[All remote jobs](https://jobicy.com/jobs.md)[![Socket logo](https://jobicy.com/data/server-nyc0409/galaxy/mercury/2025/06/1314ce3c-221.png)](https://jobicy.com/company/socket.md)[Socket](https://jobicy.com/company/socket.md) # Engineering Manager Review the role, location requirements, compensation details, and application process before deciding whether this opportunity fits your next career move. [Apply for this job](#job-application)[View company](https://jobicy.com/company/socket.md)ShareRemote from[USA](https://jobicy.com/job-region/usa.md)SalaryUndisclosedDepartment[Software Engineering](https://jobicy.com/categories/engineering.md)EmploymentFull TimeExperienceSeniorPublished27 Oct 2026Apply before26 Nov 2026Listing views51Application actions3Application toolkit ## Make your next move. Prepare your resume, explore your fit, and draft a cover letter for this opportunity. AI Summary ## The role, at a glance. Socket is seeking an Engineering Manager to lead and develop a high-performing engineering team building security tooling for open-source software. The role combines people leadership, technical judgment, architecture discussions, delivery management, and cross-functional partnership with engineering and go-to-market teams. The manager will create clarity in ambiguous situations, improve team processes, and balance durable technical investments with near-term business priorities. Success requires an ownership-oriented leadership style, strong product sense, and the ability to influence decisions without micromanaging. The role is remote-first and supports a globally distributed engineering environment. ## Role DNA A quick view of the complexity, pace, ownership and collaboration implied by the job description. ### Job Complexity 5/5EasyHard ### Pace & Pressure 5/5RelaxedFast-paced ### Autonomy Level 5/5GuidedFull ownership ### Communication Load 5/5IndependentCollaborative AI insightThis is a senior leadership role in a fast-moving security company, requiring simultaneous ownership of team performance, technical direction, execution, and stakeholder alignment. Ambiguous priorities and the need to lead through influence make the role particularly demanding. ## Salary analysis Estimated compensation compared with the broader US market for similar roles. Estimated job median (per year)Market rate$210,000US market range (per year)$175k–$250k0$275k AI insightThe yearly pay period is inferred from the job context; it was not explicitly stated by the employer. No employer pay amount is disclosed. The annual figures are AI estimates for a US-based Engineering Manager in a remote, security-focused software company; yearly cadence is inferred from the full-time US professional role. ## Core skills Skills and capabilities most closely associated with this opportunity. 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I then facilitate discovery of options, make trade-offs explicit, assign clear ownership, and establish decision checkpoints so the team can move forward without waiting for perfect information. How do you stay technically credible without becoming the bottleneck for engineering decisions? I stay close to architecture, risks, and major trade-offs through design reviews and regular technical discussions. I ask probing questions and provide context, but I delegate decisions to the engineers closest to the work and clarify decision rights early. Describe how you balance technical debt with urgent product delivery needs. I make technical debt visible in terms of reliability, delivery speed, security, and customer impact. I reserve capacity for high-leverage investments, incorporate remediation into feature work where possible, and use data to explain when deferring debt creates unacceptable risk. How would you build trust and accountability on a globally distributed engineering team? I would create clear goals, documented decisions, predictable communication rhythms, and explicit ownership boundaries. I would also use regular one-on-ones, actionable feedback, and transparent progress reporting to ensure team members have context and feel trusted to act. How do you ensure engineering work is solving the right customer problem? I partner closely with product, go-to-market, and customers to understand the underlying need rather than only the requested feature. I encourage engineers to engage with customer evidence, validate assumptions early, and measure whether delivered work improves the intended outcome. Opportunity details ## About this role. About Us Socket helps devs and security teams ship faster by cutting out security busywork. Thousands of orgs use Socket to safely find, audit, and manage open source code. Our customers – from Anthropic to xAI, and Figma to Vercel – love Socket (just [check out their tweets](https://socket.dev/love) to see for yourself!) Founded by [Feross Aboukhadijeh](https://www.linkedin.com/in/feross/), a long-time open source maintainer with software downloaded over a billion times a month, Socket has raised [$](https://socket.dev/blog/series-b)[125M in funding](https://socket.dev/blog/series-c) from top angels, operators, and security leaders. ### About the Role We’re hiring an Engineering Manager to help lead our engineering team as we scale. In this role, you’ll work closely with engineers on technical challenges while helping the team navigate ambiguity, make thoughtful decisions, and deliver with speed and quality. Rather than directing every solution, you’ll facilitate productive technical discussions, build alignment, and create the conditions for our engineers to do their best work. We’re looking for someone who can think strategically, stay close enough to the technical work to understand trade-offs, ask good questions, and help guide technical decisions, while leading through influence rather than authority. You’ll help the team balance long-term technical investments with near-term execution, maintain a high bar for engineering quality, and create the clarity and alignment that enables engineers to move quickly without sacrificing thoughtful decision-making. ### What You’ll Do * Lead and grow a high-performing team of engineers by building a culture of trust, ownership, and autonomy where people can do their best work, make decisions, and continue to develop. * Partner closely with engineering and go-to-market stakeholders to ensure the team is solving the right problems – not just building the right solutions. * Stay engaged with technical decisions, helping the team reason through architecture, trade-offs, and complexity, without needing to make every decision yourself. * Improve the process of how we work, identifying bottlenecks, refining processes, and automating away toil. * Bring clarity to ambiguous problems by helping the team align on priorities, make thoughtful decisions, and maintain strong execution. * Balance long-term technical investments with near-term business needs, ensuring the team delivers sustainable, high-quality outcomes. * Foster a culture of ownership, accountability, and continuous improvement where engineers are empowered to lead and make decisions. ### What You’ll Bring * Experience leading engineering teams in a fast-moving environment where priorities and solutions are not always clearly defined. * Instinct to step toward ambiguous or unowned problems, including the unglamorous seams between teams. * Strong technical judgment and the ability to engage deeply in architectural discussions, understand trade-offs, and guide technical decisions. Comfort working in a TypeScript/JavaScript ecosystem is a plus, though we value strong engineering fundamentals over experience with a specific language or framework. * Strong product sense: able to talk directly to customers, absorb inputs from many sources, and determine how a product should work. * Communication that keeps other teams informed on your team’s goals, needs, and progress, and that provides your team with enough context to make good decisions even if you aren’t in the room. * Experience managing in a remote environment, ideally with a globally-distributed team. Hiring is a big decision on both sides. Read more about our [Hiring Philosophy](https://socket.dev/hiring-philosophy)and how we approach the process at Socket. Benefits: Our benefits are crafted to support you and your family, so you can take care of what matters most and thrive in and outside of work. We offer: * Market competitive salary bands * Meaningful equity program * Comprehensive health benefits for you and your family (99% coverage) * Flexible time-off, holidays, and winter shutdown to rest & recharge * Paid parental leave * Remote-first, with quarterly team off-sites At Socket, we * Pursue Excellence: We set ourselves apart by consistently delivering work of exceptional quality and distinction. * Move with urgency and focus: We prioritize swift, decisive action. * Think rigorously: We care about being right and it often takes reasoning from first principles to get there. We value alternative perspectives and have constructive discussions. * Trust and amplify: We overtrust, always assume good intent, and give specific feedback to help each other improve. * Feel a strong sense of ownership: We wear many hats and feel a strong sense of overall ownership of the company and we’re non-territorial regarding our nominal domains. * Are customer obsessed: We relentlessly prioritize the needs of our customers, striving to exceed their expectations and delight them at every interaction. Show more [Apply now >](https://jobicy.com/jobs/157378-engineering-manager-14.md) > Annual salary information is not provided for this position. 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