Engineering Manager-Networking

Want to build the next-generation of mesh network technology?  A foundational component of this software is our unique network stack which seamlessly blends different network physical layers and technologies into a single overlay mesh and resiliently operates in environments with or without internet.

Your role is to lead our network team of software engineers. Help us to expand and improve our core network technologies and develop high-performance solutions for congestion control, multiplexing, forwards error correction, packet framing, and software library support for additional physical mediums or network technologies.

Work with a remote team, manage your own time, and tackle interesting problems. 

As the Engineering Manager, you will:

• Lead and magnify the impact of a team of 4-8 skilled individual contributors, responsible for ensuring their success, aiding their career growth, and facilitating their technical work.
• Plan and deliver high-quality engineering solutions that align with the business needs and objectives.
• Be an active part of the design of the system architecture.
• Collaborate closely with other software teams within Ditto.
• Work with product and design to build the roadmap for the team; this will involve talking to engineers, researchers, other teams, customers, and partners.
• Estimate the delivery timeline for projects and communicate with upper management and the broader team regarding project execution.
• Set team culture by example, expanding Ditto’s culture of Trust, Communication, and Continual Improvement.
• Mentor, coach, and advocate for your team members.

What you’ll need:

• 2+ years of experience managing teams of software engineers. This includes people-management responsibilities such as hiring, performance and growth management, and career development.
• 2+ years of technical leadership, including driving best practices, project scoping and design, and providing architectural guidance.
• A background in network engineering and technical understanding of foundational networking concepts such as congestion control, multiplexing, packet framing, overlay networks, and routing.
• A willingness to travel (including internationally) once a quarter for team get togethers and white boarding.
• Strong communication skills, particularly written communication skills. As a fully distributed team, async communication is the norm and the development process often includes written architecture and design documents.

Nice to haves:

• Experience managing a remote, globally distributed team.
• Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert (CCIE) or equivalent qualifications.
• Experience with mesh networks, BLE, Wifi, and other mobile transports/radios (Windows, iOS, Android, Linux, etc).
• Experience with working on standards alliances or committees in the wireless or broader networking space
• Experience with networking and development across many platforms and operating systems, especially mobile.
• Strong understanding of networking protocols (TCP, UDP, BGP, etc) and core concepts.
• Experience with modern advancements in networking such as fountain codes, QUIC protocol, noise encryption framework, etc.
• Experience benchmarking, debugging and optimizing mesh networks.
• Experience with external radios or transmission systems including space or underwater environments.
• Experience with architecting secure communications with authentication and encryption.
• Prior experience leading a team of specifically Rust or network software engineers.