Engineering Manager

Who are we? Smarsh empowers its customers to manage risk and unleash intelligence in their digital communications. Our growing community of over 6500 organizations in regulated industries counts on Smarsh every day to help them spot compliance, legal or reputational risks in 80+ communication channels before those risks become regulatory fines or headlines. Relentless innovation has fueled our journey to consistent leadership recognition from analysts like Gartner and Forrester, and our sustained, aggressive growth has landed Smarsh in the annual Inc. 5000 list of fastest-growing American companies since 2008. About the Role We are looking for a seasoned Engineering Manager to lead a high-performing full-stack engineering team. You will own end-to-end delivery of user-facing products, drive technical excellence, and grow a team of senior engineers. This is a hands-on leadership role — you'll be as comfortable reviewing architecture decisions as you are running a 1:1 or influencing product roadmap What You'll Do Team Leadership Manage, mentor, and grow a team of 5–6 engineers across different levels. Set clear performance expectations, run structured 1:1s, and own career development for your reports. Build and maintain a high-trust, psychologically safe team culture. Provide technical mentorship and coaching to help engineers grow in Java, cloud, and distributed systems. Delivery & Execution Own the planning, prioritization, and on-time delivery of engineering commitments for your team. Drive agile processes (sprint planning, retrospectives, estimation) without letting process become overhead. Remove blockers, manage cross-team dependencies, and escalate risks early. Hold the team accountable to quality, velocity, and reliability targets. Translate business requirements into appropriate technical solutions, keeping simplicity at the core. Hands-On Technical Contributions Conduct meaningful code reviews for Java-based backend services, ensuring quality, maintainability, and adherence to engineering standards. Design and architect highly scalable, cloud-native enterprise software applications. Work hands-on with Java, J2EE, Spring, REST APIs, and cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP) to contribute to architecture and critical design decisions. Guide the team in debugging complex distributed system issues across Kafka, MongoDB, and microservices. Research, evaluate, and recommend technologies required for solution delivery. Work closely with engineers to design solutions to security problems and monitor vulnerabilities in third-party components. Maximise performance, uptime, and supportability of the product. Technical Strategy Provide technical oversight across backend architecture, API design, and distributed systems. Guide architectural decisions, code quality standards, and engineering best practices. Partner with Principal and Lead engineers to define the long-term technical vision. Ensure observability, security, performance, and reliability are treated as first-class concerns. Champion DevOps and cloud infrastructure best practices across the team. Cross-Functional Partnership Work closely with Product Management to define requirements and shape the roadmap. Translate business goals into clear engineering scope and realistic timelines. Collaborate and communicate with stakeholders, providing project progress updates and highlighting risks with mitigation plans. Interface with customer-facing functions to gather requirements and perform technical due diligence. What You’ll Bring 12+ years in Java server-side application development, with 3+ years in an engineering management role. Strong hands-on Java and J2EE programming skills — this is a coding manager role. Deep experience building and operating highly scalable SaaS products using Java, Spring, REST APIs, and relational/NoSQL databases. Hands-on experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP) and modern DevOps practices. Familiarity with event-driven architectures and messaging systems (e.g., Kafka). Experience with NoSQL databases, particularly MongoDB. Strong understanding of distributed systems, microservices, and the operational challenges of managing large-scale systems. Proven ability to lead and grow engineering teams while remaining technically engaged. Excellent communication skills with the ability to interact effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders. Familiarity with agile software development, preferably Scrum. Experience in financial services, compliance, or regulated industries is a plus. Experience with JavaScript-based UI technologies is a plus. About our culture Smarsh hires lifelong learners with a passion for innovating with purpose, humility and humor. Collaboration is at the heart of everything we do. We work closely with the most popular communications platforms and the world’s leading cloud infrastructure platforms. We use the latest in AI/ML technology to help our customers break new ground at scale. We are a global organization that values diversity, and we believe that providing opportunities for everyone to be their authentic self is key to our success. Smarsh leadership, culture, and commitment to developing our people have all garnered Comparably.com Best Places to Work Awards. Come join us and find out what the best work of your career looks like.