Software Technical Lead

Bishop Fox is the leading authority in offensive security, providing solutions ranging from continuous penetration testing, red teaming, and attack surface management to product, cloud, and application security assessments. We’ve worked with more than a quarter of the Fortune 100, half of the Fortune 10, eight of the top 10 global technology companies, and all of the top global media companies. Our Cosmos platform, service innovation, and culture of excellence continue to gather accolades from industry award programs including Fast Company, Inc., SC Media, and others. For more than 16 years, we've been contributing and giving back to the security community. We’ve published more than 16 open source tools and 50 security advisories in the last five years alone. Learn more at bishopfox.com or follow us on social media.  

Given our exceptional growth we are expanding and hiring a Software Technical Lead to join us on this exciting journey. In this role you will lead a team of Software Engineers to continue to drive innovation and efficiency in our managed service product, CAST (continuous attack surface testing).  You are battle-tested in hands-on software engineering, having cut your teeth on object-oriented design and development.  You consider yourself technically agnostic.  Your technical skills as well as your leadership abilities stood out above your peers and consequently, you advanced consistently throughout your career and are now leading a team of high-performing Software Engineers.  It is your empathy for their daily challenges to solve complex problems that guides you as a leader to encourage and empower your team every single day.  You will not settle for mediocrity and challenge your team to be bold in their creativity and tenacity for innovation.          

Responsibilities  

• Help remove roadblocks for your project teams and ensure they can make significant progress on product development. 
• Ensure that your projects have enough engineers with the right skills, tools & resources needed to satisfactorily complete the work. 
• Ensure that the projects you manage are taking the right path forward and that the right decisions are made in a timely manner. 
• Mentor your direct reports on increasing their job performance and satisfaction. 
• Review your direct reports semi-annually and continue to ensure they are growing their skillsets and abilities. 
• Work with your direct reports to plan out their short- and long-term goals in their projects. 
• Mentor your team members and ensure they continually develop their capabilities and enjoy career growth at Bishop Fox. 

Requirements 

• Experience managing software engineers in an Agile environment.  
• Bachelor’s degree in a technical discipline, preferably computer science. 
• Previous experience as a full-stack software engineer using modern development languages is strongly desired (Golang, Python). 
• Having an empathetic management style and the desire to create an exceptional product is critical.  
• Previous experience scaling software teams and/or working in a start-up environment is highly valued but not required. 

Bishop Fox has always allowed its employees to work remotely, and this role could work anywhere in the United States. Our comprehensive benefits program is tailored to meet your needs at an affordable price. We embrace diversity and an inclusive culture.  We value our employees and who they are, which fosters a powerful and collective talent base to successfully serve our clients and the security community with unparalleled expertise.    

Bishop Fox is an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex including sexual orientation and gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.  All new hires must pass a background check as a condition of employment.