Senior Engineering Manager - Threat Platform

About AppOmni

AppOmni, a leader in SaaS Security, helps customers achieve secure productivity with their applications. Security teams and owners can quickly detect and mitigate threats using unmatched depth of protection, continuous monitoring, and comprehensive visibility. Trusted by over 25% of the Fortune 100, AppOmni specializes in securing diverse SaaS environments.

About the Role

AppOmni is seeking a Senior Engineering Manager to lead and grow our Threat Platform team. In this role, you will oversee critical parts of our platform focused on SaaS security, enabling customers to identify, prioritize, and respond to threats in real time. You’ll collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders, shape technical direction, and lead a high-performing engineering team skilled in Python and Go to build high-volume data pipelines that empower robust SaaS threat detection and analytics.

Key Responsibilities

1. Technical Leadership & Vision
• Define and drive the technical strategy for our Threat Detection and Response initiatives, aligning with AppOmni’s broader goals and product roadmap.
• Champion best practices in SaaS security, threat detection, and high-volume data pipelines, continuously seeking opportunities for improvement.
2. Team Management & Development
• Lead, mentor, and grow a high-performing engineering team, ensuring individuals have clear goals, regular feedback, and opportunities for professional development.
• Foster a culture of transparency and shared ownership, where every team member feels supported and valued.
3. Delivery & Execution
• Oversee end-to-end delivery of features and enhancements for threat assessment, incident response, and detection customization.
• Utilize agile methodologies (or similar) to optimize team workflows and accelerate time-to-market for customers.
• Ensure timely pull request (PR) reviews, clear task definitions, and consistent communication of progress and blockers.
4. Customer-Centric Innovation
• Advocate for a customer-first mindset, making data-driven decisions that address real-world SaaS security needs.
• Partner with Product Management to gather feedback, validate assumptions, and refine detection and response capabilities based on market and customer insights.
5. Collaboration & Cross-Functional Alignment
• Collaborate with peer teams (Security Research, Product, Data Science) to share insights, remove roadblocks, and align on overarching business goals.
• Promote open communication and break down silos for a seamless, integrated approach to product delivery.
6. Process & Quality Excellence
• Establish and refine engineering processes to improve code quality, reliability, and performance—particularly for scalable, high-throughput data pipelines.
• Advocate for continuous improvement, early issue detection, and rigorous testing, monitoring, and observability.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of overall Software Engineering experience, including 5+ years as a hands-on engineer
• 3+ years of experience as an Engineering Manager or in a technical leadership role, guiding teams that deliver production-grade SaaS solutions
• Expertise with Python and Go, particularly in building high-volume data pipelines or threat detection systems
• Proven track record of managing complex projects with high-performance and high-availability requirements, ideally in security or data-focused environments
• Demonstrated ability to fail fast, learn faster, iterating quickly in agile or agile-esque settings
• Strong communication skills—verbal and written—suitable for a remote-first or distributed workforce
• Familiarity with SaaS security, security operations, or detection engineering is a plus (though not mandatory)

What Success Looks Like

• Your team consistently delivers high-impact features on time while meeting or exceeding quality benchmarks
• You cultivate an environment where engineers feel supported, engaged, and empowered to innovate
• You proactively identify and resolve issues early, adjusting course when needed to maintain project momentum
• You align Threat Detection and Response initiatives with AppOmni’s mission, contributing to industry-leading SaaS security solutions
  
  

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or equivalent industry experience.

 

Culture

Our flexible, remote-first team is collaborative and supportive as we move quickly to research and develop new ideas, deliver new features to our customers,