# Director, Engineering - Identity

**Company:** [Huntress](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/huntress)
**Location:** Remote
**Role:** Engineering Management
**Salary:** $240k – $300k/yr
**Experience:** 10+ years
**Skills:** Saas Product Development, Engineering Leadership, Ai Coding Tools, Claude Code, On-Premise Software Agents, Scalable Solutions, Hypothesis-Driven Development, Shape Up, Scrum, Kanban, Hiring And Team Building, Coaching Managers, Performance Management, Architecture Collaboration, Product Management Collaboration
**Posted:** 2026-06-09

> Lead engineering teams building Identity Threat Detection and Response (ITDR) and Identity Security Posture Management (ISPM) products. Drive technical roadmap, scale SaaS solutions, hire/coach managers, and leverage AI tooling in a fully remote environment.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities

- Deliver performant, scalable products iteratively, helping teams balance incremental customer value delivery with long-term product evolution
- Drive the technical roadmap and best practices for Identity solutions to scale for rapid growth and increased user demand
- Innovate new uses for AI development tooling and tune current use to be more efficient over time
- Scale current ITDR product while building a new team and features for ISPM
- Attract, recruit, and retain top engineering talent
- Hire and coach engineering managers to build and enable great teams
- Set clear expectations with leaders and ICs, provide regular feedback, and conduct regular performance conversations to foster a high-performing engineering team
- Identify opportunities and implement improvements to both the product and engineering practices and processes to optimize efficiency, quality, and time-to-market
- Collaborate with Architecture, Product Management, and Threat Operations teams to integrate their expertise and needs into products

## Requirements

- 10+ years of experience in engineering leadership, building SaaS products in a modern SaaS environment
- 5+ years of experience at the director level or higher
- Experience with Claude Code or similar AI coding tools
- Experience and knowledge of best practices for scalable delivery of on-premise software agents
- Experience developing, evolving, and maintaining high-volume, scalable solutions
- Deep understanding of organizing engineering teams to deliver customer value iteratively and experience with various approaches such as hypothesis-driven development, Shape Up, Scrum, and Kanban
- Skilled at hiring, building teams, leading, and coaching managers, and performance management
- Demonstrated success working with architecture and product management leaders to develop and execute a shared product and technical vision
- Experience in a fully remote environment

## Nice-to-Haves / Benefits

- 100% remote work environment
- Generous paid time off policy, including vacation, sick time, and paid holidays
- 12 weeks of paid parental leave
- Highly competitive and comprehensive medical, dental, and vision benefits plans
- 401(k) with a 5% contribution regardless of employee contribution
- Life and Disability insurance plans
- Stock options for all full-time employees
- One-time $500 reimbursement for building/upgrading home office
- Annual allowance for education and professional development assistance
- $75 USD/month digital reimbursement
- Access to the BetterUp platform for coaching, personal, and professional growth

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