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Director of Engineering Platform

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You will lead multiple platform engineering teams that build the foundation for security products. You will guide scalable, iterative product delivery; set the technical roadmap and engineering practices; and improve quality, efficiency, throughput, and time to market. You will hire and coach engineering managers, develop high-performing engineers, set expectations, provide feedback, and manage performance. You will work closely with engineering, architecture, product management, and threat operations leaders to align technology with customer needs.

Responsibilities

  • Deliver performant, scalable products iteratively while balancing customer value with long-term product evolution
  • Drive the technical roadmap and best practices for the product platform
  • Innovate and optimize the use of AI development tooling
  • Attract, recruit, and retain engineering talent
  • Hire and coach engineering managers
  • Set expectations, provide feedback, and conduct performance conversations
  • Measure engineering performance and improve team structure and processes
  • Improve product and engineering practices to optimize efficiency, quality, and time to market
  • Partner with engineering, product, and architecture leaders to align teams and technology with customer needs
  • Collaborate with architecture, product management, and threat operations to incorporate their expertise into products

Requirements

  • 10+ years of engineering leadership experience building SaaS products in a modern SaaS environment
  • 5+ years of director-level or higher experience
  • Hands-on experience with Claude Code or similar AI development tools
  • Knowledge of scalable delivery, core platform systems, site reliability engineering, and developer experience best practices
  • Experience developing, evolving, and maintaining high-volume scalable solutions
  • Understanding of organizing engineering teams for iterative customer-value delivery
  • Experience hiring, building teams, leading and coaching managers, and managing performance
  • Success partnering with architecture and product management leaders on a shared product and technical vision
  • Experience working in a fully remote environment

Benefits

  • Remote work environment
  • Paid time off, including vacation, sick time, and paid holidays
  • 12 weeks of paid parental leave
  • Medical, dental, and vision plans
  • 401(k) with a 5% employer contribution
  • Life and disability insurance
  • Stock options
  • One-time $500 home-office reimbursement
  • $75 USD monthly digital reimbursement
  • Access to the BetterUp coaching platform

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