Engineering Manager, SDK

Summary

Join SandboxAQ's Cybersecurity Group as an Engineering Manager to lead and grow the SDK and Integrations team. You will be hands-on with code, architecture, and critical feature development for AQtive Guard, a groundbreaking cybersecurity solution. This pivotal role involves designing and building SDKs for seamless integration with third-party tools and enterprise security platforms. You will own the developer experience, collaborate with customers and partners, and drive technical decisions around SDK architecture. Mentoring engineers and fostering a culture of quality are also key responsibilities. The ideal candidate possesses extensive software engineering experience, proven success in building and shipping production services, and a strong understanding of streaming concepts and enterprise authentication flows.

Requirements

• You have 8+ years in software engineering roles with experience leading engineering teams and remaining technically hands-on
• You have a proven track record of building and shipping production services from scratch in Kotlin
• You've built and shipped production SDKs, APIs, or enterprise integration solutions across multiple programming languages
• You can quickly grasp streaming concepts (codecs, protocols, latency optimisation), or you already have experience in this domain
• You think like a developer advocate while balancing technical excellence with business objectives and delivery timelines
• You excel at cross-functional collaboration and can translate between technical constraints and business requirements
• You have experience with enterprise authentication flows (OAuth, SAML), API security, and compliance requirements
• You demonstrate strong technical leadership skills with the ability to make architectural decisions while managing and developing team members
• You balance hands-on technical contributions with people management and strategic planning

Responsibilities

• Lead and grow our SDK and Integrations team while remaining hands-on with code reviews, architecture decisions, and critical feature development
• Design and build SDKs that enable seamless integration between our cybersecurity platform and third-party enterprise tools
• Own the developer experience end-to-end: from API design to documentation to integration, deployment guides
• Collaborate with enterprise customers and partners to understand integration requirements and prioritize our SDK roadmap
• Drive technical decisions around SDK architecture, including versioning strategies, backward compatibility, and multi-platform support
• Mentor and coach engineers on both technical skills and career development while fostering a culture of quality, testing, and documentation
• Partner with developer relations and customer success teams to gather feedback and continuously improve SDK usability
• Establish and maintain engineering best practices for SDK testing, CI/CD pipelines, and release management
• Build relationships with key enterprise customers and act as their technical advocate internally

Preferred Qualifications

While our stack includes Go and Rust, Kotlin is the primary language for this team's new development, and your proficiency is critical for success

Benefits

• Competitive salaries
• Stock options depending on employment type
• Generous learning opportunities
• Medical/dental/vision
• Family planning/fertility
• PTO (summer and winter breaks)
• Financial wellness resources
• 401(k) plans