Director, Engineering, Compliance
Kandji
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:
We’re seeking a Director of Engineering to lead our growing Compliance organization, driving technical strategy, scalability, and innovation across multiple compliance-related products and teams at varying stages of development. You’ll play a key role in growing and maturing our suite of Compliance products by mentoring engineering talent, establishing and scaling new product teams within the business unit, and ensuring strong technical execution. As a strategic partner to the GM of Compliance and the executive leadership team, you’ll help shape company-wide decisions that define engineering priorities and technical investments.
How You Will Make a Difference Day to Day:
Drive Technical Vision: Develop and implement a cohesive technical strategy that ensures scalability, reusability, and technical excellence.
Lead and Develop Teams: Mentor engineering managers and individual contributors while fostering a high-performing, collaborative culture.
Ensure Scalable Systems: Champion the development of scalable, efficient, and sustainable engineering practices.
Oversee AI Implementations: Ensure the responsible implementation of AI technologies to enhance platform capabilities and user insights.
Streamline Integrations: Improve the quality and speed of third-party integrations through the development of reusable services and enterprise-grade APIs.
Support Growth Initiatives: Collaborate closely with cross-functional partners to develop features that simplify customer adoption, retention, and expansion.
Inspire Innovation: Champion a culture of innovation by driving initiatives such as hackathons, cross-team technical showcases, and exploration of emerging technologies.
We’d love to hear from you if you have:
7-10 years of experience in increasingly responsible roles, with at least 5+ years of team leadership in a complex global business environment.
Proven ability to manage large engineering teams, including managers of managers.
Domain expertise in one or more of the following: enterprise SaaS, developer platforms, large-scale data systems, IoT.
Strong history of improving engineering excellence maturity across multiple teams
Demonstrated track record of delivering highly scalable platforms within enterprise environments, focusing on performance and exceptional user experiences.
Proven success in hiring, retaining, and developing engineering talent, with a demonstrated commitment to creating a cohesive team environment.
History of establishing and leveraging positive relationships with product management and design partners.
Required to work on-site 5x a week in our Miami office (Coral Gables).
Nice to haves, but NOT required:
Expertise in scalable architecture, including microservices, event-driven systems, and distributed computing at scale.
Strong understanding of data systems, including data pipelines, observability tools, and real-time data processing.
Experience leading engineering efforts in a rapidly scaling environment, balancing technical excellence with business agility.
Familiarity with compliance and security best practices for platform engineering, especially in regulated industries (e.g., GDPR, SOC 2, ISO 27001).