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Director, Engineering - Identity

240k – 300kUnited StatesRemote10+ YOE
Summary

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.

About the role

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
Skills
SaaS product developmentEngineering leadershipAI coding toolsClaude CodeOn-premise software agentsScalable solutionsHypothesis-driven developmentShape UpScrumKanbanHiring and team buildingCoaching managersPerformance managementArchitecture collaborationProduct management collaboration
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