Senior Director, Engineering

2 Hours ago • 10 Years +

Job Summary

Job Description

As Senior Director, Snyk Open Source Engineering at Snyk, you will drive the product strategy execution for Snyk Open Source. You will lead a world-class engineering team, solve complex technical problems in dependency analysis, security intelligence and remediation, innovate, and deliver results. You will be a technical leader able to explain roadmaps, make trade-offs for the business, and help solve technical issues. You will build long-term strategies, own the product as a business, create and execute organizational strategies for talent, and lead cross-team collaboration to resolve issues. Furthermore, you will build a high-performing team, mentor talent, and serve as a role model.
Must have:
  • 10+ years of experience in technical leadership roles.
  • Experience in an executive/director level role.
  • Proven track record of leading engineering organizations (50-100).
  • Expertise in building developer tools or language ecosystems.
  • Proficiency in software development and system architecture.
  • Proficiency with team tech stack and advanced system design.
  • Familiarity with modern software development methodologies.
  • Excellent leadership and influencing skills.
  • Strong analytical abilities and data-driven metrics.
  • Exceptional communication skills to diverse audiences.
  • Demonstrated ability to mentor emerging technical talent.
Good to have:
  • Ability to plan ahead and visualize bigger picture.
  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering or related field; advanced degree preferred.
Perks:
  • Flexible working hours, work-from home allowances, and in-office perks.
  • Time off for learning and self development.
  • Generous vacation and wellness time off, country-specific holidays.
  • 100% paid parental leave for all caregivers.
  • Health benefits, employee assistance plans, and annual wellness allowance.
  • Country-specific life insurance, disability benefits, and retirement/pension programs.
  • Mobile phone and education allowances.

Job Details

Every day, the world gets more digital thanks to tens of millions of developers building the future faster than ever. But with exponential growth comes exponential risk, as outnumbered security teams struggle to secure mountains of code. This is where Snyk (pronounced “sneak”) comes in. Snyk is a developer security platform that makes it easy for development teams to find, prioritize, and fix security vulnerabilities in code, dependencies, containers, and cloud infrastructure — and do it all right from the start. Snyk is on a mission to make the world a more secure place by empowering developers to develop fast and stay secure.

 

 

Joining Snyk means embracing our core values: One Team, Care Deeply, Customer Centric, and Forward Thinking. As a member of our team, you’ll have the opportunity to thrive in a dynamic environment where fostering collaboration, leading with empathy, driving business impact, and inspiring trust are at the heart of everything we do.

Our Opportunity

As Senior Director, Snyk Open Source Engineering at Snyk you will drive execution of the product strategy for Snyk Open Source, our >$100m ARR Software Composition Analysis product. You will build and run a world-class engineering team which solves technically challenging problems in dependency analysis, security intelligence and remediation, leading the team to innovate strongly, deliver predictably, and delight Snyk’s customers.

You’ll be a technical leader that thrives on the details of building delightful developer tools and high-volume production systems, whilst at the same time being able to lead and grow your team at scale. You’ll be equally happy explaining our roadmap to customers, making trade-offs to deliver the right outcomes for our business, and helping to solve technical issues directly.

You’ll Spend Your Time:

  • Build long term strategy for Snyk Open Source that delivers on business priorities and drive its execution, in collaboration with cross-functional partners and peers.
  • Own the Snyk Open Source product as a business, optimizing for and trading off the competing requirements of innovation, support, cost, reliability and performance to maximize benefit for that business long-term.
  • Create and execute on organizational strategy which proactively identifies requirements for senior talent, and grow or hire to fill gaps as required.
  • Lead cross team collaboration across Snyk to quickly resolve issues and risks, and unblock progress.
  • Establish clear success criteria for direct reports and the group, monitoring and course-correcting as required.
  • Build a high-performing, engaged, world-class team that can deliver on the technical challenge of program analysis in the security domain.
  • Serve as role model, mentor and advisor to Snyk’s most senior engineering talent

What You’ll Need:

  • Minimum of 10 years of experience in technical leadership roles in software engineering.
  • Experience in an executive/director level role
  • Proven track record of successfully leading software engineering organizations of 50-100 in a product context.
  • Expertise in building developer tools, and/or subject matter expertise in software build tools or language ecosystems.
  • Proficiency in software development, system architecture, and operational practices.
  • Proficient with team tech stack and advanced system design.
  • Familiarity with modern software development methodologies and tools.
  • Excellent leadership and influencing skills to collaborate effectively with senior technical and managerial stakeholders.
  • Strong analytical abilities to support technical decisions with data-driven metrics.
  • Exceptional communication skills to articulate complex technical concepts to diverse audiences.
  • Demonstrated ability to mentor and develop emerging technical talent.

We’d be lucky if you have:

  • Ability to plan ahead and visualize the bigger picture and wider team long-term goals. See the broader picture and approach topics with a high-level mindset.
  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field; advanced degree preferred.

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We care deeply about the warm, inclusive environment we’ve created and we value diversity – we welcome applications from those typically underrepresented in tech. If you like the sound of this role but are not totally sure whether you’re the right person, do apply anyway!

 

About Snyk

Snyk is committed to creating an inclusive and engaging environment where our employees can thrive as we rally behind our common mission to make the digital world a safer place. From Snyk employee resource groups, to global benefits that help our employees prioritize their health, wellness, financial security, and a work/life blend, we aim to support our employees along their entire journeys here at Snyk.

Benefits & Programs

Prioritize health, wellness, financial security, and life balance with programs tailored to your location and role.

  • Flexible working hours, work-from home allowances, in-office perks, and time off for learning and self development
  • Generous vacation and wellness time off, country-specific holidays, and 100% paid parental leave for all caregivers
  • Health benefits, employee assistance plans, and annual wellness allowance
  • Country-specific life insurance, disability benefits, and retirement/pension programs, plus mobile phone and education allowances

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