Tanium · Addison, TX (Hybrid); Bellevue, WA (Hybrid); Durham, NC (Hybrid); Emeryville, CA (Hybrid) · posted 9/24/2026

The Basics As an Engineering Manager at Tanium, you will be responsible for leading and managing a team of brilliant software engineers. As part of the Endpoint Team, you will work across the product portfolio with product managers, other engineering managers, the technical documentation team, and senior leadership to drive development of the foundational components at the heart of Tanium’s unified endpoint management and security platform.  What you’ll do - Build exceptional teams of highly qualified and high-performance engineers by hiring, coaching, and instilling a sense of ownership and impact - Work closely with product managers, security engineers and other teams to define the vision and roadmap with a focus on the needs of Tanium’s customers - Provide leadership, guidance and support while nurturing a collaborative, innovative, and inclusive culture - Team with other managers to coordinate requirements, designs, dependencies, and opportunities for collaboration and process improvements - Lead by example, leveraging your technical expertise to constantly raise the bar and ensure that the team consistently delivers outstanding results - Work with senior engineering leaders to adjust the composition of the team and create new teams as necessary to respond to changing business needs - Effectively manage multiple projects throughout the entire software development cycle - Ensure delivery of dependable, supportable, scalable, and performant software that runs natively on customer assets in a wide variety of environments - Lead a team of tenured, senior systems developers, removing roadblocks and ensuring they have what they need to get their job done in the most optimal way  We’re looking for someone with Education - Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, or other relevant degree or equivalent experience  Experience - 5+ years managing high-performing engineering teams, preferably in an area of systems engineering - 10+ years designing, developing, testing, and deploying software products - Proven track record of architecting and delivering enterprise-level reliable and scalable solutions - Demonstrable understanding of systems level concepts in Windows, Linux, and macOS - A thorough understanding of Software Development Life Cycle - Outside the box/first principles thinker who can come up with pragmatic solutions - Keep up with industry trends and can assess and utilize new technologies to help solve problems  Other - Demonstrates initiative and motivation - Excellent oral and written communication skills - Team player - Person of high ethics and integrity - Ability to work in a fast-paced, changing environment  About Tanium Tanium is the Autonomous IT company. As Al accelerates both innovation and risk, Tanium Atlas, the company's autonomous operating system, puts the full depth of the Tanium Autonomous IT Platform behind every IT and security operator - human and agentic. Tanium provides the real-time intelligence, agentic decision-making, and autonomous execution operators needed to detect, decide, and remediate at machine speed across their endpoint estate. The company is recognized as a Leader in the inaugural 2026 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Endpoint Management Tools, as a Leader in the IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Client Endpoint Management Software for Windows Device Management 2025-2026 Vendor Assessment, and as a Leader in The Forrester Wave™. Endpoint Management Platforms, Q2 2026. To learn how Tanium delivers Autonomous IT for unstoppable business, visit www.tanium.com and follow us on LinkedIn and X. On a mission. Together. At Tanium, we are stewards of a culture that emphasizes the importance of collaboration, respect, and diversity. In our pursuit of revolutionizing the way some of the largest enterprises and governments in the world solve their most difficult IT challenges, we are strengthened by our unique perspectives and by our collective actions. As a global organization with stakeholders around the world, it’s imperative that the diversity of our customers and communities is reflected internally in our team members. We strive to create a diverse and inclusive environment where everyone feels they have opportunities to succeed and grow because we know that only together can we do great things. Our commitment to excellence and innovation has earned us a place on the Forbes Cloud 100 list for ten consecutive years, and we continue to be recognized worldwide as a great place to work. Each of our team members has 5 days set aside as volunteer time off (VTO) to contribute to the communities they live in and give back to the causes they care about most. What you’ll get The annual base salary range for this full-time position is $278,000 to $426,000. This range is an estimate for what Tanium will pay a new hire. The actual annual base salary offered may be adjusted based on a variety of factors, including but not limited to, location, education, skills, training, and experience. In addition to an annual base salary, team members will receive equity awards and a generous benefits package consisting of medical, dental and vision plan, family planning benefits, health savings account, flexible spending account, transportation savings account, 401(k) retirement savings plan with company match, life, accident and disability coverage, business travel accident insurance, employee assistance programs, disability insurance, and other well-being benefits. Tanium is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, protected Veteran status, or other legally protected categories. If you require a reasonable accommodation in searching for a job opening, completing an application, interviewing, or completing any pre-employment testing or requirements, please contact accommodations@tanium.com. For more information refer to the “Know Your Rights” poster which is available here - https://www.eeoc.gov/poster. Please be aware of job offers coming from people claiming to be Tanium employees. Tanium employees will only use @tanium.com email addresses to communicate with you, will have video interviews with you, and will never ask you for money. 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