Engineering Manager (Rapid Response)

Role Overview

Engineering Manager (Rapid Response) at Horizon3 (Full remote). Lead and scale a team of Attack Engineers focused on vulnerability research and exploit development, setting technical direction, priorities, and delivery strategy.

Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor, and grow a team of Attack Engineers specializing in vulnerability research, reverse engineering, and exploit development
• Own the delivery strategy for vulnerability research, including patch-diffing and rapid N-Day weaponization
• Drive hiring and organizational scaling as the Vulnerability Research team expands
• Oversee end-to-end exploit methodology development
• Balance hands-on technical depth with strategic leadership

Requirements

• 3+ years of software development experience
• 2–3+ years of direct people management experience
• 5+ years leading offensive security / vulnerability research / red team activities
• Strong communication and technical writing skills (including explaining complex exploits to technical and non-technical audiences)
• Deep expertise in vulnerability research, reverse engineering, and exploit development
• Strong understanding of network protocols and virtualization/containerization concepts relevant to exploitation
• Experience evaluating technical designs and ensuring production-safe quality
• Familiarity with secure software development practices, Git, and effective team workflows
• Background in production software engineering, ideally Python
• Experience with database systems such as PostgreSQL or Neo4j
• Familiarity with vulnerability disclosure processes (e.g., published CVEs) or bug bounty programs
• Experience with reverse engineering tools such as IDA or Ghidra
• Knowledge of common exploitation techniques (e.g., SQL injection, path traversal, buffer overflows)

Nice to Have

• Additional languages: C/C++, Rust, Assembly
• Containerization: Docker, Kubernetes
• Cloud experience (e.g., AWS)
• Security certifications (e.g., OSCP or equivalent)