Engineering Manager

Lead and mentor a distributed team of engineers, fostering a culture of excellence, collaboration, and continuous improvement.

Drive execution across key technical initiatives that enhance scalability, reliability, and performance of 2F’s core platforms.

Partner closely with Product, Platform, and Security teams to define roadmaps, prioritize work, and deliver against milestones.

Provide technical guidance and architectural oversight, ensuring alignment with best practices and compliance requirements.

Collaborate with stakeholders to translate strategic objectives into actionable engineering plans.

Recruit, onboard, and develop top engineering talent in alignment with 2F’s mission, values, and culture.

Contribute to the evolution of 2F’s engineering processes, tooling, and delivery frameworks as we scale toward Series D and beyond.

Backend: GoLang and Rust

Frontend: Typescript and React/Next

Platform: Docker/Containers/Kubernetes

Cloud: AWS/GCP/Azure

SDLC: Git/Gitlab

The expected base salary range for this role is $210,000-$230,000. Final compensation will be based on factors such as experience, skills, level, and geographic location. This role may also be eligible for discretionary bonuses and equity grants as part of the total compensation package.

Viewing obstacles as opportunities for growth

Having a bias toward action and tangible, measurable results

Striving to be both compassionate and direct with your feedback

Being team-oriented and inclusive with your actions

Second Front Systems (2F) is a public-benefit software company powering software for the free world. We eliminate the friction that slows innovation, enabling faster, more secure development and deployment of software across government and regulated networks. Built by national security veterans and backed by top-tier venture capital, our platform is trusted by the world’s leading organizations to cut deployment timelines from years to weeks. We move fast, solve hard problems, and deliver trusted capabilities where they’re needed most. Our work strengthens global security and gives the United States and its allies a lasting competitive advantage. Learn more at secondfront.com .

We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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This position will remain open until filled, and applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis.

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