Manager, Software Engineering

1 hour, 38 minutes ago
Full-time
Lead
Software Development
Backblaze

Backblaze

Backblaze is a pioneer in robust, scalable low-cost cloud backup and storage services, offering enterprise hot storage, low-cost backup and archive solutions. With the easiest way to back up all files, Backblaze provides unlimited, unthrottled, and unc...

IT Services
251-1K
Founded 2007

Description

  • Lead and grow a team of software engineers working on Backblaze cloud services.
  • Own the full software development lifecycle, from planning and design through implementation and post-launch support.
  • Partner with QA and release engineering teams to ensure testing, delivery, and smooth handoffs.
  • Contribute hands-on to architecture discussions, code reviews, and technical problem-solving.
  • Develop feature work and infrastructure improvements that expand cloud service capabilities.
  • Drive reliability, maintainability, bug fixing, and technical debt reduction across service components.
  • Work with Product Management to shape roadmap priorities, long-term strategy, and executable engineering plans.
  • Improve team productivity by identifying bottlenecks and refining processes, tooling, and practices.
  • Coach team members on AI-assisted development tools and help establish team norms for AI-augmented workflows.
  • Conduct 1:1s, performance reviews, career development discussions, and hiring to strengthen the team.

Requirements

  • 3+ years of engineering management experience leading software development teams, ideally in cloud infrastructure, SaaS, or platform engineering.
  • Experience managing distributed, remote engineering teams across time zones.
  • Strong software engineering background with expertise in system architecture.
  • Solid understanding of the full software development lifecycle, including requirements, design, testing, deployment, and production support.
  • Track record of delivering features and platform improvements on time with high quality.
  • Experience working closely with Product Management to refine roadmaps and engineering plans.
  • Strong communication skills for presenting work, running engineering reviews, and escalating risks with context and recommendations.
  • Familiarity with AI agentic coding tools such as Claude Code, Cursor, or similar is a plus.
  • Experience with cloud storage platforms, distributed systems, or developer-facing APIs is a plus.
  • Backend development familiarity with server-side languages, frameworks, CI/CD, source control, project tracking, and artifact management tools.

Benefits

  • Expected base salary range of $170,000 to $200,000.
  • Competitive compensation and benefits.
  • Remote-first culture that supports work-life balance.
  • Opportunity to lead a team building software used by hundreds of thousands of developers and businesses worldwide.
  • Flat, low-bureaucracy environment with close collaboration across engineering, product, and QA teams.

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