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1Password · 16 hours ago

Senior Director Engineering, Identity Security Platform Infrastructure

1Password is a rapidly growing company focused on building a secure digital future. The Senior Director of Engineering for Identity Security Platform Infrastructure will lead the organization responsible for the vision, strategy, and delivery of identity and authentication infrastructure platforms, ensuring secure access to digital resources.

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Responsibilities

Lead and scale the Identity Security Platform Engineering organization: Set and align vision and strategy with company priorities; build and organize teams; partner cross-functionally to establish roadmaps; and own delivery execution and post-delivery operations for 1Password’s Identity Platform cloud services and APIs
Deliver secure, scalable, highly resilient API-first services: Drive the technical direction and outcomes for identity, authentication, authorization, provisioning, credential management, and trusted execution enclaves infrastructure. Enable high-quality decision-making by balancing data, speed, judgment, and risk, while empowering teams to own outcomes
Operationalize the Identity Platform Infrastructure “as a service” model: Partner deeply with internal builders to deliver highly valued, friction-free services at global scale. Ensure disciplined, anti-entropy operations through strong observability, continuous improvement mechanisms, and thoughtful resource investment
Technical leadership and excellence: Uphold high standards for architecture, reliability, performance, and security; lead and influence technical design and implementation reviews across the organization
Cross-functional partnership: Collaborate closely with Product Management, Security, and Product Engineering to prioritize investments and accelerate delivery of end-customer value
Grow and develop talent: Recruit, mentor, and retain top engineering talent; foster a culture of curiosity, innovation, ownership, and business impact; and develop leadership depth by coaching senior leaders and proactively shaping future workforce capabilities

Qualification

Cloud-native infrastructureIdentityAccess managementAPI-driven servicesSoftware engineering leadershipCross-functional collaborationPeople leadershipCommunication

Required

10+ years of software engineering experience, including 5+ years in senior engineering leadership roles
Strong background in building and operating cloud-native, cloud-scale platform and infrastructure services
Proven ability to lead organizations through platform transformation while delivering reliable infrastructure services to internal customers
Demonstrated success partnering with Product, Security, Engineering, and Customer Success teams
Ability to connect technical strategy to business outcomes and inspire teams around both near- and long-term goals
Track record of building, scaling, and operating diverse, high-performing engineering organizations and career ladders

Preferred

Experience modernizing monolithic systems into API-first, cohesive, horizontally scalable, and resilient services
Solid understanding of modern identity, secrets management, and access control patterns

Benefits

Health
Dental
401k
Paid time off
Equity grant
Health and wellbeing
Maternity and parental leave top-up programs
Competitive health benefits
Generous PTO policy
RSU program for most employees
Retirement matching program
Free 1Password account
Paid volunteer days
Peer-to-peer recognition through Bonusly
Remote-first work environment

Company

1Password

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1Password operates as a password manager for documents, credit card information, and addresses.

H1B Sponsorship

1Password has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)
Distribution of Different Job Fields Receiving Sponsorship
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Trends of Total Sponsorships
2023 (1)
2022 (2)

Funding

Current Stage
Late Stage
Total Funding
$1.02B
Key Investors
ICONIQ GrowthAccel
2025-10-10Secondary Market· $100M
2022-01-19Series C· $620M
2021-07-27Series B· $100.14M

Leadership Team

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David Faugno
Chief Executive Officer
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Jeannie De Guzman
Chief Operating Officer
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