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Senior Engineering Manager, Core Product

Prophet Security · Palo Alto (Hybrid) · Remote

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About Prophet Security

Prophet Security’s AI SOC Platform uses AI SOC Agents to automate alert triage. investigations, response, and threat hunting, accelerating and improving SecOps. Backed by Accel.

About the role

This is a hands-on engineering management role, where we expect meaningful technical contribution (25% of your time) alongside management responsibilities. Build and grow a high-performing team of Product engineers. You will be responsible for hiring world-class talent that aligns with our culture and raises the bar

What they're looking for

  • 5+ years of experience as an engineering manager, with demonstrated success leading product, full-stack, or AI/ML engineering teams
  • Strong technical background with hands-on experience building complex software systems, ideally in security, enterprise SaaS, or AI-powered products
  • Proven track record of building and scaling high-performing engineering teams, including hiring, developing, and retaining top talent
  • Deep understanding of modern software development practices including agile methodologies, DevOps practices, and continuous delivery
  • Excellent communication skills with ability to articulate technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences
  • Familiarity with AI tooling and enabling a team to effectively follow an AI-native software development lifecycle
More about this role

Prophet Security builds an AI-native security operations platform that accelerates detection, investigation, and response. We help teams move faster without being constrained by alert volume or fragmented tools. As an early team, you’ll work alongside veterans from Abnormal Security, Expel, Mandiant, and McAfee, and help shape what we build as we scale customer outcomes.

The Core Product Team at Prophet Security owns the core investigative features and workflows that power our AI SOC agent. This team builds the features that define how security analysts interact with and trust AI-driven investigation, from the initial alert triage through complex multi-stage threat hunting scenarios.

As the Engineering Manager for this team, you'll define and own the technical roadmap for Prophet AI's core intelligence capabilities. You will balance rapid customer value delivery with the long-term vision of building the most effective AI security analyst in the industry. Your work will directly define how security teams interact with and trust AI-driven investigation and response.

This is a hands-on engineering management role, where we expect meaningful technical contribution (25% of your time)...

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