Manager, Software Engineering
Slingshot Aerospace · Remote · United States ·
COMPENSATION
$175k – $265k
Listed on the employer's job board (Ashby)
- Software Engineering Manager
- Fully remote (US/UK)
- Backend & Integrations
- Kotlin + TypeScript
- TS/SCI Clearance required
You will manage a team building backend services, APIs, and integrations that connect Slingshot products with customer environments and third-party platforms. Your focus includes team development, delivery execution, and establishing scalable integration patterns.
Collaborating with product managers and external partners, you will guide architectural decisions to ensure systems are secure, reliable, and maintainable. You will also handle vendor relationships and remove blockers to support your engineers.
What you'll do
- Lead and manage software engineers focused on backend services and APIs
- Support direct reports through coaching, feedback, and career development plans
- Recruit, onboard, and retain engineering talent for an inclusive team culture
- Set team priorities and manage delivery commitments while identifying risks
- Provide technical guidance on scalability, reliability, and security of APIs
- Serve as primary engineering contact for external vendors and technology partners
- Coordinate with DevOps, QA, Security, and Product to align dependencies
- Establish team practices for documentation, testing, and production support
What you'll need
- Experience managing software engineering teams including performance reviews
- Background in backend, platform, or distributed-system environments
- Proficiency with Kotlin, RESTful APIs, GraphQL, Kafka, and TypeScript
- Experience designing service-oriented or microservice architectures
- Active or prior TS/SCI security clearance is mandatory
- Strong understanding of cloud infrastructure, CI/CD, and observability
- Ability to translate business requirements into executable technical plans
Nice to have
- Experience integrating commercial or government software platforms
- Background in aerospace, defense, or national security environments
- Experience managing geographically distributed or remote teams
- Coordination experience with third-party vendors on separate roadmaps
Stack
- Kotlin
- TypeScript
- RESTful APIs
- GraphQL
- Kafka
How you'll work
- Fully remote for residents of specific US states or the United Kingdom
- Approximately 20% travel to customer, vendor, and company locations
- US candidates must reside in approved states such as CA, NY, TX, etc.
What you get
- Equal Opportunity Employer with focus on diversity and inclusion
- Work on mission-critical space security and disaster response projects