At Dragos, the mission is personal. The systems we protect deliver the water you drink, power your home, and keep the hospitals your community depends on running. Those critical infrastructure systems that power our civilization around the world are under attack every day by adversaries. When those systems fail, people are immediately at risk. We are the global leader in xOT cybersecurity, combining technology, threat intelligence, and expert services. The people here chose this work because they understand what is at stake. Here, you will find a remote-first mission-driven team across North America, Europe, the Middle East, and APAC built on authenticity, transparency, and trust. If safeguarding the systems that protect your family, friends, and community is the kind of work that matters to you, you are in the right place.
About the Role:
Dragos is seeking an experienced Backend Software Engineering Manager with a background in building and leading teams who develop microservice architectures, data processing pipelines, and extensible platform components. Backend Engineering is a critical dependency across the Dragos platform. As such, this role requires deep technical knowledge, excellent leadership skills, and strong business acumen. This person will manage the team responsible for developing and sustaining the backend components of the Dragos Platform. Focus areas include streaming data ingest, streaming detection processing, baseline learning, asset reconciliation, core platform APIs, and platform coordination across sensor/analytic deployments.
Responsibilities:
- Leadership and health of the Backend Engineering skill community
- Mentor Engineering team members, especially their growth in technical expertise and career goals
- Champion the vision and execution of the backend components of the Dragos Platform
- Foster a strong technical community by developing close relationships amongst Engineering Leaders
- Heavy collaboration with tech leads and Product Managers on product teams
- Provide technical input/insight during software design, development, testing, and release
- Ensure support for fielded production deployments
Qualifications:
- 7+ years of experience leading and building technical teams
- 5+ years of experience developing and/or leading teams developing software applications with microservice architectures
- Demonstrated hands-on experience as a software engineer, with strong fundamentals in backend system design, distributed systems, and production-grade development. Experience with Rust is strongly preferred, along with the ability to learn, adopt, and advocate for modern systems-level languages and architectures
- Leadership experience within agile cross-functional teams
- Familiarity with Apache Flink, RabbitMQ, or Hashicorp Vault
- Comfortable stepping in when needed for occasional development, triage, or troubleshooting support
- Experience working in cybersecurity, OT, or ICS environments is preferred
Compensation:
- Salary: $220,000
- Competitive Equity Package
- Comprehensive Benefits Plan
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Dragos is an Equal Opportunity Employer and considers applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, orientation, national origin, age, disability, genetics, or any other basis forbidden under federal, state, or local laws. All new hires must pass a background check as a condition of employment.
Skills Required
- 7+ years of experience leading and building technical teams
- 5+ years developing or leading teams building software with microservice architectures
- Hands-on experience as a software engineer with backend system design, distributed systems, and production-grade development
- Experience with Rust
- Leadership experience within agile cross-functional teams
- Familiarity with Apache Flink, RabbitMQ, or Hashicorp Vault
- Comfortable stepping in for occasional development, triage, or troubleshooting support
- Experience working in cybersecurity, OT, or ICS environments
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Fair & Transparent Compensation — Compensation is presented with upfront disclosure in job postings, including salary, the assigned value of benefits, and equity. Materials also describe level-based ranges and a pay philosophy benchmarked toward the top end of the market across locations.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Paid time off is portrayed as generous, with reports of an unlimited PTO policy alongside paid holidays and other leave types. Feedback suggests flexibility helps employees use time off in practice.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Benefits lineups commonly include medical, dental, and vision coverage plus HSAs/FSAs, mental-health support, and an EAP. This breadth indicates a rounded approach to wellness beyond core insurance.
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At Dragos, every role advances a mission that matters. Surrounded by people with deep expertise, you’re trusted to own your work, grow your impact and your craft, while safeguarding civilization. Dragos delivers xOT cybersecurity for industrial and critical infrastructure, backed by a decade of frontline incident response experience. The Dragos Platform provides asset visibility, continuous monitoring, vulnerability management, and real-time threat detection, all powered by industry-leading intelligence. Dragos protects OT environments globally, including electric, oil & gas, manufacturing, water, and transportation.
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