Horizon3AI
Engineering Manager, Firewall Defense
$225K–$265K
US, Remote · Remote · Manager · Full-time · Posted Oct 29, 2026
About the job
Leads the team that validates and tunes Web Application Firewall defenses, translating offensive security findings into defensive product capabilities.
What you'll do
- Lead, mentor, hire, and grow backend engineers and security practitioners, establishing clear career paths and effective team practices.
- Turn firewall workflows and ambiguous goals into sequenced, deliverable product requirements while managing scope and stakeholder dependencies.
- Establish operational practices for design reviews, releases, on-call, and incident response; stay technically engaged to evaluate designs and unblock the team.
What they ask for
- Familiarity with WAF or application security sufficient to partner with domain experts.
- Proven experience leading highly technical backend or platform engineering teams.
- Track record delivering products by fixed dates with ambiguous requirements and actively managed scope.
- Strong cross-team dependency and stakeholder management, including early written communication of risks and tradeoffs.
Nice to have
- Working familiarity with WAF platforms such as AWS WAF, Cloudflare, F5, Imperva, Akamai, or FortiWeb.
- Familiarity with agentic or LLM-backed systems in production.
Pay
USD $225,000 - $265,000 annually (base salary)
Tools
AWS WAF, Cloudflare, F5, Imperva, Akamai, FortiWeb, Kafka, Pulsar
AI focus
Preferred familiarity with agentic or LLM-backed systems in production, including a realistic understanding of how they fail.
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