# Senior Manager, Engineering at Very Good Security

- Company: Very Good Security
- What the company does: Integrate VGS into your technology stack to streamline payment tokenization, with our comprehensive card management platform, network token solutions, account updater, and card attribute management tools. Backed by a16z.
- Company website: https://www.verygoodsecurity.com
- Type: Startups
- Level: Senior
- Location: San Francisco Bay Area
- Work setup: Hybrid
- Pay: $180K to $250K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-05-21
- Apply by: 2026-10-08
- Apply: https://jobs.lever.co/verygoodsecurity/abb94ed2-a602-4e2a-884e-e83e48403777
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/very-good-security-senior-manager-engineering/

## About the role

As a Senior Manager, Engineering, you will serve as an operational and technical leader driving our Payments Acceptance engineering team. In this role, you will lead an autonomous team focused on expanding our high-impact Value-Added Services (VAS) including Network Tokens, Account Updater, 3DS, and Account Validation.

## What they're looking for

- Engineering Leadership: 5+ years of experience managing, leading, or architecting high-throughput engineering teams within enterprise or high-growth SaaS environments
- AI-Augmented SDLC Command: Deep familiarity with modern Agile, DevOps, and SRE practices, specifically adapted for AI-native workflows (e.g., managing agentic code pipelines, automated testing suites, and AI-assisted deployment pipelines)
- Distributed Systems Depth: Proven expertise managing distributed Java microservices. Strong command of REST APIs, event-driven architectures (Kafka/SQS), relational/NoSQL databases, and high-performance data platforms
- Cloud-Native Mastery: Direct experience delivering containerized applications (Kubernetes, Docker) in public cloud environments (AWS) with modern telemetry and observability stacks
- High-Agency Management Style: A "lead from the front" mindset with a track record of identifying operational friction and reimagining standard processes. You take personal ownership of outcomes and empower engineers to do the best work of their careers
- Security & Compliance Foundations: Solid understanding of operating within regulated environments (PCI-DSS, SOC2, ISO27001), treating security and compliance as fundamental engineering constraints

Tags: Engineering