Director of Software Engineering

OPSWAT is a global leader in critical infrastructure cybersecurity that helps protect the world’s mission-critical organizations from malware and zero-day attacks. To minimize the risk of compromise, OPSWAT Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) solutions enable both public and private organizations to implement processes that ensure the secure transfer of files and devices to and from critical networks. In total, 98% of U.S. nuclear power facilities and more than 1,500 organizations worldwide spanning Financial Services, Defense, Manufacturing, Energy, Aerospace, Transportation Systems trust OPSWAT to secure their files and devices; ensure compliance with industry and government-driven policies and regulations, and to protect their reputations, finances, employees and relationships from cyber-driven disruption. For more information, visit www.opswat.com and follow @opswat on social media.   

The Position: 

We are looking for a skilled manager, to join our vulnerability and patch management team and contribute to the success of OPSWAT’s leading endpoint security development platform. This position is aimed at an individual with prior experience working in the endpoint vulnerability and patch management field, with a proven track record of implementing best-practice agile development methodology. 

In this highly focused, fast-paced role, you will manage multiple remote engineering teams, partner with business development, sales, and customer success to build and expand OPSWAT’s endpoint vulnerability and patch management business.  

What You Will Be Doing 

• Partner with Product Management team to develop, lead and execute new product features 
• Review PRDs and provide feedback and guidance to the Engineering team 
• Decide the feasibility of implementations, by driving proof of concept projects 
• Work with the Engineering team to provide estimates for new product features 
• Review and improve existing engineering processes 
• Drive innovation and steer the product to a leading market position 
• Mentor, coach and provide career path opportunities to team members 
• Partner with Business Development in pre-sales tasks and offer technical guidance to prospects from evaluation to integration 
• Partner with the Customer Success team to understand the customer needs and wants  

What We Need From You 

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, or related major 
• Prior experience in vulnerability and patch management 
• Solid programming skills (C++ is a plus) 
• Very good English communication skills and experience leading teams 
• Passion for building leading technology 
• Experience working with remote teams 
• Strong organizational and time management skills 
• Experience implementing software engineering industry best practices 

It Would Be Nice If You Had 

• Experience developing cross-platform software applications 
• Experience developing cloud applications 
• Experience with scripting languages (Python, Ruby) 
• Experience developing enterprise applications 
• Experience implementing SDLC