Remote Head of External Attack Engineering

Horizon3.ai; 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.ai 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 across public-facing infrastructure, SaaS platforms, and enterprise software.

The role blends offensive security, engineering, and product leadership, translating field insights into roadmap input, and delivering

Qualifications

• 5+ years leading offensive security or attack engineering teams.
• Experience managing teams of 6–10 engineers and scaling organizations.
• Ability to balance hands-on depth with strategic leadership.

Responsibilities

• Lead and grow External Attack team and set technical direction.
• Partner with Product and Design to translate field insights into roadmap.
• Oversee customer engagements and articulate exploitability and risk.
• Ensure production-safe, high-signal capabilities reflecting attacker tradecraft.

Skills

Leadership

External Attack Surface

Technical Fluency

Product & Customer Orientation

Cross-Functional Collaboration

Tools

Python

APIs

Cloud automation

Terraform

CloudFormation

Git workflows

Job description

Horizon3.ai 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 across public-facing infrastructure, SaaS platforms, and enterprise software.

The role blends offensive security, engineering, and product leadership, translating field insights into roadmap input, and delivering