Senior Engineering Manager, Security Products

Dive in and do the best work of your career at DigitalOcean. Journey alongside a strong community of top talent who are relentless in their drive to build the simplest scalable cloud. If you have a growth mindset, naturally like to think big and bold, and are energized by the fast-paced environment of a true industry disruptor, you’ll find your place here. We value winning together—while learning, having fun, and making a profound difference for the dreamers and builders in the world. We are looking for a seasoned Senior Engineering Manager to lead our Security Products engineering team based out of Seattle or Boston. In this role, you will be responsible for the development and delivery of cutting-edge security solutions that protect our global customers. You will lead a high-performing team of engineers, fostering a culture of innovation, technical excellence, and continuous improvement while aligning with our global security strategy. What you’ll do Lead and mentor a multi-disciplinary engineering team focused on building scalable security products. Drive the technical roadmap and execution for security features, including threat detection, identity management, and data protection. Manage delivery timelines, inter-team dependencies, and proactive risk mitigation to ensure successful on-time execution of product milestones (e.g., preview and GA launches). Establish and lead sustaining engineering practices, including prioritizing technical debt reduction, resolving aging tickets, and ensuring comprehensive security rule and feature coverage. Collaborate with Product Management and Security Architects to define product requirements and technical specifications. Ensure high standards of code quality, security best practices, and operational excellence across the development lifecycle. Manage recruitment, performance reviews, and career development for the engineering team. What You’ll Add to DigitalOcean Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field. 10+ years of experience in software engineering, with at least 4+ years in a senior leadership or management role. Proven track record of delivering complex security products or cloud-scale distributed systems. Deep understanding of security protocols, cryptography, and modern web application security. Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills within a global organizational structure. 5+ years of experience in software engineering, with significant exposure to building products at security companies or within security functions. Expert-level Go and strong JavaScript/Node.js skills Proven track record of designing and implementing high-throughput, scalable systems with large data requirements Deep understanding of distributed systems: consensus, replication, partitioning, and consistency - Production Apache Flink and advanced Kafka experience processing high-volume event streams. Deep Kubernetes expertise running security-critical workloads at scale Cloud platform experience (AWS, GCP, Azure) with understanding of cloud security models, infrastructure as Code expertise (Terraform, Helm, Chef) Experience building systems handling millions of events per second Familiarity with various security tools and technologies (e.g., SIEM, WAF, IDS/IPS, vulnerability scanners). Excellent problem-solving, analytical, and communication skills. Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic, and rapidly evolving environment. Nice to Have Experience with distributed systems and microservices architectures. Knowledge of cryptography and secure communication protocols. Contributions to open-source security projects. Compensation Range: $200,800.00 - $251,000.00 *This is a remote role JR: 2026-7828 #LI-Remote Why You’ll Like Working for DigitalOcean We innovate with purpose. You’ll be a part of a cutting-edge technology company with an upward trajectory, who are proud to simplify cloud and AI so builders can spend more time creating software that chang…