Engineering Manager - Aggregates Systems (AI)

TL;DR

Engineering Manager (AI): Leading a team responsible for building and optimizing mission-critical aggregation systems operating at extreme scale, transforming raw behavioral signals into high-quality datasets for security decisions with an accent on technical direction, reliability, and long-term evolution. Focus on guiding architectural decisions for distributed data processing, ensuring consistent SLAs, and managing a team of software engineers.

Location: Remote (United Kingdom)

Salary: $187,900–$221,000 USD

Company

hirify.global is a product company specializing in AI-powered cybersecurity solutions for detecting and preventing security threats.

What you will do

• Own the technical direction, reliability, and long-term evolution of aggregation systems spanning both batch and real-time processing.
• Guide architectural decisions for distributed data processing, storage, and retrieval systems with strict requirements.
• Ensure aggregation systems consistently meet SLAs for data freshness, accuracy, and uptime across detection and messaging use cases.
• Manage, mentor, and develop a team of software engineers working across batch and streaming aggregation systems.
• Partner with Detection Engineering, Data Science, Product, and Infrastructure teams to translate detection requirements into scalable capabilities.
• Drive strong operational practices, including monitoring, alerting, incident response, and post-incident analysis.

Requirements

• 5+ years of software engineering experience, with 2+ years in an engineering management role.
• Strong experience designing and operating distributed, data-intensive systems.
• Hands-on familiarity with batch processing and/or real-time streaming systems (e.g., Kafka, Spark, Flink, Beam).
• Proven ability to lead complex, high-impact technical initiatives and make sound architectural tradeoffs.
• Excellent communication skills and experience working cross-functionally.

Nice to have

• Experience building or owning mission-critical aggregation or signals systems.
• Familiarity with data correctness, quality guarantees, and observability in production environments.
• Experience in security, messaging, or other high-reliability SaaS domains.
• Track record of scaling systems and teams in fast-growing organizations.

Culture & Benefits

• Eligible for a bonus, restricted stock units (RSUs), and benefits.
• Individual compensation packages are based on factors unique to each candidate, including their skills, experience, and qualifications.
• hirify.global is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion.
• Secure hiring practices, including video interviews and identity validation at various stages of recruitment.
• Commitment to protecting applicant privacy throughout the hiring process.