Director of Engineering

HiveWatch•El Segundo, CA

20h•Hybrid

About The Position

HiveWatch is a tech-forward, inclusive organization fostering the evolution of the physical security industry. We are a diverse team of forward thinkers who empower each other to find creative and collaborative solutions in an industry ripe for modernization. We are passionate about the problems we’re solving for our customers and equally passionate about the company we’re building. HiveWatch is here to help security teams pivot from chasing threats to preventing them. We protect organizations, people, and property through the intelligent orchestration of physical security programs. With better communication, more insights, and less “noise”, we are modernizing what it means for businesses and their employees to truly feel safe. The company recently closed a $33M Series B, bringing total funding to over $65 million and is entering "Phase 2: Scale" with multiple Fortune 500 customers secured. As a Director of Engineering, you will be managing a high-performing engineering org consisting of 3-4 squads of engineers covering our product value streams from our HQ in El Segundo, CA. We have team members stretching from El Segundo to LATAM to central Europe. This role will report directly to our VP, Engineering. You will mentor, lead, and grow our team of software and infra engineers while operating effectively in a Series B environment—comfortable with ambiguity, lean process, and rolling up your sleeves into code, design reviews, or incident response when the situation calls for it.

Requirements

Excellent communication skills
Expert hiring manager skills and experience
A well developed people management philosophy for managers and engineers
Experience managing managers and engineers
Experience supporting enterprise customers (Fortune 500 or regulated industries) with high-touch deployments and uptime expectations
Experience leading distributed teams across multiple time zones (e.g., US plus Europe or LATAM)
Has directly owned performance management cycles, including coaching, leveling, and exiting underperformers
10+ years of software engineering experience
5+ years of leadership experience
5+ years production operations experience
Strong debugging skills across distributed systems and microservices architectures

Nice To Haves

experience scaling an engineering org through Series B to C growth
Agile/kanban project management skills
Commitment to understand, communicate and improve the quality of multiple teams
Humble, servant leader

Responsibilities

Drive hiring strategy and close top engineering talent
Motivate and communicate across multiple levels of their department
Have successful peer partnerships with other department leaders in Engineering, and cross-functionally (product, sales, marketing, etc)
Partner closely with Product leadership to translate roadmap into executable engineering plans, including running prioritization and trade-off conversations
Development, measurement, and management of key metrics for team performance