Engineering Manager, Vulnerability Management

About Iru

Iru is the AI-powered security & IT platform used by the world's fastest-growing companies to secure their users, apps, and devices. Built for the AI era, Iru unifies identity & access, endpoint security & management, and compliance automation-collapsing the stack and giving IT & security time and control back.

Iru is backed by some of the smartest investors in tech-General Catalyst, Tiger Global, Felicis, Greycroft, and First Round Capital. In July 2024, Iru raised $100 million from General Catalyst, valuing the company at $850 million. Customers include Notion, Cursor, Lovable, Replit, and Mercor, and Iru partners with industry leaders such as ServiceNow and AWS. Iru was named to Forbes' America's Best Startup Employers 2025 list for employee engagement and satisfaction.

The Opportunity:

As the Engineering Manager, Vulnerability Management, you will oversee the engineering squad responsible for Iru's new and fast-growing vulnerability management product. You will lead the development of a high-performance system designed to process billions of events in real-time, enabling customers to detect and assess risks the moment they arise.

Your team will be responsible for delivering advanced security capabilities, including automated remediation and patching, allowing customers to close security gaps instantly without manual intervention. This high-visibility role provides a unique opportunity to solve complex distributed systems challenges, iterate quickly, and build the foundational architecture for a product that is critical to our customers' security posture.

You will also be accountable for maintaining your engineering team's health, ensuring continuous improvement, and high productivity. Finally, you will be responsible for building and maintaining a world-class, inclusive culture within your team.

How You'll Make a Difference Day to Day:

• Lead a team of talented engineers who like to ship high-quality code and tackle hard engineering problems
• Create a collaborative work environment that fosters autonomy, inclusivity, innovation, learning, respect, and transparency while holding a high bar for craftsmanship
• Contribute to and/or execute on the organization's vision and standards around security, quality, observability, and clean code
• Share your knowledge with team members by reviewing code, collaborating on design documents, giving technical talks, formal mentorship, and JIT feedback
• Collaborate closely with the Design and Product teams to ensure that your team has a well-defined roadmap
• Collaborate with other engineering teams to identify, and successfully evangelize opportunities to improve engineering productivity, code quality, automated testing, leveraging AI tools, and other engineering best practices

We'd love to hear from you if you have:

• 7+ years of experience designing, building and deploying scalable applications leveraging modern languages and frameworks (e.g., Python, Go, Java, or similar)
• 2+ years of hands-on technical leadership and people management experience
• Experience building high-volume or real-time data processing systems using streaming architectures (e.g., Kafka, Kinesis, Flink).
• Experience driving the design and implementation of large-scale initiatives for SaaS products
• Experience working in high growth startup environments and comfortable balancing tactical and strategic considerations
• Deep understanding of agile methodologies and experience optimizing delivery processes
• Thrives in an environment with a high level of autonomy and responsibility
• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills
• Required to work on-site 3x a week in our Miami office (Coral Gables).

Nice to haves, but NOT required:

• Experience working within a product led growth model.
• Knowledge of communication protocols such as gRPC, REST, etc.
• Strong knowledge of cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure).
• Familiarity with cybersecurity concepts or experience building security-focused products.
• Experience with continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines.
• Experience in collaborative coding environments, including open-source contributions.

Benefits & Perks

Competitive salary

Hybrid work environment (3 days in office per week)

100% individual and dependent medical + dental + vision coverage

401(K) with a 4% company match

20 days PTO

Iru Wellness Week the first week in July

Equity for full-time employees

In-office lunch stipend provided

Up to 16 weeks of paid leave for new parents

Paid Family and Medical Leave

Modern Health mental health benefits for individuals and dependents

Fertility benefits

Working Advantage employee discounts

Onsite fitness center

Free parking

Exciting opportunities for career growth

We are excited to be serving a significant need for a fast-growing market, and are proud of the high-performing team we have brought together so far. If you're someone who wants to engage in new, exciting projects that will challenge your skills in the best way possible, we would love to connect with you.

At Iru, we believe in fostering an inclusive environment in which employees feel encouraged to share their unique perspectives, leverage their strengths, and act authentically. We know that diverse teams are strong teams, and welcome those from all backgrounds and varying experiences.

Iru is proud to be an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. Qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, physical or mental disability, protected veteran or military status or any other status protected by applicable law. #LI-Hybrid

We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.