Director of Engineering, Webapp & AI Attack

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Get to Know Us

Horizon3 is a fast-growing, remote cybersecurity company dedicated to the mission of enabling organizations to proactively find and fix and verify exploitable attack vectors before criminals exploit them. Our flagship product, the NodeZeroTM platform, delivers production-safe autonomous pentests and other key assessment operations that scale across the largest internal, external, cloud, and hybrid cloud environments. NodeZero has been adopted by organizations of all sizes, from small educational institutions to government agencies and Global 100 enterprises. It is used by ITOps/SecOps teams, consulting pentesters, and MSSPs and MSPs.

We are a fusion of former U.S. Special Operations cyber operators, startup engineers, and formerly frustrated cybersecurity practitioners. We're committed to helping solve our common security problems: ineffective security tools, false positives resulting in alert fatigue, blind spots, "checkbox” security culture, cybersecurity skills shortage, and the long lead time and expense of hiring outside consultants. Collectively, we are a team of learn it alls, committed to a culture of respect, collaboration, ownership, and results.

WHAT YOU’LL DO

As Director of Engineering for Webapp and AI Attack, you’ll set direction and lead the teams that turn Webapp and AI related offensive security expertise into dependable, customer-facing NodeZero capabilities. You’ll own the strategy, execution, and organizational health of this portfolio, partnering with engineering managers, technical leaders, Product, Platform, and customer-facing teams.

You’ll guide capabilities from discovery and research through productization and ongoing operation. That includes improving how NodeZero maps and tests modern web applications, and building responsible, repeatable ways to assess AI-enabled and agentic systems. This is a people and portfolio leadership role: you’ll maintain enough technical depth to shape decisions and raise the quality bar while enabling teams and technical leaders to own implementation.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

ORGANIZATION LEADERSHIP & STRATEGY

• Lead and develop the Webapp and AI Attack engineering teams, setting clear ownership, goals, and expectations across the portfolio.
• Define a coherent strategy and roadmap that connect customer needs, product priorities, offensive research, and durable engineering investments.
• Build an effective leadership structure as the organization grows; hire, coach, and develop engineering managers, technical leaders, and senior individual contributors.
• Set operating mechanisms that make outcomes, progress, capacity, quality, dependencies, and risks visible without adding unnecessary process.
• Own the health and performance of the organization, including talent planning, career development, timely feedback, accountability, and succession planning.
• Foster an inclusive, psychologically safe environment where teams can raise risks, learn from fa

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models depending on role and location, including our Chicago office, where some roles require regular in-office presence.

• Competitive Compensation: We offer competitive salary, equity and benefits. Our benefits include health, vision & dental insurance for you and your family, a flexible vacation policy, and generous parental leave.

You Belong Here

Horizon3 is not just an equal opportunity employer - we are a community that values diversity, equity, and inclusion as fundamental principles of our culture and success. We are dedicated to fostering a workplace where everyone feels welcome and respected, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, hair length or any other legally protected status by law.

Our commitment to diversity and inclusion means we strive to attract, develop, and retain a workforce that reflects the varied communities we serve. We believe that diverse perspectives drive innovation and strengthen our ability to create cutting-edge cybersecurity solutions. At Horizon3, every team member is valued and supported in an environment that encourages personal and professional growth.

We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and experiences, and we encourage all qualified individuals to apply. Come be a part of Horizon3, where your unique contributions are recognized, and your potential is limitless.

Other Duties

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