Dragos is on a relentless mission to defend industrial organizations that provide us with the necessities of modern civilization; running water, functioning electricity, and safe industrial working environments. As the market leader in ICS/OT Cybersecurity, we are dedicated to arming our customers with best-in-class technology, threat intelligence, and services to protect their systems as effectively and efficiently as possible. We’re a remote-first culture with operations in North America, Europe, the Middle East, and APAC. We’re looking for mission-oriented teammates who embody our core values of authenticity, transparency, and trust. Are you ready to make a difference? Come join a mission that can save the world!
About the Role:
Dragos is seeking an experienced Engineering Manager to lead our Sensor & Networking engineering team. In this critical role, you will manage and mentor a team of Rust software development engineers focused on building and evolving the Dragos Sensor. This sensor is core to our network monitoring and protocol dissection platform deployed across operational technology (OT) and industrial control system (ICS) environments. You will be responsible for enabling your director reports to drive the design, development, and delivery of high-performance Sensor capabilities, network ingestion pipelines, and edge processing components. Working closely with Product Management, Analytic Developers, and Platform engineering teams, you will ensure the Sensor meets the performance, reliability, and scalability demands of critical infrastructure customers. The ideal candidate will combine deep technical expertise in systems-level development and network protocols with proven engineering leadership skills to grow team capabilities, drive architectural decisions, and deliver production-quality Sensor features on a consistent cadence.
Responsibilities:
- Build, manage, and mentor a team of Rust Software Development Engineers focused on Sensor and protocol dissection development
- Own delivery of Sensor features and protocol support end-to-end, ensuring engineering excellence, code quality, and on-time execution through our engineering core-expectations
- Enable team and or lead root cause analysis (RCA) and post-mortems for complex production or canary issues involving Sensor or protocol dissection components
- Establish and maintain standards for documentation, test harnesses, performance benchmarks, and coding conventions across the team
- Coordinate with peer engineering managers across the organization to ensure consistent, efficient execution and alignment on cross-team dependencies and shared priorities
- Foster a team environment that promotes ownership, learning, and accountability through regular 1:1s and team rituals
- Recruit and onboard to build a diverse, high-performing team
Qualifications:
- 7+ years of experience in software engineering with significant systems-level development, at least 2 years in an engineering leadership role managing software development teams
- Excellent communication skills to translate technical architecture and performance data into actionable insights for both engineering teams and executive stakeholders
- Demonstrated success in building, mentoring, and scaling high-performing engineering teams with a focus on technical growth and code quality
- Deep understanding of network protocols, packet parsing, and protocol dissection concepts; experience with OT/ICS protocols (e.g., Modbus, DNP3, OPC-UA, Ethernet/IP, S7) is highly valued
- Strong understanding of software engineering practices, including CI/CD pipelines, automated testing strategies, and performance optimization
- Experience with high-performance, low-latency systems, including profiling, benchmarking, and optimization of data processing pipelines
- Experience in OT/ICS environments and familiarity with industrial monitoring or cybersecurity is highly valued
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.
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