Senior Engineering Manager
2 days ago
Bristol
🚀 Join a Powerhouse Start-Up Shaping the Future of Cloud Orchestration 🚀 Role: Senior Engineering Manager (Platform & Product Engineering) Industry: Cloud Orchestration, DevSecOps, Infrastructure Automation About StackGuardian We’re building the future of compliant cloud orchestration by simplifying how enterprises deliver secure, scalable, and automated infrastructure across AWS, Azure, and GCP. Our mission: Empower developers, SREs, and security teams to move fast without breaking compliance. We’re a rapidly growing startup backed by leading European investors and trusted by enterprises building the next generation of cloud-native systems. We’re now looking for a hands-on engineering leader who can scale our R&D organisation, shape product architecture, and drive technical excellence, while remaining close to the code and the customer. What You’ll Do • Lead & Scale the Engineering Org: Build, coach, and inspire a world-class distributed engineering team spanning backend, frontend, DevSecOps, and QA across Europe and India., • Own the Product & Platform Vision: Partner with the founding team to define the technical roadmap for our SaaS orchestration platform — balancing innovation, reliability, and enterprise readiness., • Stay Hands-On: Contribute technically to the platform backend with Python and Go, participate in architecture reviews, and guide design decisions for our orchestration engine, workflow automation, and compliance policy frameworks., • Evangelize & Represent StackGuardian: Act as a developer advocate and tech community voice — speaking at events, publishing technical insights, and showcasing how StackGuardian simplifies cloud compliance automation., • Drive Operational Excellence: Implement modern SRE, QA, and testing practices; optimise cloud operations; and ensure our platform meets enterprise-grade SLAs and security standards., • Hire from Your Network: Bring in top engineering talent from your personal network for the next phase of growth. Who We’re Looking For • Leadership Experience: 5+ years in senior engineering or management roles at startups or scale-ups, leading 20+ engineers across multiple geographies., • SaaS Domain Experience: Hands-on experience building or scaling SaaS platforms in the DevSecOps, Cloud Security, Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC), or Developer Platform domains., • Technical Foundation: Proven expertise in cloud-native SaaS, microservices, and DevSecOps architectures. Strong coding background in Python or Go., • Familiarity with ecosystems like Infrastructure as Code, Security or Developer Platforms is highly desirable., • Product & Architecture Ownership: Demonstrated success building enterprise SaaS platforms — from MVP to scale with focus on reliability, compliance, and user experience., • Cloud Expertise: Deep familiarity with AWS (EC2, ECS, Lambda, API Gateway) and IaC tools (Terraform, CDK, Bicep)., • AI/ML Awareness: Experience or curiosity in integrating AI-powered workflows into SaaS products., • Community Presence: Active in dev ecosystems, speaking at meetups/events, and maintaining an engaged social following or equivalent influence., • Mindset: Coachable, collaborative, thrives in ambiguity and absolutely non-bureaucratic. Why Join Us • Leadership with Impact: Define the engineering culture, scale the team, and shape a product that redefines DevSecOps automation., • Full Autonomy: No red tape. High trust, high accountability!, • Competitive Package: Market-leading compensation with early-stage equity., • Strategic Role: Report directly to the CTO & CEO; shape both technology and business outcomes., • Hybrid Flexibility: London or Western Europe preferred; work seamlessly with offshore engineering hubs., • Culture of Innovation: Dedicated R&D, hackathons, and conference speaking opportunities to amplify your impact. Let’s shape the Future of Platform Engineering together!