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Engineering Manager, Access Control

$200K–$315K

San Mateo, CA United States +1 · Manager · Full-time · Posted Oct 1, 2026

Location
San Mateo, CA United States
San Mateo, California, United States
Experience
7+ years of professional software engineering experience; 1+ years managing software engineers.
Education
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent practical experience.
Visa sponsorship
The company sponsors and takes over sponsorship of employment visas for this role; if it makes an offer, it will make every reasonable effort to get the candidate a visa.

About the job

Leads the Access Control engineering team in delivering customer-facing software and reliable distributed systems connecting cloud services, apps, and edge hardware.

What you'll do

  • Lead, mentor, hire, and develop frontend and backend engineers.
  • Own major customer-facing initiatives and partner across teams to define roadmaps and deliver them.
  • Set technical direction and improve system reliability, scalability, engineering processes, and team health.

What they ask for

  • 7+ years of professional software engineering experience, with significant experience in Python, Go, or React.
  • 1+ years managing software engineers.
  • Experience building production software across frontend and backend systems, and designing and operating distributed systems in production.
  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent practical experience.

Pay

$200,000 — $315,000 USD (annual OTE; comprised of base compensation and commissions, if applicable)

Tools

Python, Go, React

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First seen Oct 27, 2026 · Last verified Nov 4, 2026 (UTC)