Engineering Director, Automation

Role: Engineering Director, Automation

Drive the evolution and scaling of a large-scale automation and integrations ecosystem that powers modern security and compliance operations. Lead multiple engineering teams responsible for distributed systems, developer platforms, and customer-facing integration services.

Responsibilities

• Lead and scale engineering teams across integrations infrastructure, automation platforms, and forward-deployed engineering initiatives.
• Define and execute long-term engineering strategy aligned with platform capabilities, business growth, and customer success.
• Partner cross-functionally with Product, Design, Go-To-Market, and Engineering to improve developer experiences and streamline integration delivery.
• Ensure operational excellence across reliability, scalability, quality, and delivery execution.
• Build and mentor high-performing orgs, coaching engineering managers and engineers on career growth and performance.
• Oversee distributed systems and automation frameworks, including real-time monitoring and AI-enabled capabilities.
• Promote engineering culture and continuous improvement, including responsible AI adoption.
• Ensure secure engineering practices and protection of company and customer data.

Requirements

• 8+ years of engineering leadership experience in high-growth technology environments; experience leading complex platform/infrastructure teams.
• Proven ability scaling engineering organizations (40+ team members) across multiple functions/teams.
• Strong background in distributed systems, integrations platforms, developer ecosystems, and/or large-scale automation infrastructure.
• Ability to drive execution through engineering managers while maintaining visibility into team health and organizational priorities.
• Experience building long-term technical strategies tied to business outcomes and product innovation.
• Strong communication and stakeholder influence skills; fosters cross-functional collaboration.
• Mentoring and developing engineering talent; inclusive leadership.
• Familiarity with AI-enhanced workflows and responsible AI adoption.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience with customer-facing engineering, partner ecosystems, or developer platforms.

Benefits (Highlights)

• Salary range: $321,000–$378,000 + equity opportunities.
• Medical/dental/vision coverage (most employee-only medical premiums covered).
• 16 weeks paid parental leave.
• Remote-first environment with stipends (workspace, internet, cellphone).
• 401(k) matching with immediate vesting; flexible PTO and company-paid holidays.
• Health/wellness stipend and family planning support programs.