Director of External Attack Engineering

Horizon3; United States; Hybrid; USD 235,000 - 280,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Inclusive Team

Growth Opportunities

Innovative Culture

Hybrid & Remote Work

Competitive Compensation

Job summary

Horizon3 is seeking an experienced Engineering Manager to lead the External Attack Engineering organization. You will oversee a team responsible for designing, validating, and scaling offensive capabilities within the NodeZero platform targeting the modern external attack surface, including public-facing infrastructure and SaaS platforms.

You will bridge offensive security, engineering, and product, shaping strategy, execution, and customer impact while guiding a team to build production-safe,

Qualifications

• 5+ years leading offensive security or attack engineering teams.
• Experience managing teams of 6–10+ engineers.
• Strong hands-on technical depth with strategic leadership.

Responsibilities

• Lead and grow the External Attack team and define its roadmap.
• Set technical direction, priorities, and quality standards for external offensive capabilities.
• Mentor engineers and scale the External Attack organization.

Skills

Leadership

Attack engineering

Python

Cloud security

Communication

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

Git

MR workflows

Job description

Horizon3 is seeking an experienced Engineering Manager to lead the External Attack Engineering organization. You will oversee a team responsible for designing, validating, and scaling offensive capabilities within the NodeZero platform targeting the modern external attack surface, including public-facing infrastructure and SaaS platforms.

You will bridge offensive security, engineering, and product, shaping strategy, execution, and customer impact while guiding a team to build production-safe,