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# Director of Engineering at HiddenLayer

- **Company:** HiddenLayer
- **Location:** Remote
- **Work type:** remote
- **Posted:** 2026-08-06
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-10
- **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/hiddenlayer/jobs/5205918007

## Job description

Director of Engineering

Remote [within the US]

## ABOUT THE ROLE:

The Engineering Director is responsible for leading large-scale engineering initiatives across multiple teams, ensuring that the engineering function aligns with the company’s overall business strategy. This role requires a strong blend of technical expertise, leadership ability, and strategic thinking. The Engineering Director oversees complex projects, manages senior engineering talent, and drives innovation to ensure that the company's technical solutions are industry-leading. In this role you will also play a key part in working with senior leadership to shape the company’s long-term technical vision while guiding the organization through an agentic AI transition.

Your work will directly impact the security posture of organizations protecting their most valuable AI assets, from financial institutions and healthcare systems to government agencies and Fortune 500 enterprises.

## WHO WE ARE:

HiddenLayer protects the world’s most valuable technologies from adversarial AI attacks. We were founded by AI professionals and security specialists with first-hand experience of how insidious adversarial AI attacks can be to detect and defend against. Determined to prove that these attacks were preventable, the team developed a unique, patent-pending, productized solution to support organizations in accelerating their adoption of AI securely.

Our dedication to innovation has been recognized by prestigious awards such as RSA's Innovation Sandbox Winner, CB Insights AI 100, CyberTech 100, and SC's Most Promising Early-Stage Start-up.

## WHAT YOU’LL DO:

- Engineering Leadership & Oversight: Oversee the performance and output of multiple engineering teams, ensuring that projects are executed effectively and align with company goals. Provide guidance and mentorship to engineering managers and senior technical staff.
- Strategic Planning & Vision: Collaborate with the VP of Engineering and other senior leaders to develop the engineering strategy and roadmap. Shepherd our systems and processes through our ongoing agentic transformation.
- Project Management & Execution: Manage large-scale, complex engineering projects, ensuring they are delivered on time, within scope, and with high quality. Oversee project prioritization, resource allocation, and risk management.
- Technical Innovation & Excellence: Drive innovation in technology and processes with a focus on agentic loop engineering, ensuring that the company remains competitive and up-to-date with the latest developments in software and system architecture. Foster a culture of continuous improvement and technical excellence.
- Cross-Departmental Collaboration: Partner with product management, design, operations, and other departments to ensure cohesive execution of business strategies. Act as the engineering liaison with other business units, ensuring that technical solutions meet business needs.
- Team Development & Mentorship: Build, scale, and develop engineering talent. Provide mentorship to engineering directors and other senior technical staff, ensuring they grow in leadership and technical expertise.
- Performance Metrics & Reporting: Establish and track key performance indicators (KPIs) for engineering teams. Regularly report on progress, performance, and issues to senior leadership.
- Process Optimization: Continuously evaluate and optimize engineering workflows, development processes, and tools to increase efficiency and productivity. Implement best practices in agile development, software quality assurance, and deployment pipelines.
- Risk Management & Problem Solving: Identify potential technical risks and work proactively to mitigate them. Provide solutions for complex technical challenges and ensure that engineering projects stay on course.

## WHO YOU ARE:

- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field; Master’s degree preferred.
- 10+ years of experience in software engineering or related technical roles, with 5+ years in leadership positions, preferably at the director or senior manager level.
- Proven track record of leading multiple engineering teams and delivering complex, high-impact projects.
- Strong technical background with deep knowledge of software development, systems architecture, and cloud technologies.
- Excellent leadership, communication, and strategic thinking skills, with the ability to align technical efforts with business objectives.
- Experience with agile methodologies, continuous integration, and modern DevOps practices.
- Strong problem-solving and analytical skills, with the ability to manage and resolve complex technical challenges.
- Ability to collaborate with executive leadership and non-technical stakeholders to drive business results.

WHY HIDDENLAYER?

We just raised $100M in Series B funding led by Delta-v Capital, with backing from Morgan Stanley, Microsoft's venture arm, Booz Allen Hamilton, and others. It's a validation of what we've built: 10x revenue growth, 50+ new enterprise customers, and deployments across defense, finance, and the world's largest AI platforms. This funding goes straight into expanding our platform and GTM capabilities, and into growing our team globally.

Attracting and retaining the very best people is our #1 priority. That’s why we offer our team best-in-class benefits, including:

- Fully Remote: We are a completely remote global team. Though we’re distributed, we are intentional about getting the team together a couple of times a year. We offer a generous stipend for your home office setup, annual upgrades to ensure you have a comfortable workspace and a monthly stipend for internet/phone expenses.
- Comprehensive Health & Wellness Benefits: Better than your average startup healthcare benefits. With five options to choose from, of which are fully subsidized by HiddenLayer, we offer a variety of options to fit each person’s needs. We also offer vision, dental, and 401k offerings.
- Flexible Time Off: Enjoy unlimited and flexible time off for all salaried employees, in addition to 15 paid company holidays.
- Commitment to Learning and Development: We support personal growth and education through a dedicated L&D fund that can be used for training, conferences, certifications and industry events.
- Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: We are committed to building a diverse team with individuals from various backgrounds, experiences, abilities, and perspectives, and we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer.

To learn more about HiddenLayer visit[HiddenLayer](http://www.hiddenlayer.com/) and follow us on[LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/hiddenlayersec/) or[Twitter](https://twitter.com/hiddenlayersec).

HiddenLayer  is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, color, religion, national origin, age, marital status, political affiliation, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, disability or protected veteran status. We are committed to providing a workplace free of any discrimination or harassment.

## About HiddenLayer

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: HiddenLayer provides a comprehensive AI security platform to protect machine learning models, algorithms, and data from adversarial threats across the entire AI lifecycle.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Venture Capital-Backed, Series A)
- **Headquarters**: Austin, Texas, United States
- **Founded**: 2022
- **Founders**: Chris Sestito (CEO & Co-Founder), Tanner Burns (Co-Founder & Chief Scientist), Christopher “Tito” Sestito (Co-Founder & CIO)

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: Cybersecurity, Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning
- **Target customers**: B2B – enterprise and government organizations deploying agentic, generative, and predictive AI
- **Mission or purpose statement**: “Securing the future of AI” – enabling safe, responsible, and scalable AI deployment by defending against AI-specific threats.

## Products & Services
- **HiddenLayer AI Security Platform**: An integrated suite of modules that discover, protect, simulate attacks on, and monitor AI assets.
  - **AI Discovery**: Identifies and inventories all AI applications, models, and assets in an environment.
  - **AI Supply Chain Security**: Analyzes risks and protects AI models and assets during development and deployment.
  - **AI Attack Simulation**: Continually identifies threats and validates defenses for agentic and generative AI applications.
  - **AI Runtime Security**: A firewall that monitors, detects, and responds in real time to adversarial threats on deployed AI.
- **Pre-built integrations** into CI/CD, MLOps, Data Pipelines, and SIEM/SOAR.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly disclosed (latest funding: Series A of $50M in September 2023)
- **Key Metric**: Total funding raised – $55.8M (as of PitchBook, including a seed round and a $100K accelerator investment in 2022)
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: 10 investors (names not provided in search results); validated by Gartner, RSAC, and leading industry analysts
- **Growth Signals**: 167 employees; 50+ issued patents; “rapidly growing” team as stated on careers page; partnership with world-leading enterprises and governments

## Competitive Advantages
- **Research‑First Moat**: Founded by security researchers who discovered the first-ever AI-specific malware; ongoing vulnerability disclosure (CVEs, frameworks, methodologies) drives product innovation.
- **Patented Technology**: Over 50 issued patents covering adversarial attack detection, model output steering, and privacy attack detection.
- **Platform Depth**: Single platform covering discovery, supply chain security, attack simulation, and runtime protection – not just a point solution.
- **Industry Validation**: Recognized by Gartner, RSAC, and industry analysts for leadership in AI security.

## Strategic Focus
- **Current priorities**: Deepening protection for agentic and generative AI, expanding enterprise and government adoption, and maintaining leadership in adversarial AI research.
- **Growth direction**: Scaling the platform across the full AI lifecycle, broadening integrations, and hiring rapidly across engineering, research, and sales/marketing.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture & Values**: “Research First,” “Collaboration with Purpose,” “Relentless Curiosity,” “Integrity in Innovation” – a mission‑driven environment at the intersection of innovation and defense.
- **Remote‑First**: Distributed team with flexible, remote‑first structure; twice‑yearly in‑person company offsites to build trust and tackle big challenges.
- **Benefits**: 100% company‑paid medical, dental, and vision; 8–12 weeks fully paid parental leave; flexible time off; work‑life flexibility.
- **Engineering & Research Focus**: Roles in Engineering, Research, and Sales & Marketing – opportunities to work on cutting‑edge AI security threats and contribute to the open security community.

## Sources
1. [hiddenlayer.com](https://www.hiddenlayer.com/)
2. [hiddenlayer.com/careers](https://www.hiddenlayer.com/careers)
3. [hiddenlayer.com/about-us](https://www.hiddenlayer.com/about-us)
4. [pitchbook.com](https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/501766-93)
5. [hiddenlayer.com/insight/life-at-hiddenlayer](https://www.hiddenlayer.com/insight/life-at-hiddenlayer-where-bold-thinkers-secure-the-future-of-ai)

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