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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Head of Engineering (Director to VP level) - **Company:** SecurityScorecard - **Location:** Austin, TX, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $260,000.0 - $340,000.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Agile Methodology, Artificial Intelligence, Computing Platforms, Big Data, Continuous Integration, Corona (Software Development Kit), Information Engineering, DevOps, Distributed Systems, Node.Js, Software Engineering, TypeScript, Software Organization, ReactJS, Apache Spark, Information Technology - **Published:** July 17, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.dice.com/job-detail/c3f9956b-ab57-4a0a-8a5a-7a02950d68ae ## About the Role * Education: Bachelor's or Master's degree (or equivalent experience) in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field. * Experience: At least 10-12 years of experience in software engineering, with a minimum of 5 years in a senior leadership role managing other managers across large, distributed teams. * B2B SaaS: Proven experience in a B2B SaaS environment is required. * Startup Experience: Experience at a startup or high-growth technology company in a leadership capacity is required. This does not need to be the most recent role, but the candidate must have lived the startup environment - ideally while managing a team. * Team Scale: Proven experience managing engineering organizations of 25+ people in a manager-of-managers capacity (minimum 3 direct-report managers / squads). * Platform Migration: Demonstrated experience leading or owning large-scale platform or product migrations (V1-to-V2, legacy-to-modern transitions). * AI & Agentic Development: Hands-on experience with AI-assisted and agentic development practices. Production experience is preferred, but side projects and personal experimentation are welcomed. The candidate must have a personal, lived understanding of the technology they'll be guiding others to adopt. * Technical Skills: Credible engineering background with experience in modern software development practices (Agile, DevOps, CI/CD) and familiarity with distributed systems and large-scale data architectures. Ability to earn the respect of senior engineers through technical depth. * Communication: Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English, with the ability to clearly articulate complex technical concepts to diverse audiences including executive leadership. * Problem-Solving: Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with a focus on delivering practical, high-quality solutions at pace. Nice-to-Haves * Security Knowledge: Familiarity with cybersecurity principles and practices is a strong plus. * Tech Stack: Familiarity with TypeScript, Node.js, or React (product engineering stack) and/or Scala and Spark (data engineering stack) is a plus but not required. ## Description The Product Engineering organization is responsible for building, maintaining, and improving the end-user experiences that comprise our software platform. These experiences are full-stack solutions built atop a complex and robust data platform supporting key security workflows for both third-party risk management and security self-assessment use cases. The team also owns data engineering - actively modernizing our infrastructure to service both the current platform and the next generation of SecurityScorecard products., We're looking for a Head of Engineering (Director to VP level) to lead several squads within our Product Engineering organization. This is a high-visibility role at the center of SecurityScorecard's most important bets: sustaining and growing the product suite that drives our core business, migrating those products onto our next-generation Titan platform, and leading your org through an AI-first engineering transformation. The right candidate is a credible, hands-on leader who moves fast without cutting corners - and who's genuinely excited to help define what modern software development looks like in the age of agentic AI., * Leadership & Strategy: Lead, mentor, and inspire a team of engineering managers and software engineers across a globally distributed organization (40-50 engineers spanning multiple time zones from EMEA to US West Coast). Develop and execute the strategic vision for Product Engineering in alignment with company goals - balancing investment in existing products, platform migration, and new product development. * Product Ownership: Own the health and performance of SecurityScorecard's existing product suite, ensuring customers are well-served while the organization simultaneously builds for the future. * Platform Migration: Drive the migration of existing products onto the Titan platform, managing the complexity and risk of large-scale V1-to-V2 transitions while maintaining operational stability and customer satisfaction. * New Product Development: Partner with Product and Design to build new features and products on the Titan platform, balancing sustain and build priorities across engineering squads. * Data Engineering: Oversee data engineering, including modernization of our Scala/Spark-based infrastructure to support both current and next-generation platform needs. * AI Transformation: Champion SecurityScorecard's journey toward agentic, AI-assisted engineering. Guide the organization through practical AI adoption - balancing bold ambition with the discipline needed to maintain quality and operational predictability. Bring personal, hands-on experience to this leadership role. * Technical Excellence: Drive adoption of engineering best practices, architecture standards, and a culture of continuous improvement. Define and track meaningful engineering metrics and KPIs. * Collaboration: Work closely with Product Management, Design, and other stakeholders to define requirements and roadmaps. Foster seamless communication across a globally distributed team. * Talent Management: Recruit, develop, and retain top engineering talent. Provide coaching, feedback, and career development support across a manager-of-managers organization. * Budget Management: Manage the product engineering budget, including resource allocation and project expenses. 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