[Hiring] Director, Engineering @Dragos

Role Description

Dragos is looking for an experienced Director of Engineering to lead a multi-team engineering organization building and sustaining our OT cybersecurity products, most notably the Dragos Platform. This role reports to the VP of Engineering, leads a minimum of four engineering managers, and is accountable for an overall organization of 35 to 50 people.

• Own a set of discipline-based engineering communities, such as frontend, backend, data, AI, etc.
• Lead, coach, and develop a team of engineering managers, each accountable for a discipline-based engineering community.
• Provide substantive technical guidance to your managers and their teams on software design and architecture, code quality practices, testing strategy, and review discipline.
• Set the standard for AI-assisted engineering.
• Own and drive key initiatives across the engineering department.
• Partner closely with product directors to staff and support cross-functional product teams.
• Coach the tech leads and engineers in your organization.
• Be accountable for the long-term health of the services and codebases your organization owns.
• Build influential working relationships across engineering, product, and the wider business.
• Own technical hiring for your organization.

Qualifications

• 8+ years leading software engineering teams, including 3+ years managing managers.
• Experience leading an engineering organization of 20 or more people across multiple teams.
• Strong technical background as a practicing software engineer and working fluency across both frontend and backend architecture.
• Demonstrated fluency with AI development tooling.
• Cybersecurity experience at a product company shipping commercial software to external customers.
• Excellent written and verbal communication.
• Experience supporting agile, cross-functional teams that pair engineering with product management.
• Experience with performance evaluation, promotion recommendations, and performance improvement processes.

Requirements

• Nice to have: Experience with OT or ICS environments, threat detection, or asset visibility products.
• Nice to have: Experience integrating engineering teams following an acquisition.

Benefits

• Salary: $260,000
• Competitive Equity Package
• Comprehensive Benefits Plan

Company Description

At Dragos, the mission is personal. The systems we protect deliver the water you drink, power your home, and keep the hospitals your community depends on running. We are the global leader in xOT cybersecurity, combining technology, threat intelligence, and expert services. Here, you will find a remote-first mission-driven team built on authenticity, transparency, and trust.