Armor Defense

Engineering Manager

• Lead and manage a high-performing AI-native software engineering team
• Provide technical direction, mentorship, and hands-on guidance while building a culture of engineering ownership
• Contribute directly to architecture, design, code reviews, and implementation of complex software
• Own day-to-day delivery for assigned product areas, including feature work, defect triage, regression prevention, and customer escalations
• Keep the Director, Engineering current on status and risk
• Drive end-to-end engineering execution with minimal reliance on product management
• Translate business objectives into working software
• Execute release management discipline, including change windows, rollback criteria, and release readiness
• Put AI-assisted development tools into daily engineering practice and measure effects on delivery speed and quality
• Evaluate emerging AI frameworks, foundation models, developer tools, and cloud technologies
• Hire and build the team, including defining the technical hiring bar, running interview loops, and onboarding engineers
• Manage third-party technology vendor relationships, including platform usage, cost, performance, alternatives, renewals, negotiations, and build-versus-buy decisions
• Collaborate with global and regional teams across distributed engineering teams
• Manage team performance through one-on-ones, goal setting, performance reviews, coaching, and career development planning
• Serve as escalation point for production incidents and customer-impacting issues
• Coordinate rapid incident response, run post-incident reviews, and feed findings back into engineering practice