Engineering Manager - Government Cloud

TL;DR

Engineering Manager - Government Cloud (AWS GovCloud): Manage a team building and operating Government Cloud product features for Public Sector customers with an accent on secure isolated environments, compliance-ready audit logging and evidence collection, and authorization workflows. Focus on leading engineering delivery for FedRAMP/CMMC readiness, escalation for operational and compliance issues, and enabling secure authentication/access and least-privilege IAM in production.

Company

Tines builds an intelligent workflow platform with AI, automation, and integrations for security-focused and public-sector workflows.

What you will do

• Manage an engineering team (3–6) of infrastructure and software engineers owning the Government Cloud offering.
• Support engineering growth through feedback, coaching, and mentorship.
• Plan and prioritize projects with GTM, CS, and Security to achieve and maintain authorization.
• Act as the escalation point for operational and compliance challenges across government environments, including direct engagement with prospects/customers when needed.
• Improve engineering processes for a compliance-regulated environment (change control and review practices).
• Contribute to technical discussions and maintain technical familiarity via smaller engineering tasks.

Requirements

• Citizenship & location: U.S. citizens and must perform work while located within the United States.
• Experience in engineering management or team lead; ideally at a SaaS company, with prior people management experience.
• Experience building or operating in compliance-regulated, government, or security-sensitive environments; familiarity with FedRAMP/CMMC context is key.
• Strong track record as a software, infrastructure, or systems engineer (technical context to support engineering decisions).
• Experience with AWS GovCloud or Azure Government is highly desired, including deploying into air-gapped or restricted networks.
• Comfort with developer productivity and developer experience practices (e.g., build times, test reliability, and evaluating LLM usage).

Nice to have

• Familiarity with deploying and operating data services (e.g., OpenSearch) and building in-product observability tooling.
• Experience with smart card / CAC-PIV authentication and other federal agency access methods.

Culture & Benefits

• Work reasonable hours with realistic workload planning and a focus on avoiding burnout.
• Remote work from anywhere in the US, with optional use of the Boston office for meetings with the MA engineering team.
• Emphasis on inclusion, collaboration, and supportive team culture.
• Target salary range: $215,000–$230,000 plus equity.

Hiring process

• Application review followed by interviews to assess management experience, technical context, and fit for compliance-regulated Government Cloud work.