Director of Engineering, Endpoint Detection and Response

About Huntress

Huntress is a fully remote, global team of passionate experts and ethical badasses on a mission to break down the barriers to cybersecurity. Founded in 2015 by former NSA cyber operators, Huntress protects all businesses—not just the 1%—with enterprise-grade, fully owned, and managed cybersecurity products at an affordable SaaS price. Their unique One Team advantage integrates technology with their industry-defining Security Operations Center (SOC) in mind and is never separated from their service. Currently, Huntress protects over 4 million endpoints and 7 million identities worldwide, empowering under-resourced IT teams with robust protection against evolving cyber threats.

The Opportunity: Director of Engineering, Endpoint Detection and Response

Huntress is seeking an experienced leader to elevate their Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) teams and deliver purpose-built products for businesses of all sizes. In this pivotal role, you will be responsible for leading teams that develop Huntress's flagship EDR product, which is fundamental to defeating hackers and defending the 99%. This position calls for a passionate, inclusive engineering leader who can implement state-of-the-art engineering practices and bring deep experience in developing both teams and individuals to accelerate Huntress's next phase of growth. The EDR product is cutting-edge, and they need an exceptional leader to drive its continuous improvement.

At Huntress, collaboration is key. They foster an environment with low barriers between disciplines, believing that great ideas can emerge from anywhere and the best products result from teams that deeply understand customer needs, experiment rigorously, and validate their solutions effectively.

Key Responsibilities

• Deliver performant, scalable products iteratively, balancing incremental customer value with long-term product evolution.
• Drive the technical roadmap and best practices for EDR solutions to ensure scalability for rapid growth and increased user demand.
• Attract, recruit, and retain top engineering talent, building a strong and capable team.
• Hire and coach engineering managers to foster and enable high-performing teams.
• Set clear expectations, provide regular feedback, and conduct performance conversations for ICs and leaders to cultivate a high-performing engineering culture.
• Identify and implement improvements in both product development and engineering practices to optimize efficiency, quality, and time-to-market.
• Partner effectively with other engineering leaders, product leaders, and architects to ensure team and technology alignment and deliver significant customer value.
• Collaborate closely with Huntress’s Architecture, Product Management, and Threat Operations teams to integrate their expertise and needs into product development.

What You Bring

• 10+ years of experience in engineering leadership, specifically building SaaS products within a modern SaaS environment.
• 3+ years of experience at the Director level or higher.
• Demonstrated experience and knowledge of best practices for scalable delivery of on-premise software agents.
• Proven ability to develop, evolve, and maintain high-volume, scalable solutions.
• Deep understanding of organizing engineering teams for iterative customer value delivery, with experience in various methodologies such as hypothesis-driven development, Shape Up, Scrum, and Kanban.
• Skilled in hiring, team building, leading, coaching managers, and performance management.
• Demonstrated success collaborating with architecture and product management leaders to develop and execute a shared product and technical vision.
• Experience thriving in a fully remote work environment.
• *Helpful but not required:* Experience working with high-volume data ingest platforms.

What Huntress Offers

• 100% remote work environment, a core part of their identity since 2015.
• Generous paid time off policy, including vacation, sick time, and paid holidays.
• 12 weeks of paid parental leave.
• Highly competitive and comprehensive medical, dental, and vision benefits plans.
• 401(k) with a 5% company contribution, regardless of employee contribution.
• Life and Disability insurance plans.
• Stock options for all full-time employees.
• One-time $500 reimbursement for building/upgrading home office.
• Annual allowance for education and professional development assistance.
• $75 USD/month digital reimbursement.
• Access to the BetterUp platform for coaching, personal, and professional growth.

Key Skills/Competency

• Engineering Leadership
• Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR)
• SaaS Product Development
• Scalable Systems
• Team Management
• Technical Roadmap
• Agile Methodologies (Scrum, Kanban)
• Cybersecurity
• Remote Team Leadership
• Product Management Collaboration