Core Platform Senior Engineering Manager

<h2>About the role</h2><p>We are seeking a Senior Engineering Manager to lead and scale a high-performing team driving the evolution of our cutting-edge Cybersecurity product. At the intersection of AI and distributed systems running at scale, our technology is rapidly advancing to protect creators and companies worldwide. In this role, you will build and empower a team tackling complex and ambiguous technical challenges, collaborating closely with cross-functional stakeholders, the founding team, and the CTO. Your leadership will shape the product’s architecture, strategy, and execution, ensuring we stay ahead in a fast-moving industry.</p><p><strong>Locations</strong>: Bucharest, Cluj-Napoca Romania<br/><strong>Focus Area</strong>: Policies &amp; Incidents, Endpoint Management</p><p></p><h2>What You’ll Do</h2><ul><li><p>Build and Lead a World-Class Team – Recruit, hire, and onboard top-tier engineers with a   mindset, fostering a culture of innovation, ownership, and technical excellence.</p></li><li><p>Drive High Performance – Set clear expectations, provide continuous feedback, and support career growth to empower your team to excel.</p></li><li><p>Define and Execute the Vision – Partner with engineering and product leadership to shape the team’s vision, goals, and technical roadmap, ensuring strategic alignment with business objectives.</p></li><li><p>Architect and Optimize Scalable Systems – Lead the design, development, and refinement of large-scale, real-time graph processing systems that are highly scalable, fault-tolerant, and performant.</p></li><li><p>Ensure Engineering Excellence – Establish and enforce best practices for code quality, system reliability, and security, driving continuous improvement.</p></li><li><p>Collaborate Across Teams – Work closely with product managers, UX designers, security teams, and other engineering groups to deliver impactful solutions.</p></li><li><p>Enhance Team Efficiency – Improve workflows, eliminate bottlenecks, and drive seamless execution in a fast-paced environment.</p></li><li><p>Champion a Strong Engineering Culture – Promote innovation, continuous learning, and adherence to best practices, ensuring a high bar for technical excellence.</p></li></ul><p></p><h2>Who You Are</h2><ul><li><p>Proven Engineering Leader – You have a track record of building and leading high-performing teams that deliver new impactful functionality. You obsess about customers.</p></li><li><p>Experienced Manager – With at least 3 years in a management role, you’ve successfully hired, mentored and developed top engineering talent.</p></li><li><p>Thrives in Fast-Paced Ambiguous Environments – You excel in ambiguity, turning challenges into opportunities, and driving high-velocity, high-quality product development.</p></li><li><p>Empathetic &amp; Decisive Leader – Skilled at coaching engineers at all career stages, you foster growth, engagement, and technical excellence.</p></li><li><p>Execution-Driven – You have a strong builder mindset. You effectively balance technical depth with business priorities, ensuring teams deliver impact in a dynamic environment.</p></li><li><p>Technically Strong &amp; Hands-On When Needed – You provide architectural and technical guidance, making informed decisions when necessary.</p></li><li><p>Deep Systems Expertise – Strong experience with distributed systems, microservices, and cloud-native technologies, including Go, Kubernetes, and highly distributed databases (e.g., BigQuery).</p></li><li><p>Excellent Communicator – You collaborate effectively across global teams in Europe, India, and the US, with strong verbal and written English skills.</p></li></ul><p></p><h2>What you can count on</h2><ul><li><p>Creative, knowledgeable and motivated team with engineers &amp; leaders from CrowdStrike, Google, Palo Alto Networks, Amazon</p></li><li><p>Fast-paced environment with the ability to make a large impact and grow very quickly</p></li><li><p>Competitive salary and stock options</p></li></ul><p>Cyberhaven is the AI-powered data security company revolutionizing how companies detect and stop the most critical insider threats to their most important data. We've raised over $140M from leading Silicon Valley investors like Khosla and Redpoint. Cyberhaven is also backed by founders, executives, and security leaders who have built transformational technologies at Crowdstrike, Nutanix, Palo Alto Networks, Meta, Google, Slack, and others.</p><p>Our company values are:</p><ul><li><p>Think Deeply and Use Sound Reasoning</p></li><li><p>Step Up and Take Ownership</p></li><li><p>Continuously Learn and Grow</p></li><li><p>Obsess About Customers</p></li><li><p>Enjoy the Journey</p></li><li><p>Reach for Ambitious Goals</p></li></ul><p>Cyberhaven is committed to creating a diverse environment and is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression,