Vulncheck

Vulncheck

Director of Engineering - US

Boston, MA · Director · Full-time

Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 10 hours ago
PythonJavaGoDistributed SystemsAWSCloud PlatformsData EngineeringLLMsCybersecurityIncident ResponsePerformance ManagementMedical DevicesResearchLeadershipCommunicationCollaborationMentoring

About the role

  • We're primarily looking for candidates in Greater Boston (MA), Greater Austin (TX), or Maryland.

Responsibilities

  • Drive architecture and technical strategy for core platform systems, APIs, and data pipelines
  • Stay hands-on with code - contributing to design, reviews, and critical implementations
  • Lead technical design discussions and establish engineering best practices across the team
  • Own system performance, reliability, and observability improvements
  • Hire, manage, and develop a high-performing engineering team
  • Conduct performance reviews and develop growth plans in partnership with HR and leadership
  • Help build an inclusive environment where diverse perspectives are valued
  • Partner with Product and Data teams to define scope, timelines, and tradeoffs

Requirements

  • 8+ years of experience in software engineering, with at least 3 years in an engineering leadership role (tech lead, manager, or director)
  • Deep experience with data pipelines, APIs, or high-volume data processing

Nice to have

  • Familiarity with CVE, NVD, KEV, or exploit intelligence datasets
  • Background in high-growth startup environments
  • Experience with streaming systems or real-time data processing

Compensation

  • 401k plan with 100% match on first 3%, then 50% of the next 3-5% of compensation

Benefits

  • Comprehensive healthcare coverage
  • Generous paid parental leave
  • Expense reimbursement for Cell Phone & Internet
  • Ongoing professional development, coaching, and learning resources
  • Opportunities for career advancement within a fast-growing team
  • VulnCheck offers benefits designed to meet a wide range of needs and lifestyles:
  • Benefits and Perks
  • We have a sense of duty to protect the critical infrastructure we rely on - including medical devices, power grids, and telecommunication networks.

Company info

  • Full-Time, Remote
  • About VulnCheck
  • Exploitation prevention is only as strong as the intelligence driving those efforts, and most of the industry is still running on intelligence that lacks exploit context.
  • VulnCheck, The Exploit Intelligence Company, delivers structured exploit intelligence on what is actively weaponized in the wild, purpose-built for the data lakes, ETL pipelines, automation, and AI and LLM workflows your infrastructure already runs on, raising the capability of everything it powers.

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