage the risk and see the value in their communications data. It was founded in 2001, and is headquartered in Portland, Oregon, USA, with a workforce of 1001-5000 employees. Its website is http://www.smarsh.com.
  • Company H1B Sponsorship

  • Smarsh has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 16 in 2025, 5 in 2024, 12 in 2023, 22 in 2022, 2 in 2021, 1 in 2020. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.
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