Horizon3AI
Senior Director, Engineering – Proactive Offense
$315K–$370K
US, Remote · Remote · Director · Full-time · Posted Oct 26, 2026
- Experience
- No specific number of years stated.
- Education
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
About the job
Leads the Proactive Offense engineering organization and turns offensive security research into reliable, scalable NodeZero products.
What you'll do
- Set engineering strategy, organization structure, and roadmap across teams responsible for offensive capabilities, exploit development, and attack automation.
- Partner across Product and Engineering to prioritize the portfolio and bring capabilities from proof of concept through production and ongoing operation.
- Improve delivery, product quality, reliability, and cross-team execution while developing engineering leaders.
What they ask for
- Significant experience leading and scaling software engineering organizations delivering SaaS or cybersecurity products, including through managers and senior technical leaders.
- Strong technical judgment in software architecture and offensive security domains, plus experience delivering complex capabilities at scale.
- Experience with distributed systems, cloud software, automation, and large-scale SaaS platforms.
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
Nice to have
- Offensive security certifications such as OSCP, OSEP, OSED, or GPEN.
- Experience mentoring teams on offensive tradecraft or developing proprietary offensive tooling.
Pay
$315,000 - $370,000 annually (base salary)
Tools
Python, Go, C++, C#, CI/CD, AWS, Azure, GCP
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