Manager, Software Engineering

About Backblaze 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. Role Overview: 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. 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. What You'll Do: Lead and grow a team of software engineers contributing to Backblaze cloud services, spanning both customer-facing features and underlying infrastruct...