Software Engineering Manager - Cilium - Isovalent

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.

We are seeking candidates located either on America's East Coast or in Europe. This preference is to ensure alignment with our team's working hours and facilitate collaboration across time zones

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

Cisco is an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, genetic information, age, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected basis.

Cisco will consider for employment, on a case by case basis, qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.