Director of Engineering

Summary

Join Keeper Security as a Director of Engineering and help shape the future of our engineering organization. This remote position offers a hybrid schedule option for candidates in El Dorado Hills, CA. You will serve as a senior engineering partner to the CTO, accelerating technical initiatives, shaping architecture, and delivering mission-critical solutions. This role involves hands-on engineering leadership, designing and writing high-performance code, building prototypes, driving architectural reviews, and identifying solutions for bottlenecks. You will also lead strategic R&D workstreams, represent the team in executive meetings, evaluate technologies, collaborate with engineering teams, and mentor other engineers. Keeper Security is a fast-growing cybersecurity company trusted by millions, offering a unique opportunity for an exceptional technologist.

Requirements

• 10+ years of professional software engineering experience with expertise in building secure, scalable, and resilient systems
• Deep hands-on coding ability across multiple languages (e.g., Java, C++, Python, React, or similar) and environments (cloud-native, backend services, distributed systems)
• Strong architectural experience with system design, API strategy, infrastructure, and security
• Proven track record of technical leadership in complex, high-scale environments (e.g., infrastructure, security, platform, dev tools)
• Strong experience with AWS cloud services and modern CI/CD workflows
• Bachelor's or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field—or equivalent hands-on experience
• Outstanding communication and leadership skills with the ability to influence and align teams at all levels of the organization
• Comfortable operating in a fast-paced, evolving environment with a high degree of autonomy and responsibility

Responsibilities

• Serve as a hands-on engineering leader embedded in the Office of the CTO, supporting high-impact technical initiatives across the company
• Design, architect, and write high-performance, scalable code across systems—from backend infrastructure to security layers and integration workflows
• Build and deliver technical proofs of concept, prototypes, and reference implementations for strategic projects
• Drive architectural reviews and influence design decisions across engineering domains
• Identify, triage, and lead solutions for bottlenecks in reliability, performance, observability, and security
• Lead strategic R&D workstreams including platform modernization, automation tooling, DevSecOps pipelines, and secure development practices
• Serve as a technical representative in executive meetings, engineering leadership syncs, and board briefings
• Evaluate and recommend technologies, vendors, or tools to improve platform scalability, developer velocity, or system security
• Collaborate with engineering teams to ensure alignment on long-term technical strategy, roadmap planning, and cross-functional deliverables
• Provide mentorship and guidance to technical leads and senior engineers across the organization
• Participate in post-incident reviews, architectural assessments, and engineering hiring efforts

Preferred Qualifications

Familiarity with secrets management, privileged access management, or cybersecurity architecture

Benefits

• Medical, Dental & Vision (inclusive of domestic partnerships)
• Employer Paid Life Insurance & Employee/Spouse/Child Supplemental life
• Voluntary Short/Long Term Disability Insurance
• 401K (Roth/Traditional)
• A generous PTO plan that celebrates your commitment and seniority (including paid Bereavement/Jury Duty, etc)
• Above market annual bonuses