Head of Engineering in Network Security

About Abusix

Abusix is a fully remote, globally distributed company on a mission to make the internet safer. For 15 years, we've been pioneers in network abuse management, transforming complex security data into actionable insights. Our three Guardian products include real-time email threat blocklists, a SaaS network abuse management platform, and threat intelligence solutions. We're united by a culture of trust, ownership, and collaboration.

The Role

As Head of Engineering, you lead Abusix's 10-person engineering team (including SRE) and own the technical direction and architecture of our platform. You are a player-coach: hands-on in the codebase from day one, shipping alongside the team, while gradually shifting toward architecture and leadership as you earn trust. You report to the CEO, sit on the leadership team, and work closely with product.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the 10-person engineering team, setting priorities, running 1:1s, and fostering growth in a performance-driven, product-minded culture
• Own technical direction and architecture, setting engineering principles to maintain a confident, scalable codebase
• Stay hands-on: write and review production code alongside the team to feel friction firsthand and ship real improvements
• Improve the product-to-engineering handoff—tickets, estimates, and refinement—to ensure predictable delivery
• Communicate roadmap, status, and risk to leadership and product; bring business context back to engineers
• Unblock delivery and drive predictable releases so the team ships consistently
• Improve engineering practices, including AI adoption in development workflows
• Hire, onboard, and retain engineers as the team scales

Required Skills & Experience

• Proven experience as Head of Engineering, Engineering Director, or senior technical lead; you've grown teams and transitioned from hands-on coding to architecture and leadership
• Player-coach mentality: technically excellent, equally comfortable in code and design discussions
• Track record building or shaping engineering teams from the ground up, ideally in startup or scale-up environments
• Close collaboration with product functions; you understand priorities and can challenge or improve requirements
• Go-getter mentality and strong prioritization skills
• Excellent communication: translate business context for engineers and technical reality for the company
• Comfortable using AI in daily development workflows with curiosity about team effectiveness gains
• Fluent English and remote-first mindset
• Values alignment: Own It, Push Forward, Be Real

Benefits

• Fair, location-based compensation
• Meaningful ESOP—share in what we build
• Annual learning and development budget
• Remote workplace setup or co-working space budget
• Flexible working hours and generous PTO
• Real impact on architecture, delivery, and team culture for a 10-person engineering team serving security professionals worldwide
• Fast-paced, high-tech B2B environment where things ship

Salary Disclosure

Editorial Market Estimate: $130,000–$190,000 USD per year. This is not employer-provided compensation information and may vary significantly by experience, qualifications, location, and other factors. Always confirm salary expectations directly with the hiring team.