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Senior Manager, Software Engineering (Chicago Hybrid)

Chicago, IL, USFull-time$155k2026-10-06 → 2026-11-11
Hybrid · United StatesNo visa sponsorshipSecurity clearance required

Core

Lead a distributed engineering organization building high-throughput GCP infrastructure, AI-powered evidence pipelines, and core video ingestion systems for public safety and security applications.

Role type

Senior Manager, Software Engineering (Platform & Video Infrastructure)

Builds

GCP cloud platform, AI-driven evidence verification workflows, and secure video ingestion gateways

Domain

Public Safety / Security / Cloud Infrastructure

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Engineering management, GCP platform services, Java, Python, Kafka, Terraform, video processing, cryptographic protocols, zero-trust networking

Preferred skills

Strategic roadmap planning, cross-functional stakeholder alignment, vendor ecosystem integration

Technologies

GKE, Shared VPC, Managed Kafka, Anthos Service Mesh, Pub/Sub, Cloud Storage, Vertex AI, Terraform, Workload Identity Federation, mTLS, OAuth 2.0, SHA-256

Responsibilities

Lead and mentor a distributed team of senior engineers and tech leads; drive strategic decisions for platform scalability and cost efficiency; oversee architectural strategy for media processing and AI pipelines; align with vendor connector teams to standardize ingestion protocols; partner with executive leadership on enterprise architectural standards.

Seniority

Senior Manager, hands-on leadership