Job Description
Job Description
Job Summary
Circadence is hiring an Engineering Manager to lead the team behind RangeGPT—an intelligent cyber range design and analysis platform that combines a WYSIWYG interface with AI-powered automation.
As Engineering Manager, you’ll oversee a team of full stack engineers delivering backend services, APIs, and a React-based frontend. You’ll manage sprints, product initiatives, and execution through Azure DevOps, ensuring product milestones are met. You’ll also remain close to the technology, guiding architecture discussions, reviewing code, and ensuring the quality and scalability of the platform.
Key Responsibilities
Leadership & Project Management
Manage and mentor a team of full stack engineers, fostering growth and collaboration
Own sprint planning, backlog management, epics, and bug tracking in Azure DevOps
Translate product initiatives into deliverable engineering tasks and ensure execution
Drive alignment between product, engineering, and AI research teams
Lead architecture and system design reviews, ensuring maintainability and performance
Ensure engineering best practices in code quality, testing, CI/CD, and observability
Technical Oversight
Guide development of features using Python (Django/FastAPI) and React + TypeScript
Oversee API and service design, ensuring integrations with LLM agents, retrieval pipelines, and orchestration systems
Support DevOps practices in containerized environments (Docker, Kubernetes, Azure DevOps)
Stay hands-on enough to provide technical direction, unblock the team, and maintain credibility as a technical leader
Required Qualifications
8+ years of professional software engineering experience, with 2+ years in a management role
Strong background in backend development with Python (Django and/or FastAPI)
Familiarity with React + TypeScript and modern frontend engineering practices
Proven experience leading teams and delivering through structured sprint planning and ticketing systems (Azure DevOps, Jira, or similar)
Solid understanding of REST API design, service-oriented architecture, and relational data modeling (PostgreSQL)
Experience with containerization (Docker, Kubernetes) and CI/CD pipelines
Strong communication skills and ability to align engineering execution with product strategy
Preferred Qualifications
Experience leading teams building canvas-based editors, graph tools, or low-code platforms
Familiarity with LangGraph, semantic retrieval frameworks (e.g., Weaviate, PGVector), and RAG pipelines
Background in cybersecurity, simulation tooling, or infrastructure-as-code
Knowledge of MCP (Model Context Protocol) or other orchestration frameworks
Experience with XYFlow/ReactFlow or similar graph visualization libraries
Job Title:
Engineering Manager – RangeGPT Platform
Location:
Remote (Boulder/Denver, CO preferred)
Department:
Engineering
Reports to:
Chief Engineer
Compensation:
$155,000–$185,000, commensurate with experience
Benefits:
Comprehensive benefits including medical, dental, and vision insurance, 401(k) with company match, HSA/FSA options, life and disability insurance, unlimited PTO, and paid holidays.
Why Circadence?
At Circadence, you'll help shape the future of cybersecurity training by working with a passionate team building a platform used to train national security professionals, enterprise defenders, and future cyber leaders. We value innovation, autonomy, and purpose—join a fast-growing team of top-tier AI researchers, software engineers, and curriculum designers to change the world of cybersecurity training.
Circadence Corporation is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We will not discriminate against any applicant or employee based on age, race, color, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, medical condition, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, marital status, or civil partnership/union status, physical or mental disability, pregnancy, childbirth, genetic information, military and veteran status, or any other basis prohibited by applicable federal, state or local law.