[All remote jobs](https://jobicy.com/jobs.md)[![Vonage logo](https://jobicy.com/data/server-nyc0409/galaxy/mercury/2025/06/1bac058d-221.jpg)](https://jobicy.com/company/vonage.md)[Vonage](https://jobicy.com/company/vonage.md) # Senior 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/vonage.md)ShareRemote from[Spain](https://jobicy.com/job-region/spain.md)SalaryUndisclosedDepartment[Software Engineering](https://jobicy.com/categories/engineering.md)EmploymentFull TimeExperienceSeniorPublished3 Nov 2026Apply before3 Dec 2026Listing views48Application actions1Application 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. This is a senior individual-contributor architecture role within Vonage’s API Business Unit, despite the Engineering Manager title. The position sets architecture strategy and reference patterns across network power solutions, with emphasis on AWS-based distributed systems and developer-facing API platforms. It coordinates cross-domain initiatives spanning resilience, security, compliance, observability, and developer experience while supporting teams with difficult technical decisions. Success requires deep Java, Kubernetes, Kafka, DevSecOps, CI/CD, and infrastructure-as-code expertise, alongside the influence to align leaders without formal authority. ## Role DNA A quick view of the complexity, pace, ownership and collaboration implied by the job description. ### Job Complexity 5/5EasyHard ### Pace & Pressure 4/5RelaxedFast-paced ### Autonomy Level 5/5GuidedFull ownership ### Communication Load 5/5IndependentCollaborative AI insightThe role has broad technical scope across products and platforms and requires making consequential architectural trade-offs in a fast-moving organization. It also demands substantial influence, governance design, and hands-on problem solving without direct management authority. ## Salary analysis Estimated compensation compared with the broader US market for similar roles. Estimated job median (per year)Market rate$180,000US market range (per year)$155k–$210k0$231.00k AI insightThe yearly pay period is inferred from the job context; it was not explicitly stated by the employer. No employer salary is disclosed. The annual figures are AI estimates for a senior cloud architecture and distributed-systems individual-contributor role in the US market; the yearly cadence is inferred from the senior full-time professional role. ## Core skills Skills and capabilities most closely associated with this opportunity. [Software Architecture](https://jobicy.com/jobs?search_keywords=Software%20Architecture.md)[AWS](https://jobicy.com/jobs?search_keywords=AWS.md)[Java](https://jobicy.com/jobs?search_keywords=Java.md)[Distributed Systems](https://jobicy.com/jobs?search_keywords=Distributed%20Systems.md)[Microservices](https://jobicy.com/jobs?search_keywords=Microservices.md)[Kubernetes](https://jobicy.com/jobs?search_keywords=Kubernetes.md)[Apache Kafka](https://jobicy.com/jobs?search_keywords=Apache%20Kafka.md)[Event-Driven Architecture](https://jobicy.com/jobs?search_keywords=Event-Driven%20Architecture.md)[API Platform Design](https://jobicy.com/jobs?search_keywords=API%20Platform%20Design.md)[SaaS](https://jobicy.com/jobs?search_keywords=SaaS.md)[CI/CD](https://jobicy.com/jobs?search_keywords=CICD.md)[DevSecOps](https://jobicy.com/jobs?search_keywords=DevSecOps.md)[Infrastructure as Code](https://jobicy.com/jobs?search_keywords=Infrastructure%20as%20Code.md)[Architecture Decision Records](https://jobicy.com/jobs?search_keywords=Architecture%20Decision%20Records.md)[Stakeholder Management](https://jobicy.com/jobs?search_keywords=Stakeholder%20Management.md) Sample interview questionsHow would you establish architecture governance without slowing down autonomous engineering teams?I would use lightweight, outcome-oriented mechanisms such as clear reference architectures, reusable platform patterns, proportionate ADRs, and regular architecture forums. Governance should focus on high-impact decisions and provide teams with self-service guidance rather than approval bottlenecks. Describe how you would evaluate whether a service should use synchronous APIs or event-driven communication. I would assess latency needs, consistency requirements, failure modes, ownership boundaries, consumer scalability, and operational maturity. Synchronous APIs fit immediate request-response workflows, while events are valuable for decoupling domains, asynchronous processing, and scalable integration when eventual consistency is acceptable. What approach would you take to improve resilience across a distributed AWS platform? I would begin with critical-user-journey and dependency mapping, define measurable reliability objectives, and identify single points of failure. Improvements could include multi-AZ design, graceful degradation, retries with backoff, idempotency, circuit breakers, tested recovery procedures, and observability tied to SLOs. How do you turn an architectural investment into a business case? I connect the proposal to measurable outcomes such as reduced infrastructure cost, faster delivery, lower incident frequency, improved developer productivity, or new product capability. I state assumptions, compare options, quantify risks and expected benefits, and define leading indicators to validate the investment after delivery. How have you influenced technical decisions when you did not have formal authority? I build trust by understanding team constraints, presenting evidence and trade-offs clearly, and involving key stakeholders early. I aim for shared ownership of the decision, document the rationale transparently, and support teams through implementation rather than relying on mandate. Opportunity details ## About this role. ### Join Vonage and help us innovate cloud communications for businesses worldwide! ### Why this role matters: Vonage’s API Business Unit is building a modern, lean architecture practice in a small central architecture team that empowers distributed teams to make fast, sound decisions independently. This is a high-impact individual contributor role at the heart of that practice. You will work across product and platform boundaries, providing the architectural clarity, shared patterns, and strategic direction that connects engineering decisions to business outcomes. You’ll bring structure to complexity, help teams navigate trade-offs, and build the architectural capability that lets the organisation move faster with confidence. ### Your key responsibilities: * Define and evolve architecture strategy, reference models, and target states across the Network Power Solutions * Shape technology direction through standardisation, simplification, and platform investments * Co-ordinate cross-domain architectural initiatives (resilience, security, compliance, observability, developer experience) * Champion architecture practices and governance (ADRs, Well-Architected practices) * Partner with engineering and product leaders to translate business needs into scalable solutions * Provide hands-on support in solving complex architectural challenges * Communicate architectural vision and decisions to both technical and business stakeholders * Mentor engineers and architects while contributing to internal communities and best practices * Treats AI assisted engineering as a core part of modern software practice, leveraging AI tools to enhance design, coding, testing, troubleshooting, and documentation, while guiding the team in adopting effective patterns and evolving best practices for AI enabled ways of working ### What you’ll bring Required: * Demonstrable skills and experience in a senior architecture role with scope across multiple teams, products, or shared platforms * Demonstrable experience of leveraging architectural practice to steer and deliver measurable business value and reduce unnecessary costs. * Deep expertise in cloud-native and distributed systems architectures on AWS * Strong Java experience * Strong experience with SaaS, API-based, and developer-facing platforms — CPaaS or communications domain experience is a plus * Proficiency across modern technologies and practices: microservices, Kubernetes, event-driven architectures (Kafka), CI/CD, DevSecOps, and Infrastructure as Code * Proven ability to apply structured architectural techniques — capability mapping, ADRs, C4 diagrams, in practical, proportionate ways * Strong communication and influencing skills, with the ability to align stakeholders and drive decisions without formal authority * Experience balancing architectural consistency with team autonomy in fast-moving, agile engineering organisations Experience we consider a plus: * Experience with Network API’s * AWS, Kubernetes, or related cloud certifications * Knowledge and experience of working within an Agile methodology. ### How you’ll benefit: * Private Medical Insurance * Group Pension Plan * Life Insurance and Group Personal Accident * Ericsson Care Line (EAP) * Discretionary Time Off (DTO) * Volunteer Time (VTO) #LI-YB1 There’s no perfect candidate. You don’t need all the preferred qualifications to make a valuable impact on our team. Our employees and customers come from diverse backgrounds, so if you’re passionate about what you could achieve at Vonage, we’d love to hear from you. To learn how we process your personal data during the recruitment process, please refer to our [Privacy Notice](https://www.vonage.com/legal/careers-privacy-notice/). Who we are: Vonage is a global cloud communications leader. And your talent will further help brands – such as Airbnb, Viber, WhatsApp, and Snapchat – accelerate their digital transformation through our fully programmable-based unified communications, contact center solutions, and communications APIs. Ready to innovate? Then join us today. Note: The purpose of this profile is to provide a general summary of essential responsibilities for the position and is not meant as an exhaustive list. 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