# Director of Engineering (Data Platform) at Vectra

- Company: Vectra
- What the company does: Backed by Accel.
- Company website: http://www.vectra.ai
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Principal and up
- Location: Austin, Texas, United States
- Work setup: On-site
- Posted: 2026-06-16
- Apply by: 2026-10-08
- Apply: https://www.vectra.ai/about/jobs?gh_jid=7942221
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/vectra-director-of-engineering-data-platform/

## About the role

We're looking for a Director of Engineering to lead the teams that form the foundation of everything Vectra builds. You'll own the systems that ingest, process, store, and analyze petabytes of security telemetry daily, and you'll drive the platform forward to support modern AI workloads, autonomous security workflows, and next-generation analytics.

## What they're looking for

- Build, grow, and mentor high-performing engineering teams across multiple geographies
- Develop engineering managers and senior technical leaders through coaching, sponsorship, and career investment
- Foster an inclusive culture built on trust, ownership, and accountability, where distributed teams can do their best work
- Create the conditions for strong execution: clear priorities, healthy team rhythms, and an environment where engineers can focus on meaningful work
- Align priorities and investment decisions with Product, Security Research, AI, Infrastructure, and Customer teams
- Communicate platform strategy, progress, risks, and trade-offs clearly to executive leadership

Tags: Engineering