About Skyhigh Security:
Skyhigh Security is a dynamic, fast-paced, cloud company that is a leader in the security industry. Our mission is to protect the world's data, and because of this, we live and breathe security. We value learning at our core, underpinned by openness and transparency.
Since 2011, organizations have trusted us to provide them with a complete, market-leading security platform built on a modern cloud stack. Our industry-leading suite of products radically simplifies data security through easy-to-use, cloud-based, Zero Trust solutions that are managed in a single dashboard, powered by hundreds of employees across the world. With offices in Santa Clara, Aylesbury, Paderborn, Bengaluru, Sydney, Tokyo and more, our employees are the heart and soul of our company.
Responsibilities:
1. People Leadership & Talent Development
- Mentor & Coach: Manage a team of 6–10 backend engineers, providing regular feedback, career coaching, and performance management.
- Scale the Team: Partner with Talent Acquisition to hire, onboard, and retain top-tier talent.
- Foster Culture: Build a transparent, inclusive, and high-performance engineering culture.
2. Technical Strategy & Governance
- Architectural Oversight: Participate in design reviews and provide technical guidance on distributed systems, microservices, and API design.
- Quality First: Drive the adoption of Shift-Left testing, CI/CD automation, and rigorous code review standards.
- Tech Debt Management: Balance the delivery of new features with the continuous improvement of the codebase and system scalability.
3. Delivery Management
- Agile Execution: Lead the team through the software development lifecycle (SDLC) using Agile/Scrum methodologies.
- Stakeholder Alignment: Collaborate with Product Managers, Designers, and Frontend leads to define roadmaps and manage expectations.
- Operational Excellence: Own the reliability of your services in production, participating in incident management and driving effective Post-Mortems.
What We're Looking For (Minimum Qualifications)
- Experience: 10+ years of experience in backend software engineering, with at least 3–5 years in a formal leadership/management role.
- Java Mastery: Deep expertise in the Java/Spring Boot ecosystem, including concurrency, JVM tuning, and memory management.
- System Design: Proven track record of building and scaling distributed systems and microservices (experience with Kafka, SQS, or RabbitMQ is a plus).
- Cloud Proficiency: Hands-on experience with cloud platforms (AWS/GCP/Azure) and container orchestration (Kubernetes/Docker).
- Data Savvy: Strong understanding of relational (PostgreSQL/MySQL) and NoSQL (MongoDB/Cassandra) databases.
- Soft Skills: Exceptional communication skills and the ability to translate complex technical concepts for non-technical stakeholders.
