Remote Director of Engineering - OT Cybersecurity Platform

Dragos, Inc.; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity package

Job summary

Dragos, Inc. is seeking a Director of Engineering to lead a multi-team organization building OT cybersecurity products, notably the Dragos Platform.

This role reports to the VP of Engineering and manages 35–50 people across multiple discipline-based communities. You will drive engineering standards, coach managers, and partner with product directors to staff cross-functional teams, while advancing AI-assisted development and responsible use principles.

Qualifications

• 8+ years leading software engineering teams, including 3+ years managing managers.
• Experience leading an engineering organization of 20 or more people across multiple teams.
• Strong technical background with fluency across frontend, data, networking, backend, etc.
• Demonstrated fluency with AI development tooling and adopting it across a team.
• Cybersecurity experience at a product company shipping software to external customers.
• Excellent written and verbal communication across executive updates and technical review.
• Experience supporting agile, cross-functional teams that pair engineering with product management.
• Experience with performance evaluation, promotions, and performance improvement processes.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach, and develop a team of engineering managers, each accountable for a discipline-based engineering community.
• Provide substantive technical guidance to your managers and their teams on software design, architecture, testing, and review.
• Set the standard for AI-assisted engineering and roll out AI tooling with responsible use.
• Own and drive key initiatives across the engineering department with peers on standards, delivery practices, and debt reduction.
• Partner with product directors to staff cross-functional product teams and balance capacity against roadmap.
• Coach tech leads and engineers to deliver reliable, secure, and maintainable software.
• Be accountable for long-term health of services and codebases, including operational readiness.
• Build influential relationships across engineering, product, and the wider business.
• Own technical hiring: shape roles, run interview panels, and raise the bar on onboarding.

Skills

People leadership

Engineering management

AI tooling

Cybersecurity experience

Software architecture

Cross-functional collaboration

Job description

Dragos, Inc. is seeking a Director of Engineering to lead a multi-team organization building OT cybersecurity products, notably the Dragos Platform.

This role reports to the VP of Engineering and manages 35–50 people across multiple discipline-based communities. You will drive engineering standards, coach managers, and partner with product directors to staff cross-functional teams, while advancing AI-assisted development and responsible use principles.