Director, Software Engineering
- Dublin
- Permanent
- Full-time
Cyber threats are becoming more sophisticated, frequent, and damaging, challenging organisations to stay ahead of attackers in an increasingly complex digital landscape. Detection and Response is one of the fastest-evolving and most critical areas within cybersecurity, where real-time threat detection, rapid investigation, and automated response are essential to reducing risk and minimizing impact.This role offers the opportunity to lead mission-critical engineering teams focused on the technical heart of Rapid7's Detection and Response platform: Log Search (our proprietary search and indexing system), the network sensor engineering team, and our Site Reliability Engineering function for Detection & Response.About the RoleSuccess in this role will require deep technical expertise in high-scale distributed systems, search technologies, networking, observability, and cloud-native reliability practices, combined with proven leadership experience in scaling teams, aligning engineering and product strategy, and driving operational and cultural excellence across a complex organisation.As a Director, Software Engineering, Detection & Response, your primary responsibility will be to lead the strategic vision, development, and execution of scalable security detection and incident response systems, ensuring the protection of organisational assets while fostering a high-performing engineering team. Specifically, your focus will be to:Develop and maintain technical execution plans aligned to roadmap goals, driving high standards for delivery quality, resilience, and performance.Lead engineering teams responsible for Log Search (Rapid7's proprietary search and indexing technology), network sensor engineering, and site reliability operations.Drive technical excellence in search architecture, distributed systems, networking, observability, and operational tooling.Partner closely with Product Management, UX, and Customer Success to align engineering priorities with customer needs and product vision.Ensure scalable, cloud-native development, testing, and deployment processes that support the platform's growth and resilience.Invest in the growth and development of technical leadership within the team, building a strong, thriving engineering culture.Engage with customers and internal stakeholders to gather feedback, remove friction, and drive improvements across the platform.Champion operational excellence initiatives including system health, availability, disaster recovery, and incident management practices.Collaborate cross-functionally to improve product quality, customer experience, and engineering scalability.The skills and qualities you'll bring include:8+ years of engineering leadership experience, including experience managing complex platform technologies at scale.Strong computer science fundamentals, particularly in areas such as high performance data processing, search, storage, data indexing, distributed systems, network protocols, telemetry, and cloud architecture.Experience building and operating complex backend systems, large-scale data stores, network telemetry pipelines, or reliability engineering frameworks.Track record of growing and leading high-performing, geographically distributed technical teams across multiple disciplines.Ability to work cross-functionally and influence Product, Support, Customer Success, and Strategy teams to drive alignment around customer outcomes.History of engaging directly with customers and translating feedback into product and operational improvements.Proven ability to deliver high-quality, scalable platforms in fast-paced, continuous deployment environments.Strong facility for recognising emerging trends in cloud security and detection and response, and evolving technical strategies to match.Prior experience leading projects featuring high performance computing, search technologies, network data ingestion, or SRE teams strongly preferred.Track record of retaining, developing, motivating, and mentoring highly effective technical teams.Deep commitment to operational excellence, system resilience, and proactive improvement initiatives.Ability to drive clarity, quality, and innovation across diverse engineering teams.Embody our core values to foster a culture of excellence that drives meaningful impact and collective success.We know that the best ideas and solutions come from multi-dimensional teams. That's because these teams reflect a variety of backgrounds and professional experiences. If you are excited about this role and feel your experience can make an impact, please don't be shy - apply today.About Rapid7At Rapid7, our vision is to create a secure digital world for our customers, our industry, and our communities. We do this by harnessing our collective expertise and passion to challenge what's possible and drive extraordinary impact. We're building a dynamic and collaborative workplace where new ideas are welcome.Protecting 11,000+ customers against bad actors and threats means we're continuing to push the envelope - just like we've been doing for the past 20 years. If you're ready to solve some of the toughest challenges in cybersecurity, we're ready to help you take command of your career. Join us.#LI-FB1Security and Compliance
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