Engineering Manager- Data Collection & Scanning

The posting, as Censys wrote it

Join the team turning internet intelligence into real-world security outcomes. Built on the world’s most comprehensive and accurate map of the Internet , the Censys Platform delivers real-time visibility and actionable intelligence needed to accelerate triage, investigate threats, hunt adversaries, and manage Internet exposure. We're trusted by half of the Fortune 500 and government agencies all around the world, and looking for people as passionate about the problems we're solving as we are.

Location: United States- Remote

Company Background

Censys is building the most credible, robust map of the Internet through IP scanning, DNS lookups, web crawling, and the ingestion of millions of certificates. Censys was founded by security researchers who are passionate about developing technology that provides anyone the power to fully understand their digital risk and exposure. Individuals and enterprises–and anyone in between–can harness this power to discover new information and insight as the Internet, IoT and Cloud evolve. We are a true security startup with midwestern roots and we believe that a map of the Internet, or a map of your organization’s assets can quickly help guide organizations to the answers they need to protect themselves from vulnerability and risk.

Role Summary

We’re looking for an Engineering Manager to lead the Data Collection team , which builds and operates the systems that discover, scan, and collect the Internet data powering the Censys Internet Map and our customer-facing products.

The team includes various engineers working across high-performance network scanning, protocol implementation, scan orchestration, real-time data pipelines and platforms, observability, and production operations. Its work directly affects the coverage, freshness, accuracy, reliability, and cost efficiency of the data our customers rely on.

This independent manager will own the team’s people leadership, technical roadmap, delivery, and operational health. You will partner with Product, Research, Security, Infrastructure, and other engineering teams to identify high-value investments and deliver them effectively. You should be technically credible and able to engage in architecture, design reviews, incidents, and engineering tradeoffs while enabling engineers.

The Job Is a Good Fit If You

• Enjoy developing a multidisciplinary engineering team while balancing people leadership, technical strategy, delivery, and operations.
• Can set clear direction without needing to make every decision yourself.
• Coach through frequent feedback, meaningful delegation, and clear expectations.
• Use measurable outcomes such as coverage, freshness, accuracy, reliability, recovery time, and infrastructure efficiency to guide decisions.
• Are comfortable balancing speed, quality, cost, technical debt, operational risk, and customer impact.
• Believe engineering owns the full system lifecycle and works iteratively with Product and Research to solve amb

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Our roots are in Ann Arbor, Michigan and our innovation is fueled by the team’s global perspectives. For this role, we are open to remote employees across the continental US. We value diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. Censys is an equal opportunity employer .

Note to external recruiters/agencies: We are not currently engaging with third-party agencies for this role and will not accept unsolicited outreach. We kindly ask that you do not submit resumes or candidate profiles to our team.
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