Personally contribute to design, architecture, and implementation
especially on the Mac/Windows platform build-out and the most complex cross-platform challenges.
Write and review production-quality systems code in C/C++, C#, or Swift/Objective-C; actively participate in code reviews and set the quality bar by example.
Own architecture decisions on agent design, kernel-userspace interaction, update safety, MDM deployment, and performance/security trade-offs across all three platforms.
Lead design reviews
not just as a reviewer, but as an author and key decision maker.
Dive into customer impacting bugs, kernel panics, race conditions, or reliability issues alongside the team when it matters most.
Lead, mentor, and grow a multi-platform team of 10+ endpoint engineers across Mac, Windows
with active hiring underway for Linux.
Own the full people management lifecycle: hiring bar-setting, onboarding, performance management, career development, and retention.
Build a high-trust, high-accountability culture where engineers are empowered to own problems end-to-end and move fast without sacrificing reliability.
Partner with recruiting to close senior Linux engineering talent, using your technical credibility to attract engineers who want to work for someone who gets it.
Drive quarterly planning and sprint execution across all three platform teams, maintaining alignment on shared milestones and customer commitments.
Remove blockers relentlessly
technical, organizational, or cross-functional
to keep teams shipping at startup velocity.
Own end-to-end delivery of the Linux endpoint agent: from initial architecture through GA, coordinating across engineering, QA, security, and CS teams.
Establish and track engineering health metrics: feature velocity, incident rates, agent reliability SLOs, and customer escalation trends.
Serve as the primary engineering partner to the VP of Engineering, Product Management, and Security Research on endpoint strategy and roadmap.
Represent endpoint engineering in customer escalations, security reviews, and enterprise prospect conversations
with the technical depth to be credible in the room.
Collaborate with QA to raise the bar on test coverage, MDM compatibility validation, and release confidence across Mac, Windows, and Linux.
Translate field feedback from Customer Success and Solutions Engineering into prioritized, well-scoped engineering outcomes.
Requirements
10+ years of software engineering experience, with significant time spent in systems or endpoint engineering
kernel-level, agent development, or OS-native APIs.
5+ years in an engineering management or tech lead role, with experience leading teams of 8 or more engineers
but you have never stopped coding.
Deep, demonstrable expertise in at least one of the three target platforms:
macOS: Endpoint Security framework, system extensions, IOKit, or macOS VFS.
Windows: WDF/WDM driver development, filter drivers, or user-mode security agents.