Senior Engineering Director
Senior Engineering Director
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About SecurityScorecard:
SecurityScorecard is the global leader in cybersecurity ratings with over 12 million companies continuously rated operating in 64 countries. Founded in 2013 by security and risk experts Dr. Alex Yampolskiy and Sam Kassoumeh and funded by worldclass investors SecurityScorecards patented rating technology is used by over 25000 organizations for selfmonitoring thirdparty risk management board reporting and cyber insurance underwriting; making all organizations more resilient by allowing them to easily find and fix cybersecurity risks across their digital footprint.
Headquartered in New York City our culture has been recognized by Inc Magazine as a Best Workplace by Crains NY as a Best Places to Work in NYC and as one of the 10 hottest SaaS startups in New York for two years in a row. Most recently SecurityScorecard was named to Fast Companys annual list of the Worlds Most Innovative Companies for 2023 and to the Achievers 50 Most Engaged Workplaces in 2023 award recognizing forwardthinking employers for their unwavering commitment to employee engagement. SecurityScorecard is proud to be funded by worldclass investors including Silver Lake Waterman Moodys Sequoia Capital GV and Riverwood Capital.
About the Team:
The Product Engineering organization is responsible for building maintaining and improving the enduser experiences that comprise our software platform. These experiences are fullstack solutions built atop a complex and robust data platform in order to support key security workflows for both thirdparty risk management and security selfassessment personas.
About the Role:
We are seeking an experienced and visionary Senior Director of Engineering to lead our Product Engineering team. The ideal candidate will have a deep technical background strong leadership skills and a proven track record of delivering highquality software products. This role is crucial in driving the strategic direction and of our product engineering efforts ensuring alignment with business objectives and customer needs.
Responsibilities:
- Leadership and Strategy: Lead mentor and inspire a team of engineering managers and software engineers. Develop and execute the strategic vision for product engineering in alignment with company goals.
- Product Development: Oversee the endtoend product development lifecycle from concept to delivery. Ensure that products are designed built and delivered with high quality scalability and reliability.
- Collaboration: Work closely with Product Management Design and other stakeholders to define product requirements and roadmaps. Foster a collaborative environment to ensure seamless communication and coordination across teams.
- Technical Excellence: Drive the adoption of best practices in software development architecture and processes. Promote a culture of continuous improvement and technical excellence within the team.
- Innovation: Encourage innovation and experimentation within the team to explore new technologies and approaches. Stay abreast of industry trends and emerging technologies to ensure our products remain competitive.
- Operational Efficiency: Optimize engineering processes and workflows to enhance productivity and efficiency. Implement metrics and KPIs to track performance and drive improvements.
- Talent Management: Recruit develop and retain top engineering talent. Provide ongoing feedback coaching and support to foster professional growth and career advancement.
- Budget Management: Manage the product engineering budget including resource allocation and project expenses. Ensure financial accountability and optimize resource utilization.
Qualifications:
- Education: Bachelors or Masters degree (or equivalent experience) in Computer Science Engineering or a related field.
- Experience: At least 12 years of experience in software engineering with a minimum of 5 years in a leadership role managing other managers in large distributed teams.
- Technical Skills:
- Extensive experience with modern software development practices (e.g. Agile DevOps) and proficiency with TypeScript JavaScript React Scala and Spark.
- Strong familiarity with distributed systems and largescale data architectures.
- Leadership:
- Proven ability to lead and inspire highperforming engineering teams.
- Demonstrated success in driving largescale software projects from concept to delivery.
- Communication: Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English with the ability to effectively communicate complex technical concepts to diverse audiences.
- ProblemSolving: Strong analytical and problemsolving skills with a focus on delivering innovative and practical solutions.
- Security Knowledge: Familiarity with cybersecurity principles and practices is highly desirable.
Benefits:
Specific to each country we offer a competitive salary stock options Health benefits and unlimited PTO parental leave tuition reimbursements and much more!
The estimated total compensation range for this position is $(base plus bonus). Actual compensation for the position is based on a variety of factors including but not limited to affordability skills qualifications and experience and may vary from the range. In addition to base salary employees may also be eligible for annual performancebased incentive compensation awards and equity among other company benefits.
SecurityScorecard is committed to Equal Employment Opportunity and embraces diversity. We believe that our team is strengthened through hiring and retaining employees with diverse backgrounds skill sets ideas and perspectives. We make hiring decisions based on merit and do not discriminate based on race color religion national origin sex or gender (including pregnancy) gender identity or expression (including transgender status) sexual orientation age marital veteran disability status or any other protected category in accordance with applicable law.
We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories in accordance with applicable law. We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities in our job application procedures. If you need assistance or accommodation due to a disability please contact
Any information you submit to SecurityScorecard as part of your application will be processed in accordance with the Companys privacy policy and applicable law.
SecurityScorecard does not accept unsolicited resumes from employment agencies. Please note that we do not provide immigration sponsorship for this position. #LIDNI
Required Experience:
Director
Employment Type
Full Time
