Director of Engineering, Security Risk Management - Remote

Overview

We are seeking an exceptional Engineering Lead to drive the evolution of GitLab's Security Risk Management (SRM) stage into a world-class platform for vulnerability analysis and remediation at enterprise scale.

In Short

• Design distributed systems architecture for processing vulnerability data.
• Drive storage system decisions for multi-petabyte security datasets.
• Architect scalable analysis pipelines for vulnerability feeds.
• Champion high-performance systems thinking throughout the team.
• Mentor and develop senior engineers in distributed systems design.
• Own the end-to-end user journey for AppSec professionals and developers.
• Evaluate and integrate cutting-edge technologies for security solutions.
• Lead incident response for customer-facing security systems.
• Collaborate with Product Management and UX for user experience.
• Drive architectural decision records for major technical decisions.

Requirements

• 10+ years of software engineering experience.
• Deep expertise in high-throughput, low-latency distributed systems.
• Experience with polyglot persistence strategies.
• Strong background in stream processing frameworks.
• Hands-on experience with container orchestration.
• Security domain knowledge in vulnerability assessment.
• Proven track record of leading high-performing engineering teams.
• Strong technical communication skills.
• Experience with A/B testing frameworks.
• Startup or high-growth company experience.

Benefits

• Flexible Paid Time Off.
• Equity Compensation & Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
• Growth and Development Fund.
• Parental leave.
• Home office support.