Job Description

At Arctic Wolf, we're not just navigating the cybersecurity landscape - we're redefining it. Our global team of dedicated Pack members is driving innovation and setting new industry standards every day. Our impact speaks for itself: we've earned recognition on the Forbes Cloud 100, CNBC Disruptor 50,

Fortune Future 50, and Fortune Cyber 60 lists, and we recently took home the 2024 CRN Products of the Year award. We’re proud to be named a Leader in the IDC MarketScape for Worldwide Managed Detection and Response Services and earning a Customers' Choice distinction from Gartner Peer Insights. Our Aurora Platform also received CRN’s Products of the Year award in the inaugural Security Operations Platform category. Join a company that’s not only leading, but also shaping, the future of security operations.

Our mission is simple: End Cyber Risk.

We’re looking for a Manager, Engineering to be part of making this happen.

Position Overview

The Manager, Engineering – Endpoint leads the development and delivery of Arctic Wolf’s Aurora Endpoint product line, driving execution of high-quality, secure, and scalable endpoint solutions.

This role is responsible for a distributed engineering organization, including a well-established team based in Bangalore, India, delivering across multiple concurrent initiatives. The leader will ensure strong alignment with product strategy, consistent execution, and high-performing team dynamics across global teams.

A critical mandate of this role is to lead the adoption of AI-driven software engineering practices, enabling teams to leverage modern tooling to improve development velocity, code quality, and delivery outcomes.

This position reports to the Director of Engineering, Endpoint Products.

Key Responsibilities

Endpoint Product Delivery

• Own engineering execution for the Aurora Endpoint platform, ensuring delivery of high-quality, scalable, and secure solutions
• Partner with Product Management to define and deliver on roadmap commitments while contributing to longer-term strategy
• Collaborate with Architecture to evolve endpoint technical direction and platform capabilities
• Ensure alignment to customer outcomes, performance expectations, and security requirements

Global Team Leadership

• Lead distributed teams, with primary responsibility for an established Bangalore-based engineering organization
• Drive execution across multiple projects, ensuring accountability, visibility, and consistent delivery
• Establish clear priorities, remove blockers, and maintain strong operational rhythm across time zones
• Focus on optimizing team performance and maturity rather than organizational build-out

AI-Driven Engineering Transformation

• Champion adoption of AI-assisted development, including coding, debugging, testing, and release processes
• Build team capability in effectively leveraging AI tools and workflows
• Define and institutionalize best practices for AI-enabled software development
• Continuously evaluate emerging tools to improve engineering efficiency and quality

Execution Excellence

• Own delivery outcomes across teams, ensuring predictable and high-quality releases
• Drive continuous improvement in engineering processes, tooling, and development practices
• Ensure adherence to secure coding standards, ISMS controls, and SDLC best practices

People Leadership

• Develop leaders, engineers, and teams through coaching, mentorship, and performance management
• Foster a culture of ownership, accountability, and continuous improvement
• Support career growth, succession planning, and leadership development within the organization

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Partner with Product, Security Services (S2), Customer Success, and Support teams
• Ensure alignment between engineering execution and customer value delivery
• Communicate progress, risks, and strategic direction to senior leadership

Operational & Financial Management

• Manage budgets, resource allocation, and capacity planning
• Contribute to directorate-level planning and operational strategy

Qualifications

Required

• 6+ years of experience in software engineering leadership or related roles
• Proven experience leading distributed/global engineering teams, including collaboration with India-based teams
• Strong experience in endpoint, systems-level, or security-focused software development
• Demonstrated ability to drive execution across multiple concurrent projects with measurable outcomes
• Track record of improving engineering processes, delivery predictability, and team performance
• Experience driving or adopting modern development practices, including CI/CD and automation
• Strong leadership, communication, and organizational skills

Preferred

• Experience in endpoint security or cybersecurity products
• Experience leading AI-enabled development transformations or implementing developer productivity tooling
• Background in cross-platform development environments (Windows, macOS, Linux)
• Experience managing managers or senior technical leads
• Familiarity with scaling engineering operations in a high-growth SaaS environment

Travel Requirements

• Up to 10% travel, including potential travel to Bangalore, India

Our Values

Arctic Wolf recognizes that success comes from delighting our customers, so we work together to ensure that happens every day. We believe in diversity and inclusion, and truly value the unique qualities and unique perspectives all employees bring to the organization. And we appreciate that—by protecting people’s and organizations’ sensitive data and seeking to end cyber risk— we get to work in an industry that is fundamental to the greater good.

We celebrate unique perspectives by creating a platform for all voices to be heard through our Pack Unity program. We encourage all employees to join or create a new alliance. See more about our Pack Unity here.

We also believe and practice corporate responsibility, and have recently joined the Pledge 1% Movement, ensuring that we continue to give back to our community. We know that through our mission to End Cyber Risk we will continue to engage and give back to our communities.

All wolves receive compelling compensation and benefits packages, including:

Equity for all employees

Flexible time off and paid volunteer days

RRSP and 401k match

Training and career development programs

Comprehensive private benefits plan including medical, mental health, dental, disability, life and AD&D, and value-added services

Robust Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with mental health services

Fertility support and paid parental leave

On-Camera Policy
 To support a fair, transparent, and engaging interview experience, candidates interviewing remotely are expected to be on camera during all video interviews.
 Being on camera fosters authentic connection, improves communication, and allows for full engagement from both candidates and interviewers.
 We understand that technical, bandwidth, or location-related challenges may occasionally prevent video use. If this applies, candidates are required to notify us in advance so we can explore appropriate accommodations.

Arctic Wolf is an Equal Opportunity Employer and considers applicants for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, orientation, national origin, age, disability, genetics, or any other basis forbidden under federal, provincial, or local law. Arctic Wolf is committed to fostering a welcoming, accessible, respectful, and inclusive environment ensuring equal access and participation for people with disabilities. As such, we strive to make our

entire employee experience as accessible as possible and provide accommodations as required for candidates and employees with disabilities and/or other specific needs where possible. Please let us know if you require any accommodations by emailing [email protected].

Security Requirements

Conducts duties and responsibilities in accordance with AWN’s Information Security policies, standards, processes and controls to protect the confidentiality, integrity and availability of AWN business information (in accordance with our employee handbook and corporate policies).

Background checks are required for this position.

This position may require access to information protected under U.S. export control laws and regulations, including the Export Administration

Regulations (“EAR”). Please note that, if applicable, an offer for employment will be conditioned on authorization to receive software or technology controlled under these U.S. export control laws and regulations.