Director of Engineering (Data Platform)
Core
Lead the Data Platform organization to ingest, process, store, and analyze petabytes of security telemetry to power analytics, detections, machine learning, and next-generation AI capabilities for AI-driven threat detection.
Role type
Director of Engineering (Data Platform)
Builds
The foundational data platform powering Vectra AI's threat detection and response systems
Domain
Cybersecurity / AI / Data Engineering
Deliverable
production ML models | infrastructure
Required skills
Organizational leadership, team building and mentoring, architectural fluency, system design, cross-functional alignment, executive communication, strategic planning
Preferred skills
Experience scaling distributed engineering teams, deep technical credibility in data platforms
Technologies
None explicitly listed
Responsibilities
Build, grow, and mentor high-performing engineering teams across multiple geographies; Develop engineering managers and senior technical leaders through coaching and sponsorship; Align priorities and investment decisions with Product, Security Research, AI, Infrastructure, and Customer teams; Communicate platform strategy, progress, risks, and trade-offs clearly to executive leadership; Partner with customer-facing teams to understand evolving data requirements and scaling challenges
Seniority
Director, organizational leadership with hands-on technical credibility