Senior Engineering Manager, Core Product
About Prophet Security
Prophet Security builds an AI-native security operations platform that accelerates detection, investigation, and response. We help teams move faster without being constrained by alert volume or fragmented tools. As an early team, you’ll work alongside veterans from Abnormal Security, Expel, Mandiant, and McAfee, and help shape what we build as we scale customer outcomes.
The Impact You'll Have
The Core Product Team at Prophet Security owns the core investigative features and workflows that power our AI SOC agent. This team builds the features that define how security analysts interact with and trust AI-driven investigation, from the initial alert triage through complex multi-stage threat hunting scenarios.
As the Engineering Manager for this team, you'll define and own the technical roadmap for Prophet AI's core intelligence capabilities. You will balance rapid customer value delivery with the long-term vision of building the most effective AI security analyst in the industry. Your work will directly define how security teams interact with and trust AI-driven investigation and response.
What You’ll Do
This is a hands-on engineering management role, where we expect meaningful technical contribution (25% of your time) alongside management responsibilities.
- Build and grow a high-performing team of Product engineers. You will be responsible for hiring world-class talent that aligns with our culture and raises the bar
- Stay hands-on with our codebase to maintain technical credibility and deep understanding of our systems. You aren’t afraid to roll up your sleeves to fix a bug, add monitoring, or ship a feature when needed.
- Provide coaching and mentorship through regular 1:1s, creating clear career development paths and growth opportunities for each team member
- Manage team performance by setting clear expectations, providing continuous feedback, and conducting performance reviews that help engineers grow
- Champion operatio...