Software Engineering Manager

Who we are

DigiCert is a global leader in intelligent trust. We protect the digital world by ensuring the security, privacy, and authenticity of every interaction. Our AI-powered DigiCert ONE platform unifies PKI, DNS, and certificate lifecycle management, to secure infrastructure, software, devices, messages, AI content and agents. Learn why more than 100,000 organizations, including 90% of the Fortune 500, choose DigiCert to stop today’s threats and prepare for a quantum-safe future at www.digicert.com

Job summary

The Engineering Manager is responsible for leading a single engineering team to deliver reliable, scalable, and secure software solutions. This role focuses on day-to-day technical leadership, people management, and delivery execution within a defined product or platform area. The Engineering Manager works closely with Product, Architecture, and Operations to ensure the team delivers high-quality outcomes aligned to roadmap and business goals.

What you will do

• Technical Leadership
• Lead technical execution for a specific product, service, or platform area.
• Ensure designs and implementations follow established architecture, security, and reliability standards.
• Promote best practices in coding, code review, testing, CI/CD, observability, and performance tuning.
• Partner with senior engineers and architects to plan and implement refactoring, modernization, and tech-debt reduction.
• People & Team Management
• Manage, coach, and develop a team of software engineers and senior engineers.
• Set clear goals and performance expectations; provide regular feedback and run effective 1:1s.
• Foster a culture of ownership, collaboration, and continuous learning.
• Support hiring, onboarding, and skill development to build a strong, diverse team.
• Delivery & Execution
• Collaborate with Product Management to refine scope, priorities, and release timelines for the team.
• Own sprint planning, execution, and delivery for the team’s backlog.
• Ensure high quality through testing, code reviews, and adherence to SDLC and compliance standards.
• Identify risks and blockers early and drive resolution through coordination with partner teams.
• Operational Excellence
• Monitor and improve the health of the services owned by the team (reliability, latency, errors, cost).
• Participate in incident management, on-call rotations, and RCAs; ensure follow-through on action items.
• Drive incremental improvements in stability, automation, and operational efficiency for the team's services.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration
• Work closely with Product, Architecture, SRE/DevOps, Security, and QA to ensure alignment from design to release.
• Represent the team in project discussions, status updates, and stakeholder reviews.
• Translate product and business requirements into clear, actionable work for the team.

What you will have

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent practical experience).
• 7+ years of software engineering experience, including 2–4 years in a people-leading role.
• Hands-on experience building and operating services on modern cloud platforms(AWS/GCP/Azure) and frameworks (e.g., Java/Spring Boot, Node.js, or similar).
• Strong understanding of agile development, CI/CD, and DevOps practices.
• Proven ability to lead a team to deliver high-quality software on time.

Nice to have

• Experience working with distributed systems, APIs, and microservices.
• Exposure to platform engineering, SRE, or infrastructure/observability tooling.
• Experience collaborating with or leading cross-geo or remote teams.
• Familiarity with security, compliance, or regulated SaaS environments.
• Interest or exposure to AI/ML or data-driven product development.

Benefits

• Generous time off policies
• Top shelf benefits
• Education, wellness and lifestyle support