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# Director of Engineering at HYPR

- **Company:** HYPR
- **Location:** New York, NY
- **Posted:** 2026-09-21
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-10-17
- **Apply:** https://www.hypr.com/open-positions?gh_jid=8825653002

## Job description

HYPR, the Identity Assurance Company, helps organizations create trust in the identity lifecycle.  We are a community of bold thinkers and energetic doers who imagined a brand new approach to identity security and, at the same time, are eliminating a pervasive and persistent 60-year old problem – the password. Since being founded in 2014, the company has grown to be the premium provider of authentication security to marquee brands around the globe and are quickly becoming the recognized leader in Identity Assurance. We are looking for exceptional people with the ambition and the will to positively change the world. If that sounds like you, join us on our mission to create a passwordless world and secure the identity lifecycle.

## Your Role and Impact

The Director of Engineering is responsible for the technical execution, software quality, and engineering excellence of the HYPR platform. Reporting to the CTO, this leader oversees the end-to-end build lifecycle, ensuring that product investments are translated into secure, scalable, maintainable, and high-quality software releases.

This role owns the engineering disciplines responsible for architecture, software development, AI-enabled engineering practices, quality engineering, test automation, platform services, APIs, SDKs, developer tooling, integrations, technical debt management, and defect resolution. The Director of Engineering establishes the standards, processes, and culture that enable engineering teams to consistently deliver reliable, production-ready software at scale.

A core mandate of the role is transforming HYPR into an AI-first engineering organization, leveraging modern development capabilities to improve engineering productivity, code quality, release predictability, and developer effectiveness while maintaining the highest standards of security, quality, and craftsmanship.

Success in this role is measured by the quality of software released, engineering velocity, defect reduction, technical health, release predictability, developer effectiveness, and the organization's ability to consistently deliver customer value without compromising long-term platform sustainability.

This hybrid role is based out of HYPR's New York City headquarters located conveniently in midtown Manhattan.

## Key Responsibilities

Engineering Leadership & Talent Development

- Lead and develop a high-performing engineering organization through effective hiring, coaching, succession planning, and skills development.
- Foster and measure a culture of accountability, technical excellence, innovation, and continuous improvement.

Technical Strategy & Architecture

- Define and govern the technical architecture, engineering standards, and development practices that ensure scalable, secure, and maintainable software.
- Guide key technology decisions and balance near-term delivery needs with long-term platform sustainability.

AI-First Engineering Transformation

- Drive HYPR's adoption of AI-enabled software development practices to improve engineering productivity, quality, speed, and effectiveness.
- Maintain and enhance governance, standards, and best practices for integrating AI across the software development lifecycle.

Software Delivery Excellence

- Oversee successful execution of the AI software development lifecycle, ensuring teams deliver high-quality solutions aligned to product objectives and technical standards.
- Drive continuous improvement in engineering effectiveness, predictability, and delivery performance.

Quality Engineering & Release Readiness

- Establish engineering ownership of quality through automation-first testing, rigorous validation practices, and defined release quality standards.
- Ensure all releases meet expectations for functionality, security, performance, and maintainability prior to deployment.

APIs, SDKs & Platform Development

- Oversee development of HYPR platform services, APIs, SDKs, and product-owned integrations, ensuring consistency, quality, scalability, and developer usability.

Developer Productivity & Engineering Enablement

- Drive improvements through modern tooling, automation, development environments, and engineering best practices.
- Enable teams to operate efficiently while maintaining high standards of quality and craftsmanship.

Technical Health & Continuous Improvement

- Own the overall technical health of the platform, including technical debt management, defect reduction, code quality, and long-term maintainability.
- Establish metrics and accountability for engineering quality, productivity, and operational effectiveness.

Cross-Functional Partnership

- Partner closely with Product Management, Corporate Security, Platform Operations, Presales Engineering, and Customer Success leaders to align priorities, resolve trade-offs, and deliver customer value through high-quality software releases.

## Qualifications for the Role

- 10+ years of software engineering experience, including leadership of engineering managers and software development teams.
- Proven track record building and scaling high-performing engineering organizations within SaaS, enterprise software, cybersecurity, identity, or authentication platforms.
- Strong technical background in software architecture, cloud-native applications, AWS-based architectures, APIs, SDKs, and modern AI-enabled software delivery practices.
- Experience leading end-to-end software development organizations, including architecture, development, quality engineering, test automation, and release management.
- Demonstrated success improving software quality, release predictability, engineering productivity, and overall technical health.
- Experience establishing engineering governance, quality frameworks, technical standards, and scalable software development practices across multiple teams.
- Excellent written communication, decision-making, and functional leadership capabilities along with strong collaborator, providing clear direction with/to management and effective execution direction within the engineering teams/leads.
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical discipline, or equivalent practical experience.

The Benefits of Working with HYPR

- Competitive Salary & Equity offer with significant upside as we scale
- Great Medical/Dental/Vision coverage, as well as FSA/HSA, 401k available and more
- Generous equipment budget and customized workstation. You will have what you need to be successful
- Long-term stability within a high-growth sector within identity access automation
- A mission driven culture. At HYPR you will never be spinning your wheels on tasks that won't make an impact. Everything we develop is cutting edge and vital to the success and security of our clients

Note:

This position is hybrid - at least 2-3 days a week at our NYC office.

H1B/Visa support is not currently available for this specific position.

OTE (on-target earnings): $220,000 - $275,000 (USD)

On-target earnings (OTE) is the total compensation an employee can expect to earn if they meet their performance targets. It's a projected salary that includes an employee's base salary plus their variable pay.

Our salary ranges are based on paying competitively for our size and industry, and are one part of our total compensation package that also includes meaningful equity, benefits, and other opportunities at HYPR. Individual pay decisions are based on a number of factors, including qualifications for the role, experience level, skillset, and balancing internal equity relative to other HYPRions. We expect the majority of the candidates who are offered roles at HYPR to fall healthily throughout the range based on these factors.

As the premium provider of identity assurance, HYPR is committed to preventing identity fraud by safely and accurately verifying the identities of our employees. Accordingly, all new employees are required to participate in an automated identity verification process, which includes document verification, location detection, and facial recognition, on their first day of employment with the Company.  To learn more about this identity verification process, please contact peopleops@hypr.com.

HYPR is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and will not discriminate against an applicant or employee based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or any other applicable legally protected characteristic under federal, state or local law.

Applicants with disabilities may be entitled to reasonable accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act and certain state and/or local laws.  A reasonable accommodation is a change in the way things are normally done which will ensure an equal employment opportunity without imposing undue hardship on HYPR. Please inform peopleops@hypr.com if you need assistance completing HYPR’s application process.

## About HYPR

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: HYPR is the Identity Assurance Company, providing a unified platform for passwordless authentication, adaptive risk mitigation, and automated identity verification to secure the full identity lifecycle.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Venture-backed)
- **Headquarters**: New York, New York, United States (with key offices in Holmdel, New Jersey, and Belgrade, Serbia)
- **Founded**: 2014
- **Founders**: Bojan Simic (CEO) and Roman Kadinsky (President & COO)

## Core Business
- **Primary industry/industries**: Computer and Network Security, specifically Identity Security and Passwordless Authentication.
- **Target customers**: B2B; large enterprises in highly regulated sectors, including two of the four largest US banks, leading manufacturers, and critical infrastructure companies.
- **Mission or purpose statement**: To create trust in the identity lifecycle by helping organizations secure identities from onboarding to goodbye, eliminating the password and preventing identity-related risks.

## Products & Services
- **[HYPR Identity Assurance Platform](https://www.hypr.com/)**: An end-to-end, unified platform that combines three core capabilities:
    - **Passwordless Authentication**: FIDO2-certified, phishing-resistant authentication for workforce and customer logins.
    - **Adaptive Risk Mitigation**: Real-time risk assessment and policy enforcement to prevent identity threats.
    - **Automated Identity Verification**: Streamlined identity proofing for onboarding new hires and customers.
- **[Employee Onboarding](https://www.hypr.com/)**: A solution specifically designed for HR teams to automate candidate and new hire identity screening and verification.
- **[Account Recovery](https://www.hypr.com/)**: A self-service, automated account recovery solution that eliminates password reset calls and helpdesk tickets.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly disclosed.
- **Key Metric**: Total funding of **$134.6M** across 8 rounds. Annual revenue is estimated at **$8.3M** [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/hyprcorp).
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Key investors include Silver Lake Waterman (led a $30M venture round in June 2024), Comcast Ventures (led Series B), and RRE Ventures (led Series A). The platform integrates with major Identity Providers (IdPs) and security tools.
- **Growth Signals**: 
    - Supports **55M+ users** globally [hypr.com](https://www.hypr.com/).
    - Validated **324% ROI** in a Forrester TEI study [hypr.com](https://www.hypr.com/).
    - Trusted by **2 of the top 4 US banks** [hypr.com](https://www.hypr.com/).
    - Recognized in KuppingerCole’s latest Leadership Compass report for passwordless authentication solutions [hypr.com](https://www.hypr.com/company).
    - Employs **82 people** with a +0.9% YoY headcount growth [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/hyprcorp).

## Competitive Advantages
- **Comprehensive Platform**: Unifies three critical identity security functions (authentication, risk mitigation, and verification) into one platform, reducing vendor complexity.
- **Phishing-Resistant & FIDO2 Certified**: Provides the highest level of authentication security, protecting against credential theft and phishing attacks.
- **Enterprise Proven**: Successfully deployed in some of the most demanding and complex enterprise environments, including major financial institutions.
- **Strong ROI**: A third-party validated 324% ROI provides a clear business case for adoption.

## Strategic Focus
- **Identity Assurance**: Expanding beyond just passwordless authentication to cover the entire identity lifecycle, including verification and risk mitigation.
- **AI Agent Security**: The company's tagline mentions securing "every AI agent," indicating a focus on securing non-human identities in the age of AI [hypr.com](https://www.hypr.com/).
- **Market Expansion**: Continuing to grow its customer base within highly regulated industries like banking, manufacturing, and critical infrastructure.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: The company culture is built on three core traits: **Grit** (solving hard problems), **Empathy** (understanding user challenges), and **Humility** (learning and taking ownership). Employees describe the environment as innovative, collaborative, and empowering [hypr.com](https://www.hypr.com/company/careers).
- **Remote/Hybrid Policy**: HYPR is a **remote-friendly** company with team members across the US, Serbia, Mexico, France, Poland, Slovakia, and more. Key offices are in New York, NY; Holmdel, NJ; and Belgrade, Serbia [hypr.com](https://www.hypr.com/company).
- **Benefits**: Includes flexible work arrangements, flexible PTO, a home office stipend, medical/dental/vision insurance, EAP, 401K, paid parental leave, and wellness days. The company also offers skill-building coaching, training, and team-building events [hypr.com](https://www.hypr.com/company/careers).
- **Employee Satisfaction**: Holds a high employer rating of **4.8/5.0** (from 51 reviews on LinkedIn), with strong scores in Work-Life (4.6), Compensation (4.5), Culture (4.6), and Career (4.5) [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/hyprcorp).

## Sources
1. [HYPR Company Page](https://www.hypr.com/company)
2. [HYPR Careers Page](https://www.hypr.com/company/careers)
3. [HYPR Open Positions](https://www.hypr.com/company/careers/open-positions)
4. [HYPR Main Website](https://www.hypr.com/)
5. [HYPR LinkedIn Profile](https://www.linkedin.com/company/hyprcorp)

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