Engineering Manager

Futurex is looking for an Engineering Manager to lead a team of software/firmware engineers building world-class HSM and Key Management products. You'll be the direct people manager for your team — responsible for their day-to-day performance, growth, and delivery. This is a hands-on leadership role: you'll balance people management with enough technical fluency to unblock your team and speak credibly to engineering tradeoffs.

What You'll Do

• Serve as the direct manager for a team of software engineers — own 1:1s, performance reviews, PTO/attendance, and career development

• Ensure day-to-day accountability: your team shows up, communicates blockers early, and delivers on commitments

• Own sprint/project planning in partnership with product and program management; keep timelines realistic and on track

• Identify and resolve delivery risks before they become missed deadlines

• Partner with senior engineers on technical direction without necessarily writing production code yourself

• Hire, onboard, and ramp new engineers on the team

• Escalate resourcing, scope, or cross-team dependency issues to leadership proactively

• Foster a culture of ownership, quality, and accountability

Requirements

What We're Looking For

• 3+ years managing software or firmware engineers, ideally in a regulated, security-sensitive, or hardware-adjacent industry

• Strong track record of hitting delivery timelines and managing performance/accountability issues directly and fairly

• Comfortable reading technical work (code reviews, architecture docs) even if not actively coding

• Excellent communication skills — comfortable delivering hard feedback and escalating risk early

• Experience with agile/scrum delivery methodologies

• Prior engineering background (CS degree or equivalent experience) preferred but not required if management track record is strong

• Experience managing distributed/remote engineering teams

• Background in cryptography, PKI, HSMs, or payments/security industries

• Experience with performance improvement plans and difficult personnel conversations

Benefits

• Health, dental, vision, life, and short/long-term disability insurance

• Paid vacation, holidays, and sick leave

• Competitive compensation and opportunities for advancement

• Retirement plan with employer contribution match

• Welcoming, family-style corporate culture uniquely suited to fast-paced, entrepreneurial, and motivated individuals

• One of San Antonio’s “Best Places to Work” for nine consecutive years