Manager, Engineering - Applications

Role Description

SimSpace builds the environments where the world's leading organizations train, test, and operationalize their cyber capabilities with confidence. Our application teams own the product experiences customers use every day—turning complex cyber, infrastructure, and simulation capabilities into features that are intuitive, reliable, and valuable.

As the Engineering Manager for an Application Team, you'll lead and grow a full-stack team responsible for delivering end-to-end product features—from the React frontend through the Kotlin services and APIs behind them. You'll be accountable for the health of your team, the quality of what it ships, and the careers of the engineers who build it.

This is a people-leadership role with deep technical grounding. You lead through your team while staying close enough to the work to guide architecture, unblock hard problems, and make smart trade-offs. We're looking for a hands-on, go-getter engineering leader who loves to figure things out—someone who thrives in ambiguity, adapts as plans shift, and drives their team to success without waiting to be told how.

What You'll Do

• Build and Lead a Full-Stack Team
  • Lead, grow, and develop a team of full-stack engineers; own hiring, onboarding, 1:1s, performance, and career growth.
  • Invest in your engineers as people—coaching, mentoring, and creating the conditions for them to do the best work of their careers.
  • Set the team's direction, goals, and priorities, translating product strategy into a clear plan and predictable execution.
  • Foster a culture that values collaboration, ownership, craft, and continuous improvement.
• Own Delivery End to End
  • Own the delivery of full-stack product features across frontend, backend, and APIs—balancing scope, quality, and timelines.
  • Stay close enough to the technical decisions to guide architecture, review work credibly, and unblock the hard problems.
  • Steward architectural decisions and manage technical debt deliberately, balancing long-term health with delivery needs.
  • Establish and uphold standards for code health, testing, performance, observability, and operational ownership.
• Figure Things Out and Drive to Success
  • Dig into ambiguous, poorly defined problems and drive them to clarity and resolution—for yourself and for the team.
  • Adapt as priorities and plans shift, re-planning and re-sequencing work without losing momentum or morale.
  • Identify what's slowing the team down and remove it, whether it's technical, process, or cross-team friction.
  • Take real ownership of outcomes, holding the team accountable to a high bar while keeping delivery moving.
• Drive Cross-Team Execution and Influence
  • Partner with Product Management to align engineering work with business objectives and maintain plans and resourcing for predictable delivery.
  • Collaborate with other engineering teams, platform teams, and QA so features integrate cleanly and meet a high quality bar.
  • Influence how the broader organization works—improving processes, standards, and ways of working beyond your own team.
  • Continuously improve Agile practices to enhance your team's velocity, quality, and delivery.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in software engineering, including 2+ years directly managing or leading engineers.
• Proven ability to lead and grow full-stack engineering teams, including distributed or hybrid teams.
• Strong technical depth across the stack—modern frontend (TypeScript and React) and backend services and APIs.
• Track record of delivering complex product features end to end, on predictable timelines.
• Demonstrated ability to operate in ambiguity—defining the problem, forming a plan, and driving it to completion.
• Hands-on experience with Agile methodologies, paired with strong leadership and communication skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Kotlin or comparable JVM backend services.
• Comfort owning services in production—CI/CD, observability, reliability, and operational ownership.
• Experience adapting teams through reorganizations, roadmap shifts, or rapid growth.
• Experience partnering closely with Product Management and designers to shape as well as deliver work.
• Interest in AI-assisted development and improving engineering productivity.
• Bachelor's in Computer Science or a related field (or equivalent practical experience).

Benefits

• Base salary range: $160,000 - $220,000, with the opportunity for annual bonuses tied to company performance and individual contributions.
• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision benefits, plus savings plans—coverage starts on day one!
• Access to company-paid counseling, coaching, and resources for you and your family through Spring Health.
• Plan for your future with a 401(k)-retirement savings plan featuring a company match.
• Take the time you need with flex vacation, company holidays, and dedicated health & wellness days.
• Paid leave plans to support you and your loved ones during life’s most important moments.
• Equity stock options at hire, with annual performance-based grants.
• Full- and partial-subsidized membership plans and equipment discounts through the Peloton Interactive Wellness Program.
• Access to a LinkedIn Learning membership for personal and professional development.
• Monthly reimbursements for meaningful connections with teammates through our SocialSpace Community.
• Legal plan coverage, pet insurance, wellness reimbursements, and more.