Manager, Engineering

Manager, Engineering (Java/AWS): Leading and managing a team of Java developers, providing technical leadership in system architecture, design, and implementation with an accent on secure, scalable backend systems and microservices. Focus on driving cloud-native development in AWS, improving services, reliability, scalability, and efficiency with modern DevOps practices and tooling.

Location: Atlanta / Pleasanton / New York / US - Remote / Portland

Salary: $170,000 - $190,000 a year

Company

Smarsh empowers its customers to manage risk and unleash intelligence in their digital communications.

What you will do

• 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.
• 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.

Requirements

• 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.
• 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

Nice to have

• 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.

Culture & Benefits

• Smarsh hires lifelong learners with a passion for innovating with purpose, humility and humor.
• Collaboration is at the heart of everything.
• Smarsh values diversity and believes that providing opportunities for everyone to be their authentic self is key to success.