Senior Engineering Manager, Threat Intelligence Platform

Jobtailor; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor is seeking an experienced engineering leader to drive architectural direction and operational excellence for our threat intelligence platform. You will oversee scalable services, data pipelines, and high‑performing teams to deliver reliable, world‑class security products.

You will mentor engineers, coordinate with product managers and researchers, and translate complex threat data into automated experiences for customers while balancing speed and quality in a high‑growth environment.

Qualifications

• Experience with AI-assisted development and agentic AI workflows.
• Background building high-performance APIs or platforms for threat intelligence, security operations, or large-scale data analytics.
• 8+ years of software development, focus on Go, JavaScript, or distributed systems.
• Led engineering teams for 8+ years, directing architecture and operational excellence of large-scale security platforms.
• Proven ability to manage technical debt and mentor engineers in a fast-growth environment.
• Understanding of the Cyber Kill Chain and automation of IOC ingestion and distribution.
• Experience with edge computing (e.g., Workers) and SQL-at-the-edge (D1/SQLite).
• Strong planning and execution skills to deliver reliable security features.

Responsibilities

• Architectural direction and operational excellence of services owned by your team.
• Develop threat data into intuitive automated customer experiences with PMs and researchers.
• Work in a fast-paced environment at the intersection of software engineering and security research.
• Deliver scalable distributed systems and lead teams through building world-class, reliable products.

Skills

AI-assisted development

Agentic AI workflows

Go programming

JavaScript

Distributed systems

Team leadership

Mentorship

Technical debt management

Cyber Kill Chain

Threat intelligence

Edge computing

Data pipelines design

Tools

Workers (edge computing)

D1/SQLite

Threat Intel APIs

Automated mitigation systems

Job description

Jobtailor is seeking an experienced engineering leader to drive architectural direction and operational excellence for our threat intelligence platform. You will oversee scalable services, data pipelines, and high‑performing teams to deliver reliable, world‑class security products.

You will mentor engineers, coordinate with product managers and researchers, and translate complex threat data into automated experiences for customers while balancing speed and quality in a high‑growth environment.