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Director, Engineering

The Role

At Proofpoint, you will find an environment where innovation comes from creative collaboration and where everyone is empowered to go fast and have fun. If you find joy in making the impossible possible you will feel right at home with our team! If you are excited about delivering high performance scalable solutions that protect more than 50% of Fortune 1000 companies and stops the bad guys, this is the place for you.

We are seeking a highly motivated Software Engineering Director who will be responsible for an engineering team in Argentina developing a strategic and transformational project for the Proofpoint Flagship Security product. They will make a highly visible contribution to the product used by many recognized large enterprise companies across the world. The team will work closely with development teams and product management based in multiple sites in the world, and will require active communication with them.

Your day-to-day

• Handle hiring, mentoring, work on project planning, career growth, and performance management.

• Motivate and inspire the team to achieve excellence in design, implementation, quality and deliver superior product features.

• Lead day-to-day activities of engineering team using Agile/Scrum methodology.

• Lead and participate in the requirement gathering, architecture, design and development activities.

• Oversee the end-to-end delivery of high value, complex software projects, including requirements analysis, development, testing and production support.

• Assign tasks based on team objectives and priorities, ensuring team members have clearly defined short- and long-term goals.

• Coordinate with US based engineering teams to deliver end to end solutions for complex software projects.

• Build the leadership team to provide both high level and low-level technical guidance to the team members as appropriate.

• Be an active member of the engineering leadership team contributing to strategy, evaluating and reporting performance and trends, recommending improvements, building team ethos, and collaborating positively to develop and retain talent across the entire team.

What you bring to the team

• Significant experience working in a team lead or development lead role.

• Experience working on mission critical, large enterprise software.

• Experience coordinating with multiple teams to manage dependencies and timelines.

• Demonstrate ability to understand and work with complex product architectures and deployments.

• A track record for delivering high quality, high performance, scalable software.

• A history of hiring and developing world class Engineers.

• Excellent communication and problem-solving skills.

• An energetic and positive attitude.

Desirable:

• Exposure to SaaS-based product delivery.

• Experience working as part of an agile software development team.

• In depth knowledge of email technology and LDAP

• Exposure to REST/JSON based APIs

Why Proofpoint

As a customer focused and driven-to-win organization with leading edge products, there are many exciting reasons to join the Proofpoint team. We believe in hiring the best the brightest and cultivating a culture of collaboration and appreciation. As we continue to grow and expand globally, we understand that hiring the right people and developing great teams is key to our success! We are a multi-national company with locations in many countries, with each location contributing to Proofpoint’s amazing culture!

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If you like wild growth and working with happy, enthusiastic over-achievers, you'll enjoy your career with us!

Proofpoint has been honored with six Best Places to Work Awards in 2024 by workplace culture leader Comparably, including Best Company Career Growth, Best Company Outlook, Best Global Culture, Best Engineering Teams, Best Sales Teams, and Best HR Teams.

To view additional awards, please visit www.proofpoint.com/us/news#awards

Proofpoint thrives on the invaluable contributions of our diverse workforce, which encompasses a kaleidoscope of lived experiences, thoughts, perspectives, and professional expertise. We attribute much of our success to our people, who are at the core of our organization and embody our people-centric ethos.

We hire the most innovative minds globally to safeguard our customers’ sensitive data and intellectual property. Our talented workforce develops and leverages our advanced technology, combining their expertise to provide comprehensive protection against threat actors and mitigate the risks posed by both malicious and negligent employees.

Cyberattacks have the potential to disrupt access to vital resources such as energy, water, transportation, healthcare, and financial services. At Proofpoint, our dedicated team works tirelessly to ensure world-class cyber resilience, protecting approximately 8,000 enterprise customers worldwide.

We are committed to creating a diverse, equitable, and inclusive environment. We work every day to ensure that our employees feel that they are in a community that celebrates their unique identity, cultivates their sense of belonging, and invests in their professional growth. We have 9 employee-led employee inclusion groups which help support both employees and our organization by providing opportunities to network, discuss career and cultural development and uplift the corporate culture to create a more inclusive workplace.

At Proofpoint, we have a passion for protecting people, data, and brands from today’s advanced threats and compliance risks. We hire the best people in the business to:

• Build and enhance our proven security platform

• Blend innovation and speed in a constantly evolving cloud architecture

• Analyze new threats and offer deep insight through data-driven intel

• Collaborate with customers to help solve their toughest security challenges

   

We are singularly devoted to helping our customers protect what matters most. That’s why we’re a leader in next-generation cybersecurity—and why more than half of the Fortune 100 trust us as a security partner.

Proofpoint is an equal opportunity employer, we hire without consideration to race, religion, creed, color, national origin, age, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status or disability.

Proofpoint is an equal opportunity employer, we hire without consideration to race, religion, creed, color, national origin, age, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status or disability.