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Software Engineering Manager of Platform Observability

Vantor Inc.
$122,000.00 - $203,000.00
401(k)
United States, Colorado, Westminster
1300 West 120th Avenue (Show on map)
Oct 08, 2025
Vantor is forging the new frontier of spatial intelligence, helping decision makers and operators navigate what's happening now and shape what's coming next. Vantor is a place for problem solvers, changemakers, and go-getters-where people are working together to help our customers see the world differently, and in doing so, be seen differently. Come be part of a mission, not just a job, where you can: Shape your own future, build the next big thing, and change the world. To be eligible for this position, you must be a U.S. Person, defined as a U.S. citizen, permanent resident, Asylee, or Refugee. Note on Cleared Roles: If this position requires an active U.S. Government security clearance, applicants who do not currently hold the required clearance will not be eligible for consideration. Employment for cleared roles is contingent upon verification of clearance status. Export Control/ITAR: Certain roles may be subject to U.S. export control laws, requiring U.S. person status as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3). Please review the job details below. Vantor is seeking a Software Engineering Manager of Platform Observability to join our Platform Infrastructure team, which is based in Westminster, CO. Job Description: Vantor's Platform Infrastructure engineering organization is seeking an experienced Software Engineering Manager to lead our observability initiatives for a large-scale engineering organization. This role is critical to ensuring our platforms, services, and customer-facing applications are highly available, performant, and measurable. You will lead a team of engineers focused on monitoring, logging, tracing, alerting, and visualization. We're looking for a manager that is inspired by mentoring a talented group of world-class engineers, scaling our platform efforts, and partnering with product to ideate and deliver exceptional products. This position is located in Westminster, Colorado or can be performed remotely. Candidates must be U.S. citizens. Life with Us Your Project: Lead development and oversee the execution of our Platform Observability team. This engineering effort focuses on building and supporting the capabilities to enable our Platform Engineering team to develop platforms, services, and products with high availability, performance, and scale. Delivering Vantor's industry leading geospatial data and analytics to our customers. You will work with cross-functional engineering leads on delivering roadmaps, understanding requirements, and establish the frameworks to provide seamless integration of observability tools across our Platform Engineering teams. Your Career: We're very serious about professional development and continuing education at Vantor. We offer our team members with the opportunity to define their own career trajectory. Our group has amazing resources to support learning and development. You will work with your supervisor to set goals and design a development plan to advance your career. What We Offer: Time for dedicated professional development, hybrid work, corporate partner and industry training, peer group collaboration, hackathons, as well as paid certifications, education reimbursement and student loan forgiveness. What you'll do day-to-day: Manage a team of senior engineers responsible for Observability systems Embrace and uphold Vantor's Core Values: We Put the Mission First, We Work Better Together, We Stay Curious, We Act Like Owners, We Do it Right, and You Matter. Work with Product Management to prioritize, scope and plan business milestones. Build technical roadmaps to achieve business milestones. Foster a positive engineering culture in line with Vantor's values. Establish SLAs, governance processes, best practices and mitigation procedures across development lifecycle and sustainment for all Platform services Ensure your team has the people needed to be successful. Support timely delivery of engineering solutions to deliver business needs, while providing a transparent view to progress. Actively coach and mentor team members in their careers. Minimum Requirements: Must be a U.S. Citizen and willing and able to obtain a U.S. Government security clearance Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field. Four additional years of experience may be substituted for a degree 2 years of engineering management experience, or 2 years of proven tech leadership experience with the eagerness to take on more team building opportunities Minimum of 5 years demonstrated experience with software engineering experience. (A Masters degree may count for 2 additional years of experience) Deep understanding of SLAs, SLOs, incident management, and large-scale service operations Excellent grasp of software engineering principles, ability to guide and coach engineers Demonstrated design skills for large scale, performant, and highly available cloud services or distributed systems Has had exposure to multiple languages and frameworks as either an engineer or manager Comfortable managing team members with different skill sets and technical areas of focus and expertise Micro-service oriented architecture development experience and management A solid understanding of software development methodologies and practices (SDLC, Agile, Scrum, Waterfall, etc.) Preferred Requirements: Development experience with current Java frameworks (e.g., Spring, Hibernate), and Python frameworks (FastAPI) Strong background in observability technologies (Elastic, Grafana, OpenTelemetry, AWS CloudWatch, etc) Experience with Kubernetes / EKS, service meshes, operating in hybrid deployments. Development and architecture experience with AWS and related technologies Experience working as a software engineer in an Agile environment (TDD, BDD, Continuous Integration, Continuous Deployment, etc.) Vantor values diversity in the workplace and is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law. Pay Transparency: In support of pay transparency at Vantor, we disclose salary ranges on all U.S. job postings. The successful candidate's starting pay will fall within the salary range provided below and is determined based on job-related factors, including, but not limited to, the experience, qualifications, knowledge, skills, geographic work location, and market conditions. Candidates with the minimum necessary experience, qualifications, knowledge, and skillsets for the position should not expect to receive the upper end of the pay range. * The base pay for this position within Colorado is: $122,000.00 - $203,000.00 annually. * The base pay for this position within New Jersey is: $122,000.00 - $203,000.00 annually. * The base pay for this position within the Washington, DC metropolitan area is: $140,000.00 - $233,000.00 annually. * The base pay for this position within California is: $146,000.00 - $243,000.00 annually. For all other states, we use geographic cost of labor as an input to develop market-driven ranges for our roles, and as such, each location where we hire may have a different range. Benefits: Vantor offers a competitive total rewards package that goes beyond the standard, including a robust 401(k) with company match, mental health resources, and unique perks like student loan repayment assistance, adoption reimbursement and pet insurance to support all aspects of your life. You can find more information on our benefits at:https://www.Vantor.com/careers Additionally, this position is incentive eligible with a target based on contribution, company performance, and/or individual results achieved; the specific incentive plan and target amount will be determined based on the role and breadth of contributions. The application window is three days from the date the job is posted and will remain posted until a qualified candidate has been identified for hire. If the job is reposted regardless of reason, it will remain posted three days from the date the job is reposted and will remain reposted until a qualified candidate has been identified for hire. The date of posting can be found on Vantor's Career page at the top of each job posting. To apply, submit your application via Vantor's Career page. EEO Policy: Vantor is an equal opportunity employer committed to an inclusive workplace. We believe in fostering an environment where all team members feel respected, valued, and encouraged to share their ideas. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, protected veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.