Director of R&D
The browser has become the main productivity tool for employees due to driving trends like working remotely, BYOD, and web-based SaaS applications.
At Seraphic, we are revolutionizing browser security. Our patent-pending technology offers unmatched protection against zero-day attacks, phishing, and malicious downloads. By operating at the core of the browser, we provide comprehensive visibility and control, preventing data loss and leakage.
Why Seraphic?
- Cutting-Edge Protection: Full defense against all browser threats
- Seamless Access: Browse internal sites and private applications directly from your browser without a VPN or a remote desktop
- Innovative Environment: Be part of a team leading the cybersecurity frontier shaping the modern solutions impacting billions of users
- Challenging Technologies: Engage with a rich SaaS app, high-scale backend processing millions of requests, and a core networking solution, all with the highest level of security
- Innovation and Leadership: Leverage our patented technology and leadership recognition, such as Frost & Sullivan's 2024 Enabling Technology Leadership Award for Global Zero Trust Browser Security
- Collaboration and Team: Work with industry experts in a collaborative environment to solve complex problems
This is an exciting opportunity to join a fast-growing start-up company, consisting of talented team players, with the best-of-breed solution revolutionizing browser security.
Join us in shaping the future of secure browsing!
We’re looking for a Director of R&D to lead and scale our engineering organization — a strategic and hands-on leader who can drive product innovation, technical excellence, and operational efficiency.
This role is a unique opportunity to influence the company’s technology, build high-performing teams, and directly impact the direction of our technology.
What You'll Do:
- Lead and mentor 3 R&D teams, fostering a culture of innovation, collaboration, and high performance
- Define the technical strategy in alignment with business goals, ensuring scalability, security, and maintainability of our products
- Drive end-to-end product development – from ideation and design through implementation, QA, and deployment
- Collaborate closely with the CTO, Product, and other executive leaders to shape the technology roadmap and ensure alignment with company strategy
- Establish engineering best practices, including code quality standards, CI/CD pipelines, testing frameworks, and agile processes
- Recruit, develop, and retain top engineering talent to build a robust, distributed R&D organization
- Promote a culture of ownership, accountability, and continuous learning within the teams
- Be a hands-on leader: develop complex and efficient client-based agents and on-prem components, including highly secured client-to-server communication
What You’ll bring with you:
- 8+ years of software engineering experience, including 3+ years in leadership roles managing multiple teams
- Proven experience in designing and developing backend micro-services in Node.js / Python / Rust / C++, preferably in high-scale
- Strong technical background in cybersecurity, web technologies, cloud infrastructure (AWS preferred), and SaaS architectures
- Proven experience in scaling engineering teams and building high-performing R&D organizations
- Strategic thinker with excellent leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills
- Passion for driving technical excellence while delivering business value
- Ability to navigate and resolve complex technical challenges, demonstrating autonomy, top-notch design, and high-quality execution
- Highly motivated and self-learner
- B.Sc. Computer Science / Engineering or equivalent knowledge
Nice to have but not a must:
- A cyber-related knowledge from the industry or from a relevant military unit
- A start-up working experience, preferably in early stages
