Engineering Manager at Keyfactorinc

About Keyfactor Our mission is to build a connected society, rooted in trust, with identity-first security for every machine and human. Keyfactor helps organizations move fast to establish digital trust at scale — and then maintain it. With decades of cybersecurity experience, Keyfactor is trusted by more than 1,500 companies across the globe. We are proud to continually earn recognition as a Best Place to Work, and we achieve that through our amazing people who cultivate our culture as we grow. We hope you will trust your future with Keyfactor! Title: Engineering Manager (contract title will be Manager, Engineering) Location: Sweden, Stockholm (Hybrid - minimum 2 days a week in office) Experience: Senior Job Function: Engineering Employment Type: Full-Time Industry: Computer Network & Security About the position Keyfactor is looking for a highly capable and motivated Engineering Manager to lead an engineering team working on our flagship PKI product offering. In this role, you will combine strong technical understanding with exceptional people leadership to build, coach, and empower a high-performing team. Your primary focus will be enabling your team to deliver scalable, secure, and high-quality software while fostering a culture of ownership, continuous improvement, and collaboration. Job Responsibilities • Build, coach, and empower a high‑performing, inclusive engineering team; attract, hire, and retain top talent. • Foster a culture of ownership, experimentation, and continuous learning; celebrate wins and learn from failures. • Provide ongoing mentorship, career guidance, and timely feedbackwith clear growth plans. • Align engineering work to product strategy and business outcomes; translate strategy into technical direction. • Collaborate closely with Product Management, to deliver end‑to‑end value. • Evolve lightweight, data‑informed processes. • Raise the bar on engineering effectiveness, reliability, and quality(e.g., test coverage, cycle time), which also includes creating and maintaining metrics to facilitate this. • Own availability, performance, and security in production. Minimum Qualification, Education, and Skills Capabilities • BSc./M.Sc. in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field - advanced degree preferred. • Significant experience in software engineering, including 2+ years leading or managing engineers. • Excellent people leadership, organizational, and stakeholder management skills. • Proven ability to improve team execution and processes; outstanding written and verbal communication. • Experience managing geographically distributed teams across time zones. • Strong grasp of the software development lifecycle and Agile methodologies (Scrum/Kanban), with hands‑on CI/CD/DevOps • Experience leading teams building for Windows, Linux, and macOS • Familiarity with our technical stack, including: • • Core technologies: Java 17/21, Jakarta EE 10 (JEE10), EJB 3.x, JSF, Hibernate • Deployment: WildFly /JBoss, Docker, Kubernetes, MySQL/PostgreSQL • CI/CD: Jenkins, Jenkins X, Docker, GitLab CI • Version control: Git (GitLab) • Knowledge of distributed systems, API‑centric architecture, test automation, observability, and secure development Who you are: • An open‑minded, inclusive leader who inspires with clarity, empathy, and technical credibility. • A strong communicator and collaborator who builds alignment and healthy team dynamics. • Energized by a dynamic, scaling environment; comfortable with ambiguity and change. • Customer‑focussed and product‑minded; you make trade‑offs explicit to maximize impact. • Bias‑to‑action with an ownership mindset; you hold yourself and others accountable. • Self‑directed and proactive; you anticipate risks and remove blockers. • Positive, pragmatic, and resilient - a “can‑do” teammate with first‑class problem‑solving • Structured and organized, able to bring clarity and focus to complex work. Experience • Built and led high‑performing teams (8-15 engineers), including hiring, onboarding, and talent development. • Mentored engineers (from Associate to Senior level); established coaching practices, growth frameworks, and clear expectations. • Shipped production systems end‑to‑end using Agile ways of working; partnered with Product on roadmaps and prioritization. • Improved key delivery and quality metrics. • Responsible for products in production, including; incident response, and post‑incident reviews. • Fluent in English, with excellent oral and written communication. • Experience with digital certificates / PKI is a plus. #LI-NA1 Compensation Salary will be commensurate with experience.  Culture, Career Opportunities and Benefits We build teams that continually strive to get better than the day before. You will be challenged daily and given opportunities to grow personally and professionally. We balance autonomy and structure to create an entrepreneurial environment to spur creativity and new ideas.  Here are just some of the initiatives that make our culture special:   • Second Fridays (a company-wide day off on the second Friday of every month minus November and December of 2025 due to the Holiday schedule). Please note that this benefit is subject to change. • Comprehensive benefit coverage globally. • Generous paid parental leave globally. • Competitive time off globally. • Dedicated employee-focused ambassadors via Key Contributors & Culture Committees. • DIVERSE Commitment, a call to action for a more inclusive and diverse future in business, society, and technology. • The Keyfactor Alliance Program to support DEIB efforts. • Wellbeing resources, wellness allowance, mindfulness app free membership, Wellness Wednesdays. • Global Volunteer Day, company non-profit matching, and 3 volunteer days off. • Monthly Talent development and Cross Functional meetings to support professional development. • Regular All Hands meetings – followed by group gatherings. Our Core Values Our core values are extremely important to how we run our business and what we look for in every team member:   Trust is paramount.   We deliver security software and solutions where trust and openness are of the highest importance for our customers. We are honest and a trusted partner in every aspect of business.   Customers are core.   We strategize, operate, and execute through a customer-centric view. We prioritize the security interests of our customers, and we act as if their data were our own.   Innovation never stops, it only accelerates.   The speed of change is accelerating. We are committed, through investment and focus, to stay ahead of the innovation curve.   We deliver with agility.    We thrive in high-paced and continually changing environments. We navigate through newly added variables, adjust accordingly, while driving towards our strategic goals.   United by respect.    Respect for all is what unites us. We promote diversity, inclusivity, equity, and acting with empathy and openness, both in our business and in our communities.   Teams make “it” happen.   Vision and goals are not individually achievable – they require teamwork. We pride ourselves in operating as a cohesive team, creating promoters and partners, and winning as one.   Keyfactor is a proud equal opportunity employer including but not limited to veterans and individuals with disabilities.  REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION: Applicants with disabilities may contact a member of Keyfactor’s People team via [Upgrade to PRO to see contact] and/or telephone at 1.216.785.2990 to request and arrange for accommodations at any time. Keyfactor Privacy Notice