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What You Will Own
People & Teams
- Lead and develop four teams (Java, JavaScript/Go, Python, PHP) totalling ~18 engineers
- Build a culture of technical excellence, accountability, and continuous improvement
- Define hiring plans, conduct performance reviews, and drive career development for your reports
- Manage onboarding and ramp-up of new team members, projects, and libraries into the team's scope
Technical Direction
- Set and enforce standards for CVE analysis, vulnerability assessment, patch backporting, and security release processes across all language ecosystems
- Drive consistency in tooling and workflows across teams (CI/CD pipelines, patch delivery, release processes)
- Evaluate and guide AI-assisted automation for backporting and vulnerability discovery
- Serve as the final technical escalation point for complex or cross-team security issues
Delivery & Operations
- Own SLA compliance across all language platforms
- Align team efforts with client expectations and delivery commitments
- Organise and continuously improve development workflows and engineering processes
- Coordinate internal documentation and ensure it reflects the actual state of each project
- Ensure smooth coordination between language teams and OS, Docker, and platform teams
- Manage scope boundaries and overlap with OS and platform teams, particularly around shared dependencies and cross-ecosystem vulnerabilities
Requirements
Must have:
- Strong background in software development across multiple language ecosystems — at least 6 years of hands-on experience
- 3+ years of engineering leadership experience (Team Lead or Engineering Manager) in a product company
- Proven experience with technical delivery and accountability for team outcomes
Nice to have:
- Hands-on experience identifying and analysing vulnerabilities in language-ecosystem applications
- Understanding of the security vulnerability lifecycle (CVE, CVSS, CWE, CSAF/VEX)
- Background in open-source security, supply chain security, or ELS-type products
- Experience integrating AI tooling into research or patching workflows
- Knowledge of Docker, Kubernetes, or cloud-native ecosystems
Benefits
What's in it for you?
- A strong focus on professional development with opportunities for learning and growth:
- Interesting and challenging projects,
- Mentor and other knowledge-exchange programs;
- Fully remote work with flexible working hours, that allows you to schedule your day and work from any location worldwide;
- Paid 24 days of vacation per year, 10 days of national holidays, and unlimited sick leaves to ensure you maintain a healthy work-life balance;
- Compensation for private medical insurance;
- Co-working and gym/sports reimbursement;
- The opportunity to receive a reward for the most innovative idea that the company can patent, fostering a culture of creativity and innovation.
Key Skills
JavaJavaScriptGoPythonPHPCVEVulnerability AssessmentPatchingCI/CDGitLab CIJenkinsMavenGradlenpmPIPDockerKubernetes
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B2 - Upper-Intermediate
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Engineering Management
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