Software Engineering Manager - Cilium

Software Engineering Manager - Cilium

Cisco Systems

Remote

Isovalent is seeking a talented and experienced Engineering Manager to lead and mentor a team of passionate engineers. The Engineering Manager will play a pivotal role in driving the development of our innovative networking for the Cilium project, security and observability solutions. The ideal candidate will have a strong technical background in software engineering, excellent leadership skills, a proven track record of delivering high-quality software products and be very familiar with Linux networking.

Responsibilities:

• Grow and mentor software engineers and technical leaders;
• Deliver continuous feedback and performance review of engineers, with input from technical leads and senior leadership;
• Track progress on projects, help engineers grow their project management skills;
• Preserve the engineering culture as we scale out the team;
• Being a role model of company culture and values.

Minimum Qualification:

• 3+ years of Engineering Management experience;
• 5+ years of experience in Software Development (any language), with at least 2+ years of experience with Go;
• 3+ years of Linux, Kubernetes and the networking stack.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Strong technical background and good understanding of cloud native technologies;
• Software engineering experience;
• Experience of interacting and working with customers;
• Experience managing independent, strong, and diverse teams;
• Strong understanding of customer value;
• Strong networking background is a big plus.