Founded in 2012, Socure is the leader in high-assurance digital identity verification technology.  Named to Forbes’ 2019 AI 50 list as one of America’s most promising AI companies, and a recent winner of API World’s Best Data API, Socure’s technology applies artificial intelligence and machine learning techniques with trusted online/offline data intelligence from email, address, phone, IP, social media and the broader Internet to verify identities in real-time. Customers include three of the top five U.S. banks, seven of the top 10 U.S. card issuers, as well as the majority of leading digital banks, lenders and insurers across the U.S. We are funded by some of the world's best investors and entrepreneurs including Scale Venture Partners, Commerce Ventures, Work-Bench, Santander InnoVentures and Two Sigma Ventures.

The only way we can further our mission of becoming the single, trusted source of identity verification and eliminating identity fraud is by building the best team on the planet. This is where you come in!

We are looking for a Director of Engineering based in our New York City office.  This is a new role within the growing Engineering function, where you will be responsible for leading a team of talented professionals, assisting them to deliver complex technical solutions across a range of teams.  The successful candidate will be comfortable directing, planning and coordinating the team, as well as developing overall concepts for new and existing products and processes. Reporting into the VP of Engineering, this role plays is integral to the successful growth of the team as well as wider company performance.  

What You’ll Be Doing:

• Managing a successful engineering team, supporting them to improve, develop and deliver high-level software products across the company
• A hands-on technical approach to management, leveraging your software engineering experience to assist product needs 
• Work with our product on project specification & ensure a high quality implementation 
• Scaling the engineering team to support our mission and help eliminate identity fraud
• Joining a mission-orientated company, solving real-world fraud and identity based challenges 
• Identifying strong engineering talent, hiring and growing a successful business unit 

What You’ll Bring: 

• 5+ years prior experience managing one or more cross functional teams; contributing to a track record of building complex and technical products, ideally within a start-up or fast scaling environment 
• Experience with building software in conformity to security standards (ISO 27001) 
• Programming skills in one of the following; Java, C++ or Scala 
• Willingness to “roll-up your sleeves and get your hands dirty” when required 
• Experience delivering complex software solutions - understanding the end-to-end needs of what is involved within this process
• Exposure to working within a cloud-based environment, preferably AWS
• An MSc or PhD within a numerical field, preferably engineering focused

USA Perks & Benefits:

• Competitive base salary
• Equity - every employee is a stakeholder in our enormous upside
• A tech-first company culture driven by entrepreneurial thinking and talent
• A great team working in unison towards the same mission
• Transparency is what our product is built on—and so is our culture
• Generous medical, dental and vision benefits for employees and their dependents
• Flexible PTO
• 401K with company match
• Free meals, snacks, and drinks...and so much more

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity of all kinds at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.