Vice President of Engineering - Cobalt

About Cobalt

Cobalt was founded on the belief of a fundamental human aspiration: the desire to live better and safer. It all started in 2013, when our founders realized that pentesting can be better. Today our diverse, fully remote team is committed to helping organizations of all sizes with seamless, effective and collaborative Offensive Security Testing that empower organizations to OPERATE FEARLESSLY and INNOVATE SECURELY.

Our customers can start a pentest in as little as 24 hours and integrate with advanced development cycles thanks to the powerful combination of our SaaS platform coupled with an exclusive community of testers known as the Cobalt Core. Accepting just 5% of applicants, the Cobalt Core boasts over 500 closely vetted and highly skilled testers who jointly conduct thousands of tests each year and are at the forefront of identifying and helping remediate risk across a dynamically changing attack surface.

Cobalt is an Equal Opportunity Employer and we strive to build a diverse and inclusive workforce at our company. At Cobalt we aspire to engage with diverse individuals, communities, and organizations in order to continue to nurture our unique rich diverse culture. Join our team, and be your true self to do your best work.

Role Description

Lead and mentor a global team of engineers to build the world’s most powerful AI driven offensive security platform. Reporting to the CTO, you will work closely with product management to execute the technology initiatives required to support the company’s rapid growth plans.

Job Duties

• Team Leadership: Lead, hire, manage, mentor, and coach a team of global engineers as we build the leading scalable Offensive Security Platform.
• Product Ownership: Own the ongoing improvements of our existing offerings and the build out of new innovative products as we grow our portfolio.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Collaborate with the senior leadership team on cross functional initiatives.
• Technical Vision: Own the technical vision and architecture of our platform, ensuring that we are building for scale, stability, and resiliency.
• Culture of Innovation: Foster a culture of innovation and experimentation.
• Standards & Quality: Create and implement standards around quality, efficiency and security.
• Best Practices: Drive the adoption of best practices in engineering design, architecture, and development, ensuring all solutions are scalable, resilient, and high-performing.
• AI Strategy: Develop and own the strategy to continuously improve engineering quality and efficiency leveraging AI technologies, coding best practices, and agile methodologies.

Minimum Requirements

• Education: Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Computer Science, Information Technology, Electrical Engineering, or a closely related field.
• Experience: 15+ years of experience in software development, with 5+ years of experience in building SaaS cybersecurity products.
• Cloud Infrastructure: Strong multi-cloud engineering experience.
• AI-Assisted Development: Experience establishing engineering standards and best practices for AI-assisted software development, including the effective use of tools such as Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, or similar AI coding assistants.
• Developer Tooling: Demonstrated success driving adoption of AI-powered developer tooling and modern engineering practices to accelerate delivery while maintaining high standards for quality, security, and maintainability.
• Security & DevOps: Experience with Secure SDL best practices and building DevOps/DevSecOps teams.
• Global Leadership: Experience leading distributed international engineering teams.
• Communication: Strong internal and external communication skills; experience working with a variety of business functions.
• Soft Skills: High emotional intelligence, adaptable, and comfortable with change.
• Scaling Teams: Demonstrated ability to manage and scale engineering teams effectively, with a focus on technical excellence.
• Tech Stack Proficiency: Strong skills in our architecture: Ruby on Rails + JavaScript (React). Additional familiarity with other aspects of our tech stack is a plus: Node.js, cloud environments (GCP, Kubernetes).
• Talent Acquisition: Proven ability to recruit, mentor, and retain great people.
• Autonomy: Proven ability to thrive with a high level of autonomy and responsibility.

Why You Should Join Us

• Grow in a passionate, rapidly expanding industry operating at the forefront of the Pentesting industry.
• Work directly with experienced senior leaders with ongoing mentorship opportunities.
• Earn competitive compensation and an attractive equity plan.
• Save for the future with a 401(k) program (US) or pension (EU).
• Benefit from medical, dental, vision and life insurance (US) or statutory healthcare (EU).
• Leverage stipends for:
  • Wellness
  • Work-from-home equipment & wifi
  • Learning & development
• Make the most of our flexible, generous paid time off and paid parental leave.