Manager, Software Engineering at Backblaze

<p><strong>About Backblaze</strong></p> <p>Backblaze provides reliable, high-availability cloud storage trusted by consumers, SMBs, enterprises, and developers in over 150 countries. Our B2 Cloud Storage platform supports data-intensive workloads including backup, media, analytics, and modern AI pipelines. We build durable, scalable systems with a strong emphasis on developer experience, product quality, and operational efficiency.</p> <p><strong>Role Overview:</strong></p> <p>We are looking for a Software Development Manager to lead an engineering team contributing to Backblaze cloud services. Your team will work across both customer-facing features and platform infrastructure, collaborating closely with Product, QA, and other engineering teams to ship reliable, high-quality software.</p> <p>This is a hands-on management role. You are expected to participate actively in architecture discussions, code reviews, and technical decisions. The right candidate brings deep expertise in system architecture, a strong grasp of the full software development lifecycle, and proven ability to lead distributed, remote-first engineering teams. You bring 3+ years of engineering management experience and genuine enthusiasm for how AI-assisted development is changing the way software gets built.</p> <p><strong>What You'll Do:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Lead and grow a team of software engineers contributing to Backblaze cloud services, spanning both customer-facing features and underlying infrastructure.</li> <li>Own the software development lifecycle for your team: planning, design, implementation, and post-launch support, partnering with QA and release teams for testing and delivery.</li> <li>Contribute to feature development and infrastructure improvements that expand Backblaze cloud service capabilities for developers, enterprises, and AI workloads.</li> <li>Ensure the reliability and maintainability of cloud service components through ongoing support, bug fixes, and technical debt management.</li> <li>Participate hands-on in code reviews, architecture decisions, and technical problem-solving alongside your team.</li> <li>Partner with Product Management to shape roadmap priorities and long-term strategy, bringing engineering perspective and data to influence decisions, and translate agreed priorities into well-scoped plans with clear milestones.</li> <li>Work closely with QA and release engineering teams to ensure smooth handoffs, clear acceptance criteria, and high-quality delivery.</li> <li>Champion the effective use of AI-assisted development tools; actively guide team members in adopting agentic coding practices and help establish team norms around AI-augmented workflows.</li> <li>Continuously improve team productivity: identify bottlenecks, refine processes, and invest in tooling, practices, and team habits that help engineers do their best work.</li> <li>Conduct regular 1:1s, deliver performance reviews, support career development, and lead hiring to grow and strengthen the team.</li> </ul> <p><strong>Tools and Technologies:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Backend development: familiarity with server-side languages and frameworks used in cloud platform or API development</li> <li>Engineering toolchain: source control, CI/CD pipelines, project tracking, and artifact management</li> <li>AI coding tools: Claude Code, Cursor, or similar agentic development tools</li> </ul> <p><strong>The Right Fit:</strong></p> <ul> <li>3+ years of engineering management experience leading software development teams, ideally in a cloud infrastructure, SaaS, or platform engineering environment.</li> <li>Demonstrated experience managing distributed, remote engineering teams across time zones, including effective async communication, remote collaboration practices, and keeping remote team members engaged and aligned.</li> <li>Strong software engineering background with expertise in system architecture; able to engage hands-on in technical discussions, design reviews, and architectural decisions.</li> <li>Solid command of the full software development lifecycle, from requirements and design through testing, deployment, and production support.</li> <li>Track record of delivering features and platform improvements on time with high quality, balancing speed with engineering rigor.</li> <li>Experience working closely with Product Management to refine roadmaps and translate priorities into executable engineering plans.</li> <li>Effective communicator: able to represent your team’s work clearly to leadership and stakeholders, run engineering reviews, and escalate risks and trade-offs with appropriate context and recommended paths forward.</li> <li>Familiarity with AI agentic coding tools (Claude Code, Cursor, or similar) is a plus; we actively use them and value leaders who embrace and encourage their use.</li> <li>Experience with cloud storage platforms, distributed systems, or developer-facing APIs is a plus.</li> </ul> <p><strong>Why Backblaze:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Lead a team building software used by hundreds of thousands of developers and businesses worldwide.</li> <li>Work at the intersection of cloud storage, developer tools, and AI-driven workflows.</li> <li>Collaborate with experienced engineering, product, and QA teams in a flat, low-bureaucracy environment.</li> <li>Competitive compensation and benefits.</li> <li>Remote-first culture supporting work-life balance.</li> </ul> <p>To provide greater transparency to candidates, we share base pay ranges for all US-based job postings regardless of state. We set standard base pay ranges for all roles based on function, level, and country location, benchmarked against similar-stage growth companies. Final offer amounts are determined by multiple factors, including candidate location, skills, depth of work experience, and relevant licenses/credentials, and may vary from the amounts listed below.</p> <div class="p-rich_text_section">The expected salary range for this role is $170,000 - $200,000.</div> <p>At Backblaze, we value being fair and good to our customers, partners, and employees. That’s why diversity, equity, and inclusion are at the core of our values. We are committed to fostering a workforce where all employees feel a sense of belonging regardless of race, ethnicity, nationality, gender, sexual orientation, age, religion, socio-economic status, ability, veteran status, and education. We believe that our dedication to cultivating a diverse workspace not only allows us to better serve our customers in over 175 countries but further reinforces our commitment to doing the right thing.&nbsp;<strong>We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer.</strong></p> <p>To understand more about the data we collect and process as part of your application, please view our&nbsp;<a href="https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/63d32de856f6323a43a277f2/64b0660cd90ac9b4953f7f1d_Backblaze_HR_Employee_Related_Privacy_Notice.pdf">Backblaze Employee Privacy Notice.</a></p>