Software Engineering Manager

PlexTrac, Inc. is a cybersecurity company on a mission to empower security teams to identify and eliminate the biggest threats to their environments. The PlexTrac platform enables the automated reporting and tracking of cybersecurity risks and allows for enhanced collaboration across the enterprise. PlexTrac takes purple teaming to the next level and is changing the paradigm around continuous security assessment and validation. This innovative approach has allowed PlexTrac to gain significant traction among companies and teams of all sizes, including several of the Fortune 500.

Having recently closed a $70 million Series B funding round as of February 2022, PlexTrac is poised for exponential growth and is seeking top notch talent for strategic roles to join the team. Candidates interested in leveraging extensive professional experience to build innovative programs around a new concept in the cybersecurity market and who love working in a fast-paced, energetic start-up environment should apply!

PlexTrac Mission and Culture is to empower teams to win the right cybersecurity battles. PlexTrac is culturally a mission-oriented organization, by which we mean that we seek to make the lives of our customers better knowing that their improved efficiency and effectiveness has a direct impact on the security of our world. Likewise, we seek to improve the lives of our employees by creating a workplace in which they can flourish professionally and personally. We are flexible, creative, collaborative, detail oriented, humble, hard workers who practice what we preach. Those attributes in our team members lead to and are rewarded with a fast-paced, never boring, fun loving work environment — whether we are physically or virtually present with one another.

Our core values describe us as humans and leaning into them is how we define success:

• Integrity through transparency and accountability 
• Aggressive innovation
• Positively impact people

We are actively in search of a Software Engineering Manager to lead one of our core teams. This team will be accountable for the end-to-end management of data platforms, encompassing critical areas such as authentication and authorization (AuthN/AuthZ), data ingestion pipelines, APIs that drive the user experience, and the underlying scalable infrastructure. This role will be responsible for the multitude of our customers dependent on the work performed and the revenue generated by this amazing group of individuals. 

 

If you are up to the challenge and enjoy a collaborative team environment, join our team today!

 

Key Responsibilities 

• Scale, manage, mentor and retain an amazing group of engineers in the development and delivery of our product
• Lead the software development process by providing architectural direction and system/service design guidance
• Enhance technical productivity, reliability, and simplicity 
• Ensure software service milestones are met, and delivered on time ensuring the highest quality 
• Work closely with product management team to define product requirements ensuring smooth implementation and delivery
• Collaborate with other teams including security, infrastructure, and quality assurance so that our product meets company standards for security, reliability and performance
• Stay up to date with industry trends and best practices

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science or Software Engineering preferred 
• 8+ years of experience in software engineering, with at least 3+ years in management or leadership role 
• Strong understanding of full-stack software development methodologies which include continued contributions in coding and technical details with 50-60% hands-on involvement
• Experience in React.js, TypeScript, Couchbase DB, Postgres, Redis, Python, GoLang, and GCP a plus
• Demonstrated ability to lead a team of software engineers and drive results in a fast-paced, startup environment
• Experience in cybersecurity, including threat analysis, vulnerability management, and risk assessment
• Ability to make difficult decisions and trade-offs based on rigorous thinking
• Work well in a cross-functional envi