US Engineering Team Lead Head of Engineering

SSH is a global leader in defensive cybersecurity and a pioneer of secure communications. Our solutions protect access and defend secrets when people applications and systems communicate.

We are hiring a US Engineering Team Lead / Head of Engineering to build lead and scale our US engineering function.

About the role

This role is intentionally designed with flexibility in level. Depending on your experience and leadership depth the position may be offered at either Engineering Team Lead or Head of Engineering level. Scope seniority and compensation will be aligned accordingly.

You will be a hands-on technical leader with a strong consultative and customer-facing mindset. You will guide the design implementation and delivery of secure scalable solutions while acting as a trusted technical authority for customers and internal teams.

You will work closely with Product Sales Customer Success Marketing and with R&D and Engineering teams in Finland ensuring strong alignment between customer needs field learnings and product development.

What youll do

• Lead the US engineering team with a hands-on architecture-first approach and provide technical direction

• Act as the primary technical escalation point for complex customer and field issues

• Support pre-sales activities including technical discovery solution design and proofs of concept

• Serve as a trusted technical advisor to customers deploying secure identity and access management solutions

• Build strong structured collaboration between US engineering and Finland-based R&D and engineering teams

• Define and improve processes for cross-time-zone communication documentation and handoffs

• Ensure customer requirements field learnings and escalation insights are clearly fed back into Product and Engineering

• Promote best practices around security reliability and operational excellence

• Foster a culture of ownership accountability and continuous improvement

Additional scope at Head of Engineering level:

• Own the long-term technical and organizational strategy for US Engineering

• Scale the team including hiring structure and performance management

• Drive cross-regional execution and alignment across engineering functions

What were looking for

• Bachelors or Masters degree in Computer Science Information Systems Computer Engineering or a related field

• 10 years of experience in Linux/Unix operations systems engineering or security-focused infrastructure roles

• 3 years of experience leading engineering teams with a hands-on technical leadership approach

• Strong background in identity and access management authentication authorization or related security domains

• Experience working with cloud platforms such as AWS Azure and GCP

• Deep expertise in Unix/Linux services and protocols (TCP/IP SSH SFTP DNS LDAP firewalls)

• Proven architectural and design skills for complex security-sensitive environments

• Proficiency in scripting languages such as Shell Python Go or Perl

• Experience with configuration management and automation tools (Ansible Puppet Chef)

• Familiarity with virtualization and infrastructure platforms (VMware or similar)

• Strong experience working directly with customers in a consultative customer-facing engineering role

• Excellent communication skills and ability to collaborate effectively across time zones

• Comfortable owning technical escalations and operating effectively in high-pressure situations

Compensation

For candidates based in New York the expected compensation range for this role is:

• Base salary: $130000 $190000

• On-target earnings (OTE): $175000 $260000

Final compensation will depend on experience role level (Engineering Team Lead vs. Head of Engineering) scope of responsibility and location.

Work model & travel

This is a remote role within the United States and requires approximately 25% travel for customer engagements internal collaboration and company events.

Interested Apply now to help shape and lead SSHs US engineering function and play a key role in delivering world-class cybersecurity solutions.