Director of Engineering, Threat Research
Core
Lead engineering teams for NodeZero Rapid Response and Threat Hunting products to enable autonomous pentests and investigate attack paths.
Role type
Director of Engineering (People & Portfolio Leadership)
Builds
Autonomous pentesting platform (NodeZero) and threat investigation workflows
Domain
Cybersecurity / SaaS
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
Engineering organization leadership, distributed team scaling, vulnerability research strategy, threat hunting productization, cross-functional partnership, technical architecture judgment, production operations, stakeholder management
Preferred skills
Cybersecurity domain expertise, AI-assisted research workflows, follow-the-sun operational model design
Technologies
NodeZero platform, security telemetry, automation frameworks
Responsibilities
Define engineering strategy and roadmap for Rapid Response and Threat Hunting; build leadership structure and develop managers/ICs; establish 24/7 vulnerability research coverage across regions; partner with Product to translate security needs into scalable workflows; ensure production safety and quality of autonomous pentesting capabilities.
Seniority
Director, hands-on IC with people leadership
