Senior Manager of Software Engineering Job Chicago area,Illinois USA,Software Development

We are seeking a Senior Manager, Software Engineering to lead and scale our Platform & Video Infrastructure organization
In this role, you will lead a distributed team of Senior Engineers, Tech Leads, and Engineering Managers building high-throughput GCP infrastructure, AI-powered evidence pipelines, and core video ingestion systems
As a senior leader, you will bridge long-term technical strategy with operational execution—driving platform reliability, scaling keyless security architectures, and forging alignment across complex partner connector ecosystems
Org Development:
Lead, mentor, and scale a distributed engineering organization (Senior Engineers, Tech Leads, and Engineering Managers); establish career pathways, succession planning, and performance management standards for senior talent
Culture & Operations:
Foster a high-accountability remote-first culture centered on engineering autonomy, operational rigor, and continuous feedback
Resource & Budget Management:
Own departmental headcount planning, operational budgets, and resource allocation across platform and integration initiatives
Infrastructure Excellence:
Drive strategic decisions for platform scalability, availability, and cost efficiency across our GCP footprint (GKE, Shared VPC, Managed Kafka, Anthos Service Mesh, Pub/Sub, Cloud Storage, Vertex AI)
Security & Infrastructure as Code:
Establish organizational standards for keyless authentication (Workload Identity Federation for Git Hub Actions), zero-trust networking (mTLS, VPC Service Controls), and immutable infrastructure via Terraform across all environments
Roadmap & Execution:
Define 0–2 year technical roadmaps and delivery benchmarks for platform reliability, evidence verification systems, and video ingestion performance
Complex Media & AI Engineering:
Oversee the architectural strategy for asynchronous, platform-scale media processing (transcoding, SHA-256 chain-of-custody integrity checks) and AI-driven false-positive filtering pipelines
Connector Ecosystem Partnership:
Drive cross-organizational alignment with vendor and gateway connector teams (Genetec, Milestone, Avigilon, Verkada, Digital Watchdog, Envysion, Exacq Vision, and others) to standardize API handshakes, streaming protocols, and ingestion performance
Executive Stakeholder Advisory:
Partner closely with Product, Security, and Executive Leadership to shape enterprise-wide architectural standards, integration policies, and platform capabilities

Benefits

Flexible work models
Paid time off
Paid parental and family leave
Health care benefits
Global wellness resources
Employee assistance programs
Rotation programs
Mentor relationships
Learning and development opportunities
Retirement benefits
Employee bonuses
Stock grants & employee stock purchase plans

Strategic Impact:
Proven track record of managing multi-team organizations, owning operational budgets, and driving technical strategy for high-scale platform systems
Education:

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or equivalent practical experience
Track Record: 10+ years of progressive software, infrastructure, and platform engineering experience, including 3+ years in direct engineering management leading distributed teams and 2+ years of Dev Ops experience
Media & Cryptographic Protocols:
Experience overseeing asynchronous video processing pipelines (transcoding, live/recorded streaming) and cryptographic integrity standards (SHA-256 chain-of-custody protocols)
GCP & Cloud Infrastructure:
In-depth knowledge of GCP platform services (GKE, Shared VPC, VPC Service Controls, IAM/Workload Identity Federation, Cloud Storage, Anthos Service Mesh) and Infrastructure as Code (Terraform)
Language & Architecture Expertise:
Hands-on background in Java (Spring Boot microservices) and Python (AI/agentic workflows, evidence verification processing); deep expertise in event-driven microservices (Kafka)
Security & Enterprise Integration:
Solid understanding of modern identity and access management (OIDC, Workload Identity), secure zero-trust networking (mTLS, OAuth 2.0), and enterprise API integration patterns
AND 2 + years of Dev Ops experience
Bachelor degree with 10+ years of progressive software/infrastructure/platform engineering experience
AND 3+ years of engineering management experience
Must be a U.S. citizen with the ability to obtain necessary security clearance as required by government contract