Engineering Manager

Company Overview

Valimail is a fast growing, venture funded startup and the leader in Email Authentication as a Service. Here is your chance to get in on the ground floor at an important technology innovator and to help build a major business service category. We have built a revolutionary platform on top of open standards — DMARC, DKIM, and SPF — for the first time it makes it possible for any organization to protect itself against email impersonation. Valimail pioneered the notion of automated email authentication, with innovative components like our DNS-based Authenticator (including our patented Instant SPF). We’re committed to building a more trusted email ecosystem.

Frequently cited statistics show that women and underrepresented classes will only apply to roles if they feel they meet 100% of the qualifications. At Valimail, we encourage you to break through that statistic. Roles evolve over time, especially with innovation, and you may be just the person we need in the future. NO ONE ever meets 100% of the qualifications. We hope you're open to learning new skills in order to grow with us. Make our team, your team!

Position Overview

We are looking for a hands-on engineering manager to lead our customer facing web application team.  You will be managing 4-5 engineers who work in Ruby on Rails in our Enforce and Monitor products to enable our customers to and beyond DMARC Enforcement.  Your day to day will range from 10-80% hands on development work depending on the needs of the team.  We have a strong engineering-product relationship and expect you to partner with your dedicated product manager to build the best possible products for our customers.

Frequently cited statistics show that women and underrepresented classes will only apply to roles if they feel they meet 100% of the qualifications. At Valimail, we encourage you to break through that statistic. Roles evolve over time, especially with innovation, and you may be just the person we need in the future. NO ONE ever meets 100% of the qualifications. We hope you're open to learning new skills in order to grow with us. Make our team, your team!

The application window for this role will close on March 31, 2025. 

What You'll Be Doing

• Lead and manage a team of 4-5 Engineers responsible for our customer facing web application including: 
• Driving team prioritize and advocating for technical improvements to the platform
• Coaching and enabling the team to come to the best solutions to proposed problems
• Providing regular feedback and performance evaluation, along with career development conversations, consistent with organizational practices
• Partner with Product and Design to enable the team to build features that will drive business growth
• Engage hands-on in developing software alongside your team (this could range from 10-80% on a daily basis)

• Partner with QA, SRE and our Principal Engineer to deliver high quality, scalable software.
• Provide high level estimations to business stakeholders when necessary

About You

• 1+ years of professional experience leading an engineering team and working closely with a product organization
• 1+ years of professional managing 3+ engineers
• 4+ years of professional experience building features in Ruby on Rails
• Experience working in Agile development methodology 
• Strong self-motivation
• A drive to learn quickly and constantly adapt to new challenges 

Bonus Points

• Exposure to the Email authentication space

Who We Are

Valimail is the global leader in zero-trust email security. The company's full line of cloud-native solutions authenticate sender identity to stop phishing, protect brands, and ensure compliance; they are used by organizations ranging from neighborhood shops to some of the world's largest organizations, including Uber, Splunk, Yelp, Mercedes Benz USA, and the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration. Valimail is the fastest-growing DMARC solution with the largest global market share and is the premier DMARC partner for Microsoft 365 environments. 

Valimail is an E-Verify Employer. For more information on E-Verify, review the posters here. 

Why Join Us?

• Competitive pay + participation in employee stock option plan. The anticipated pay range for this role is $180,000 - $200,000. Actual title and compensation is commensurate with qualifications and experience.
• Comprehensive health, dental, + vision coverage
• Six weeks of paid parental leave for all parents, and an additional 6 weeks for parents giving birth
• Remote First Company, you can work anywhere within the US
• Unlimited and flexible PTO. We believe balanced, happy, relaxed people do better work

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