Software Engineering Manager of Platform Authentication & Authorization

Vantor is forging the new frontier of spatial intelligence, helping decision makers and operators navigate what's happening now and shape what's coming next. Vantor is a place for problem solvers, changemakers, and go-getters-where people are working together to help our customers see the world differently, and in doing so, be seen differently. Come be part of a mission, not just a job, where you can:
Shape your own future, build the next big thing, and change the world.

To be eligible for this position, you must be a U.S. Citizen. This position requires an active U.S. Government security clearance, applicants who do not currently hold the required clearance will not be eligible for consideration. Employment for cleared roles is contingent upon verification of clearance status.

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Vantor is seeking a Manager of Software Engineering to lead the Platform Authentication & Authorization team. The team designs, builds, tests, delivers, and operates the identity and access capabilities that support users, administrators, and products across the platform.

This role combines people leadership, technical direction, and delivery accountability. The Manager will establish priorities, develop engineers, allocate team capacity, and ensure that the team delivers secure, scalable, and reliable software. The role requires close partnership with Engineering, Product, Security, Compliance, customers, and other functional teams to turn business and technical objectives into executable plans and successful outcomes.

This is a high-ownership role with a strong security and identity focus. The team's work directly affects every platform user and the administrators responsible for managing access. The ideal candidate will bring practical expertise in modern authentication and authorization, including OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect (OIDC), MFA, SSO, federation, token lifecycle management, claims, scopes, and policy enforcement. You are comfortable guiding decisions in complex, distributed systems while empowering engineers to own solution design and implementation.

Vantor is an AI-forward engineering organization. We use AI-assisted development tools for design exploration, implementation, testing, documentation, threat-model checklists, migration planning, troubleshooting, and other repetitive engineering work. The Manager will help the team use these tools responsibly, with appropriate human review, validation, and security-aware engineering judgment.

This position is located in Westminster. Candidates must be U.S. citizens.

• Lead, coach, and develop a team of software engineers with varied skills and areas of expertise.
• Establish team goals, performance expectations, development plans, and accountability; provide timely, meaningful feedback.
• Translate organizational and product objectives into clear engineering priorities, plans, schedules, and measurable outcomes.
• Plan staffing and capacity, identify skill gaps, allocate resources, and support budget and cost objectives as appropriate.
• Partner with Product Management and stakeholders to clarify requirements, evaluate priorities and tradeoffs, and translate business needs into executable engineering work.
• Identify risks, dependencies, resource constraints, and competing priorities early; drive decisions and resolution.
• Coordinate work across engineering teams and functional organizations when delivery requires shared ownership or dependencies.
• Guide the team through complex software design, development, integration, testing, deployment, and production-support challenges.
• Improve engineering processes, practices, and operating procedures to strengthen delivery, quality, and team…