Senior Software Engineering Manager, Socure
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Digital ID verification & fraud protection
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Digital ID verification & fraud protection
501-1000 employees
Be an early applicant
More information about location
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To verify 100% of good identities in real-time and completely eliminate identity fraud on the internet.
Role
Who you are
- This role is perfect for leaders seeking high-growth, product-driven environments, who are passionate about distributed systems, and who want to directly influence the design of secure, scalable, and resilient infrastructure while cultivating top engineering talent
- 7+ years of professional software engineering experience, including ownership of large-scale backend systems in production
- 3+ years of hands-on technical leadership (as Tech Lead or Manager) with a track record of leading complex, cross-team projects while contributing to code and design
- 5+ years of experience with Golang (preferred) and/or Java, plus strong computer science fundamentals (data structures, concurrency, distributed systems)
- Deep understanding of AWS cloud-native architectures and services (e.g., ECS/EKS, Lambda, OpenSearch, DynamoDB, RDS, S3) and resilience patterns
- Proficiency with microservices, API design, and event-driven systems, as well as experience with containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes)
- Strong operational mindset: expert in observability, monitoring, incident response, performance engineering, and adherence to security best practices
- Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, automated testing strategies (unit, integration, e2e), and modern DevOps workflows; comfortable with Git-based trunk/branch strategies
- Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and decision-making skills; able to clearly frame tradeoffs and drive alignment across engineering and product teams
What the job involves
- At Socure, we are revolutionizing digital trust by building mission-critical systems that deliver high reliability and operate at global scale
- As a Manager, Software Engineering, you will be a hands-on technical leader who defines direction, raises engineering standards, and delivers measurable product outcomes, all while remaining deeply involved in design and development
- This is not a traditional people-management or delivery-management role—here, you will write code, architect solutions, lead complex projects, and coach engineers to maximize their potential
- Architect and design scalable, resilient, high-performance backend systems and platforms in AWS, prioritizing reliability, security, and cost efficiency
- Contribute hands-on to key initiatives—including design reviews, prototyping, coding, performance tuning, and debugging—typically 30% of your time, while mentoring engineers and establishing high standards
- Lead cross-team technical initiatives; drive design forums, establish engineering guardrails, and ensure high-quality delivery via code reviews and automation
- Partner closely with Product, Design, Data Science, and Platform teams to define project scope, sequence milestones, and proactively de-risk execution for iterative releases
- Own design of APIs and microservices, including REST and event-driven patterns, and enforce best practices for versioning, contracts, and backward compatibility
- Advance operational excellence by defining SLOs, improving observability and alerting, hardening on-call procedures and runbooks, and leading incident response and post-mortems
- Solve complex distributed system challenges (such as throughput, latency, consistency, and data modeling) with pragmatic decision-making and balanced tradeoffs
- Document architectural decisions, service ownership, and operational runbooks to share knowledge and maintain long-term scalability
- Foster team growth through clear expectations, actionable feedback, and mentorship; hire, develop, and onboard diverse talent committed to a culture of ownership and collaboration
Salary benchmarks
Our take
Socure is an identity platform that aims to improve customer identification for digital transactions. The company is part of a growing market, with rivals in this competitive space including Signifyd, Riskified, AppsFlyer, ClearSale, Kount, SEON, and Fraud Fighters.
The engine delivered by Socure encompasses Know Your Customer (KYC), identity fraud detection, and document verification. With it, companies can scale rapidly by onboarding more good customers and preventing online fraud. Additionally, underbanked consumers who have been excluded from online services by outdated ID verification can gain access to critical benefits and services online.
Socure has rapidly escalated in popularity and reached a valuation well over $1 billion. Though not immune from the economic downturn of late, which resulted in two high-profile rounds of lay-offs, the company has secured considerable additional funds that will strengthen its financial position as it moves to capitalise on the ever-growing importance of identity verification and trust.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
-22% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 8 rounds)
Nov 2021
$450m
SERIES E
Mar 2021
$100m
SERIES D
Total funding: $646.6m
Company benefits
- Health: Comprehensive medical coverage, including vision, dental, and FSA
- Parental Leave: Generous leave allowance for parents-to-be
- 401k: Pre-tax savings for retirement
- Life Insurance: Protect your family in case of emergency
- PTO: Take as much time as you need, when you need it
- 100% Remote: Work from anywhere anytime, whatever suits your lifestyle
- WFH Allowance: Generous reimbursement program to maximize your WFH setup
- Deskpass: Work in an office environment whenever you feel the need
- Mental Health Provider: Connect with clinicians when you need it
- Learning & Development: Self-education allowance & free career coaching
- Employee Assistance Program "EAP": Lifestyle resources available as well as additional mental health resources
- Fertility Provider: Family planning solutions for those interested
- Personal Legal Support: Significant discounts with RocketLawyer
Company HQ
Incline Village, NV
Leadership
Johnny Ayers
(Founder & CEO)Founder & General Partner of Switch Hit Ventures. Having been a Senior Consultant at IBM, they became COO and Board Member of Endeavor Up. Since then, was an Advisor at Pager and later founded Socure in 2012.
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