Engineering Manager, Core Product

Prophet Security

About The Position

Prophet Security builds an AI-native security operations platform that accelerates detection, investigation, and response. We help teams move faster without being constrained by alert volume or fragmented tools. As an early team, you’ll work alongside veterans from Abnormal Security, Expel, Mandiant, and McAfee, and help shape what we build as we scale customer outcomes. The Impact You'll Have The Core Product Team at Prophet Security owns the core investigative features and workflows that power our AI SOC agent. This team builds the features that define how security analysts interact with and trust AI-driven investigation, from the initial alert triage through complex multi-stage threat hunting scenarios. As the Engineering Manager for this team, you'll define and own the technical roadmap for Prophet AI's core intelligence capabilities. You will balance rapid customer value delivery with the long-term vision of building the most effective AI security analyst in the industry. Your work will directly define how security teams interact with and trust AI-driven investigation and response.

Requirements

5+ years of experience as an engineering manager, with demonstrated success leading product, full-stack, or AI/ML engineering teams
Strong technical background with hands-on experience building complex software systems, ideally in security, enterprise SaaS, or AI-powered products
Proven track record of building and scaling high-performing engineering teams, including hiring, developing, and retaining top talent
Deep understanding of modern software development practices including agile methodologies, DevOps practices, and continuous delivery
Excellent communication skills with ability to articulate technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences
Familiarity with AI tooling and enabling a team to effectively follow an AI-native software development lifecycle
Passion for product quality and customer outcomes, with experience balancing speed of delivery with long-term technical excellence

Nice To Haves

Familiarity with LLMs, prompt engineering, or agentic workflows.
Background in cybersecurity
Experience building teams in fast-paced startup environments, particularly in scaling teams starting from the Series A/B stage

Responsibilities

Build and grow a high-performing team of Product engineers. You will be responsible for hiring world-class talent that aligns with our culture and raises the bar
Stay hands-on with our codebase to maintain technical credibility and deep understanding of our systems. You aren’t afraid to roll up your sleeves to fix a bug, add monitoring, or ship a feature when needed.
Provide coaching and mentorship through regular 1:1s, creating clear career development paths and growth opportunities for each team member
Manage team performance by setting clear expectations, providing continuous feedback, and conducting performance reviews that help engineers grow
Champion operational excellence by establishing SLOs, incident response processes, and continuous improvement practices