272K–321K USD / year
Director of Engineering, Threat Research
Engineering managerRemote — United States
Published on 2026-11-06
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About this role
Lead engineering strategy, delivery, and organizational health for Horizon3’s Rapid Response and Threat Hunting products. Build a distributed vulnerability research organization with continuous coverage across the US, Europe, and Asia, while ensuring research and customer-facing security capabilities are reliable and safe.
About the company
Horizon3.ai is a technology company specializing in cybersecurity solutions, focusing on automated penetration testing and threat detection for enterprises. They provide a range of services aimed at enhancing security posture and risk management for organizations across various sectors.
The team
Rapid Response and Threat Hunting engineering teams, including vulnerability research sub-teams in Europe and Asia.
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What you'll do
- Set strategy, roadmaps, and measurable outcomes across Rapid Response and Threat Hunting.
- Hire, coach, and develop engineering managers, technical leaders, and vulnerability researchers.
- Build sustainable follow-the-sun research coverage, with clear handoffs and escalation paths.
- Guide automation and AI-assisted research workflows with expert verification and safety controls.
- Lead development of scalable threat-hunting investigation workflows and integrations.
- Establish engineering practices for quality, reliability, observability, and production readiness.
- Coordinate cross-functional initiatives and communicate priorities, risks, and decisions.
What we're looking for
- Experience leading multiple software engineering teams and developing managers and senior technical leaders.
- Track record setting strategy and delivering customer-facing products across a portfolio.
- Experience scaling distributed teams and sustainable 24/7 operations across time zones.
- Strong technical judgment in software architecture, automation, data systems, and production operations.
- Experience taking complex technical capabilities from research or prototype through reliable production delivery.
- Customer-oriented mindset and ability to balance speed, safety, quality, and maintainability.
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
- Experience with a modern programming language and practices such as CI/CD, automated testing, observability, and incident response.
Nice to have
- Practical expertise in vulnerability research, exploitability analysis, threat hunting, incident response, or detection engineering.
- Leadership experience in vulnerability research, exploit development, threat intelligence, or security product engineering.
- Experience with AI/LLM-assisted security workflows and their evaluation and verification.
- Familiarity with SOC workflows, security telemetry, attack techniques, or MITRE ATT&CK.
- Published vulnerability research, advisories, open-source tools, technical publications, or conference talks.
- Experience with cloud environments and large-scale software products.
Benefits
- Stock options
- Flexible vacation policy
- Health, vision, and dental insurance for employees and family
- Generous parental leave
Hiring process
- Not specified