Senior Manager, Software Engineering (Seattle)

Company OverviewDocusign brings agreements to life. Over 1.5 million customers and more than a billion people in over 180 countries use Docusign solutions to accelerate the process of doing business and simplify people’s lives. With intelligent agreement management, Docusign unleashes business-critical data that is trapped inside of documents. Until now, these were disconnected from business systems of record, costing businesses time, money, and opportunity. Using Docusign’s Intelligent Agreement Management platform, companies can create, commit, and manage agreements with solutions created by the #1 company in e-signature and contract lifecycle management (CLM).What you'll doOur STaaS (Storage-as-a-Service) NoSQL & Blob platform team sits within Cloud & Production Engineering and partners closely with Intelligent Agreement Management (IAM), Product & Technology (P&T), DTS, and PLG. The team builds and operates the foundational NoSQL and object storage platforms that power Docusign's global agreement workflows, spanning Azure (Cosmos DB, Blob Storage, GovCloud), Google Cloud (Firestore, GCS), and emerging multi-cloud capabilities. We hire people with a broad set of skills who want to work on platform solutions at scale, while ensuring world-class reliability, security, and cost efficiency for our storage and data platforms. Docusign is looking for a Senior Engineering Manager to lead our NoSQL & Blob STaaS platform team. This role owns the strategy, delivery, and operations of our core NoSQL and blob storage services, including availability, performance, security, and cost optimization across Azure and Google Cloud. You will lead a high-impact engineering team responsible for: Defining and delivering multi-cloud storage abstractions and APIs that decouple product teams from specific cloud substrates. Owning SLOs, incident response, and RCAs for our NoSQL and blob platforms, in partnership with SRE, security, and compliance. Driving deprecations and migrations (for example, legacy Cassandra, MongoDB, or Cosmos DB patterns) to modern, governed platform offerings. Establishing strong partnerships with Microsoft and Google for roadmap alignment, capacity planning, and joint incident management.This position is a people manager role reporting to the Senior Director, Engineering.ResponsibilityBuild and lead a sustainable, high-performing engineering team through hiring, coaching, retention, and thoughtful organizational designDefine and execute a multi-year strategy for NoSQL & Blob STaaS that balances operational excellence (SLOs, incidents, DR, cost) with platform roadmap (APIs, abstractions, deprecations, migrations)Own the reliability, availability, and performance of our NoSQL and blob platformsPartner with architecture, security, and compliance to define and enforce guardrailsLead platform initiatives that reduce risk and costCollaborate with partner teams (product engineering, SRE, finance, security, and vendor partners)Manage the engineering lifecycle for the teamConduct design and code reviews and raise the technical bar for distributed storage systemsEnsure high-quality engineering practices, including testing, automation, observability, and capacity planningDefine and track engineering KPIs (for example, incident counts, MTTR, SLO adherence, cost efficiency) and drive continuous improvementCreate a culture of learning, experimentation, and ownership that encourages engineers to tackle hard problems in distributed systems, storage, and multi-cloud infrastructureJob DesignationHybrid: Employee divides their time between in-office and remote work. Access to an office location is required. (Frequency: Minimum 2 days per week; may vary by team but will be weekly in-office expectation)Positions at Docusign are assigned a job designation of either In Office, Hybrid or Remote and are specific to the role/job. Preferred job designations are not guaranteed when changing positions within Docusign. Docusign reserves the right to change a position's job designation depending on business needs and as permitted by local law.What you bringBasicBS or MS in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience10+ years of hands-on software engineering experience building large-scale, highly available distributed systems or data platforms5+ years of experience as an engineering manager leading backend, infrastructure, or platform teamsExperience designing or operating NoSQL and/or blob storage systems (for example, Cosmos DB, Cassandra, Firestore, DynamoDB, Azure Blob, GCS, S3 or equivalents)Experience with cloud infrastructure (Azure and/or Google Cloud), containers (Docker), and orchestration platforms such as KubernetesExperience in at least one modern programming language (for example, C#, Java, Go, or similar) and infrastructure-as-code and automationExperience driving cross-team initiatives, including incident management, RCAs, and systemic reliability improvementsPreferredDeep expertise in public cloud storage and data platforms, especially Azure (Cosmos DB, Blob, GovCloud) and Google Cloud (Firestore, GCS)Experience building or owning platform abstractions that decouple application teams from specific cloud providers (for example, internal APIs, SDKs, or storage gateways)Experience with cost optimization for storage and data platforms, including lifecycle management, archival strategies, and capacity planningFamiliarity with security and compliance requirements for data at scale (for example, encryption, key management, network isolation, and governance in regulated environments)Experience leading teams responsible for mission-critical services with 24x7 availability, including on-call programs and SRE practicesWorking knowledge of DevOps practices and tooling (for example, CI/CD, observability stacks, configuration management)Experience working with or within large platform organizations, and with cloud vendors, on joint roadmap and incident effortsA track record of building inclusive, high-trust teams and mentoring engineering leadersExcellent communication and collaboration skills, with a track record of partnering with product, operations, and leadership stakeholdersWage TransparencyPay for this position is based on a number of factors including geographic location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.Based on applicable legislation, the below details pay ranges in the following locations:Washington, Maryland, New Jersey and New York (including NYC metro area): $178,900.00 - $262,825.00 base salaryThis role is also eligible for the following:Bonus: Sales personnel are eligible for variable incentive pay dependent on their achievement of pre-established sales goals. Non-Sales roles are eligible for a company bonus plan, which is calculated as a percentage of eligible wages and dependent on company performance.Stock: This role is eligible to receive Restricted Stock Units (RSUs).Global benefits provide options for the following:Paid Time Off: earned time off, as well as paid company holidays based on regionPaid Parental Leave: take up to six months off with your child after birth, adoption or foster care placementFull Health Benefits Plans: options for 100% employer paid and minimum employee contribution health plans from day one of employmentRetirement Plans: select retirement and pension programs with potential for employer contributionsLearning and Development: options for coaching, online courses and education reimbursementsCompassionate Care Leave: paid time off following the loss of a loved one and other life-changing eventsLife at DocuSignWorking hereDocusign is committed to building trust and making the world more agreeable for our employees, customers and the communities in which we live and work. You can count on us to listen, be honest, and try our best to do what’s right, every day. At Docusign, everything is equal.We each have a responsibility to ensure every team member has an equal opportunity to succeed, to be heard, to exchange ideas openly, to build lasting relationships, and to do the work of their life. Best of all, you will be able to feel deep pride in the work you do, because your contribution helps us make the world better than we found it. And for that, you’ll be loved by us, our customers, and the world in which we live.AccommodationDocusign is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities in our job application procedures. If you need such an accommodation, or a religious accommodation, during the application process, please contact us at View email address on apply.placed-app.com you experience any issues, concerns, or technical difficulties during the application process please get in touch with our Talent organization at View email address on apply.placed-app.com for assistance.Applicant and Candidate Privacy NoticeStates Not Eligible for EmploymentThis position is not eligible for employment in the following states: Alaska, Hawaii, Maine, Mississippi, North Dakota, South Dakota, Vermont, West Virginia and Wyoming.EEO StatementIt's important to us that we build a talented team that is as diverse as our customers and where all employees feel a deep sense of belonging and thrive. We encourage great talent who bring a range of perspectives to apply for our open positions. Docusign is an Equal Opportunity Employer and makes hiring decisions based on experience, skill, aptitude and a can-do approach. We will not discriminate based on race, ethnicity, color, age, sex, religion, national origin, ancestry, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, physical or mental disability, registered domestic partner status, caregiver status, marital status, veteran or military status, or any other legally protected category.EEO Know Your Rights posterJob SummaryLocation: US-WA-SeattleCategory: EngineeringPosition Ty