SW Engineering Manager

At SolarWinds, we’re a people-first company. Our purpose is to enrich the lives of the people we serve—including our employees, customers, shareholders, partners, and communities. Join us in our mission to help customers accelerate business transformation with simple, powerful, and secure solutions.

The ideal candidate thrives in an innovative, fast-paced environment and is collaborative, accountable, ready, and empathetic. We’re looking for individuals who believe they can accomplish more as a team and create lasting growth for themselves and others. We hire based on attitude, competency, and commitment. Solarians are ready to advance our world-class solutions in a fast-paced environment and accept the challenge to lead with purpose. If you’re looking to build your career with an exceptional team, you’ve come to the right place. Join SolarWinds and grow with us!

We work in a hybrid mode 3+2, with a minimum of 3 days at the office (with mandatory Tuesdays and Wednesdays) and a maximum of 2 days at the home office.

The location of our office is Holandská 873/6, Brno – Štýřice, 639 00.

We employ only via an employment contract – full-time employment (HPP).

Role Overview
We are seeking a hands-on Technical Engineering Manager to lead two critical engineering initiatives within the SolarWinds Observability Self‐Hosted product:

• Software Security Group (SSG)
• UI Platform Engineering

This role is ideal for a former or hands-on software engineer with strong technical background (leadership experience is a benefit), and a passion for agentic development, AI‐assisted SDLC, and modern engineering practices. You will partner closely with product teams, engineering leadership, and security leadership (including the CISO) to advance our product security posture and accelerate UI modernisation.

Key Responsibilities

• Software Security Group (SSG) Leadership
• Lead and evolve a team of experienced security engineers focused on product security and vulnerability management
• Ensure adherence to vulnerability management policies and ownership of key security KPIs, including Time to Review (TTR) and Time to Address (TTA)
• Oversee review and triage of internally and externally reported vulnerabilities
• Drive proof‐of‐concept exploit validation, remediation investigation, and prioritization
• Guide and support product teams in fixing vulnerabilities based on security findings
• Own and drive technical product security reviews and product security assessments
• Lead the development of an agentic / AI‐driven approach to accelerate vulnerability analysis, triage, and remediation workflows
• Own product SBOM practices and support Incident Commander and CISO during security incidents
• Act as a trusted technical partner to Security leadership, including the CISO

UI Platform Engineering Leadership

• Lead a team of senior front‐end and back‐end engineers responsible for SolarWinds on‐prem UI frameworks
• Own and accelerate the migration from legacy AngularJS‐based UI to modern Angular‐based dashboards
• Drive platform improvements focused on performance, reliability, usability, and UI load times
• Establish and maintain scalable, reusable UI frameworks for multiple product teams
• Champion an AI Agent‐first engineering approach, using agents to assist in:
• UI migration
• Development and refactoring
• Framework evolution and testing
• Partner with product management and stakeholders to align UI platform strategy with business goals

Cross‐Functional Leadership
Collaborate closely with:

• Product development teams
• Engineering leaders
• Product management and business stakeholders
• Security leadership and executive stakeholders
• help with translating product and security strategy into executable technical roadmaps
• Balance short‐term delivery needs with long‐term platform and security investments

Our benefits:

• 25 days of vacation per year
• 3 sick days per year
• 10 study days per year
• 2 volunteering days per year
• 4 weeks’ holidays after 5-year tenure, Sabbatical Leave
• Up to 48 300CZK personal education budget per year
• Pension or life insurance matching donation up to 3% of the salary or 4000 CZK per month
• Cash allowance for meals of 95 CZK per working day
• Unlimited access to LinkedIn Learning
• English/Czech classes
• Multisport card
• Solarian Referral Program
• SolarWinds Appreciation Program
• Giving – Donation Matching
• Employee Assistance
• Competitive Race Reimbursement
• Breakfast on Wednesdays
• Fresh fruits and snacks on Mondays
• On-site gym
• Twice-weekly workout classes at the office
• Once a week yoga sessions at the office

SolarWinds is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. SolarWinds will consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, disability, veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.

All applications are treated in accordance with the SolarWinds Privacy Notice: https://www.solarwinds.com/applicant-privacy-notice