About Ditto:

Ditto is redefining how data moves at the edge. Our mission is to make it seamless for developers to build resilient, real-time applications, regardless of network conditions. Whether you're in a stadium, airplane, or remote military base, Ditto's peer-to-peer sync engine ensures devices stay connected and data stays consistent, even without internet. With more than $145 million in funding and trusted by organizations like Chick-fil-A, Delta Airlines, and the U.S. military, Ditto powers mission-critical experiences across aviation, retail, travel, hospitality, defense, and more. As a globally distributed, fast-growing startup, we’re committed to building a diverse and inclusive team that reflects the wide range of perspectives needed to solve the world’s hardest connectivity problems.

As Engineering Manager for our Networking team, you'll lead a team of 8-10 software engineers writing the code that powers Ditto's overlay mesh network and userland drivers. This network intelligently routes data across multiple physical transports including Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE), LAN, Apple Wireless Direct Link (AWDL), WiFi Direct, and TCP/IP radios.

This role requires both deep technical expertise in wireless networking, and proven people leadership capabilities. You'll report to the Director of Engineering and work closely with our SDK, Data Sync, and Public Sector teams to deliver the reliability and performance our enterprise customers depend on.

As a Software Engineering Manager, you will:

• Lead and develop your team: Manage, mentor, and grow 8-10 software engineers working on complex networking challenges. Conduct regular 1:1s, performance reviews, and career development conversations. Build a culture of technical excellence where software engineers do their best work.

• Own the technical vision: Drive the technical roadmap and architecture for our mesh network. Make critical decisions around protocol design, transport selection, performance optimization, and reliability improvements. Balance innovation with the operational stability required for enterprise and public sector customers.

• Deliver results through your team: Implement biweekly sprint processes and drive execution against team OKRs. Ensure your team ships reliable, high-performance networking capabilities that meet customer SLAs and business objectives.

• Collaborate cross-functionally: Partner with Product to translate customer needs into technical requirements. Work closely with SDK teams to support a wide array of operating systems and target platforms. Collaborate with Public Sector teams to develop bleeding edge networking capabilities.

• Maintain operational excellence: Participate in incident response for networking-related issues. Drive post-mortem processes and continuous improvement initiatives. Ensure comprehensive monitoring, observability, and documentation of networking systems to users can self-help, and Ditto can support customers from afar.

• Thrive in a fast paced environment with high impact: Partner with customers, Product, engineering leadership, and adjacent engineering teams to define and ship industry defining mesh networking capabilities at a fast pace with innovative customers and public sector partners.

What You'll Need

• Software Engineering leadership experience: 7+ years of software engineering experience with at least 2+ years managing software engineering teams. Proven track record of hiring, developing, and retaining strong technical talent.

• Deep networking expertise: Strong technical foundation in networking protocols, routing and packet handling, RF and wireless networking, or related domains. Ability to dive deep into complex technical problems and guide your team through difficult architectural decisions.

• Systems thinking: Experience building low-level infrastructure or systems software. Understanding of performance optimization, failure modes, and reliability engineering principles.

• Delivery focus: Track record of shipping complex technical projects with measurable business impact. Experience implementing agile processes and driving teams toward concrete outcomes.

• Communication skills: Ability to explain complex technical concepts to diverse audiences including software engineers, product managers, and customers. Comfortable presenting technical strategy to leadership. Particularly strong written communication and a bias towards clear written communication.

• Comfort with ambiguity: Experience working in fast-paced environments where requirements evolve and you need to balance competing priorities.

Nice to Haves

• Experience with mesh networking, peer-to-peer protocols, or multi-transport network architectures

• Familiarity with mobile platforms (iOS, Android) and platform-specific networking capabilities (AWDL, WiFi Direct)

• Experience with Bluetooth, specifically modern BLE 5.0+ protocols

• Background in embedded systems, IoT, edge computing, or offline-first architectures

• Experience with Rust, C++ other systems programming languages

• Track record implementing SLIs, SLOs, and reliability frameworks

• Experience with chaos engineering, fault injection testing, or formal verification methods

• Understanding of constraints in edge networking: battery constraints, radio interference, NAT traversal, etc.

• Experience with public sector and defense networking, including typical field hardware such as MPU5, Harris Radios, Trellisware, and associated waveforms.

The Benefits of Building with Us

We offer competitive salaries and meaningful equity. We believe everyone on the team should have a stake in what we’re building. Benefits vary by region to make sure you're covered in the ways that matter most. In the US, that includes health, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance, plus a 401(k) and flexible spending accounts. In the UK, we offer private healthcare through Vitality, a pension plan, and region-specific coverage. For our team members elsewhere in the world, we work with our global employer platform to offer equitable benefits and coverage.

Regardless of where you live, everyone at Ditto can utilize flexible time off. And while we work remotely, our Atlanta and San Francisco offices are open if you ever want a place to work or meet up with teammates.

Apply Anyway

At Ditto, we know game-changers don’t always come wrapped in a “perfect” resume. Years of experience? Every single bullet point checked? Meh. That’s not what drives us.

What does matter?

• Grit.

• Curiosity.

• Adaptability.

• And a genuine spark for what we’re building.

So if you’re fired up about our mission but not sure you tick every box - hit that apply button anyway. Use your application to show us how you’ll make an impact here.

We’re always on the lookout for exceptional humans who want to grow, stretch, and build something meaningful with us.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Ditto is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. We do not discriminate in hiring or any employment decision based on race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), marital status, ancestry, physical or mental disability, genetic information, veteran status, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. Ditto is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in our job application procedures. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, please let us know.