Director of Engineering

Director of Engineering

Yubico is a global leader in identity security and creator of the YubiKey, the original hardware-backed passkey. Publicly traded on Nasdaq Stockholm with headquarters in Sweden, the US, and Singapore, we protect everyone from everyday consumers to global enterprises with modern, phishing-resistant authentication.

At Yubico, we are guided by a shared belief that your work matters. We operate under a cultural philosophy of Speed with Integrity, pushing the boundaries of technology to secure the AI frontierprotecting both human and agentic AI interactionsand leading the transition to post-quantum cryptography. In everything we do, we live by our core values:

• Battle Friction: We constantly look for new ways to simplify our products, our work, and the user experience.
• Inspire Higher: We think big, champion the open internet, and strive to do the right thing even when it is difficult.
• One Team: We are open, responsive, and collaborative, overcoming challenges and celebrating our successes together.

Aligned with our commitment to open standards, we foster a thriving builder ecosystem through the Yubico Developer Program, offering free open-source repositories, libraries, and SDKs to help developers rapidly integrate strong hardware authentication into any application. Through close collaborations with technical partners like Google, Microsoft, and Amazon, as well as newer frontiers like OpenAI, we continue to shape a safer digital world while donating security keys to protect vulnerable communities, journalists, and humanitarian groups worldwide through our Secure it Forward program.

Yubico is looking for an experienced Director of Engineering to lead and scale our distributed Production & Fulfillment Systems software development team. This team works closely with our hardware, solutions engineering, and production teams to build enterprise-grade, secured, reliable, integrated software to produce YubiKey devices at scale.

In this leadership role, you will be responsible for defining the engineering vision and championing the development of next-generation production systems to drive higher levels of automation efficiency and scale. You will collaborate effectively with cross functional Engineering, Product Management, Supply Chain/Production, and Operations teams to execute complex, high-impact solutions across a global engineering workforce.

Tasks & Responsibilities:

• Strategic Leadership & Technical Oversight: Define and execute the engineering vision for production systems, ensuring alignment with overarching business goals. Provide architectural guidance and oversee the delivery of scalable and maintainable existing and new enterprise-class software solutions.
• Team Management & Mentorship: Lead, scale, and mentor geographically distributed teams of software development engineers and managers at all levels. Nurture an inclusive environment and foster a high-performance culture across multiple locations.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Collaborate deeply and broadly with cross-functional teams spanning production hardware, product management, supply chain, and business leadership to align engineering efforts with customer needs and company objectives.
• Process Optimization & Engineering Excellence: Continuously improve our ability to deliver quality solutions by driving the adoption of best practices for Agile, DevOps, CI/CD, and automation. Demonstrate a proven ability to continue raising the quality bar in Engineering Excellence.
• Budget & Resource Management: Optimize team resources, prepare realistic estimates, and manage broad development portfolios consistently on schedule and on budget, balancing cost-efficiency with talent retention and innovation.
• Technology Evaluation: Stay ahead of industry trends and emerging technologies to evaluate and drive innovation in industrial and manufacturing automation.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent experience).
• 12+ years of progressively broadening engineering experience, with a strong track record of success in the software development and delivery of complex, enterprise-class software.
• 5+ years in significant leadership roles, including proven experience managing distributed engineering teams and large-scale application development for Windows desktop and Google Cloud deployments.
• Strong business and technical acumen with a strong understanding of development processes and project planning and execution management.
• Demonstrates a "high organizational IQ", successfully navigating and managing highly technical, geographically distributed teams.
• Excellent leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills to convey complex technical information effectively to a wide variety of stakeholders and audiences at all levels.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with firmware development, embedded systems, Windows/Linux operating systems, and the unique challenges developers face on these platforms.
• Experience working with cryptographic systems such as Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) or critical management systems such as Hardware Security Modules (HSMs).
• Good understanding of industrial and manufacturing automation designs and implementations.
• Excellent analytical and problem solving skills with hands-on approach to software development and guiding the team to solving complex technical challenges

U.S. benefits designed for your overall well-being:

Health coverage. We've got you covered with top of the line health plans, including dental and vision. We pay 100% of your premium and 85% for your family.

Retirement plan. Our retirement plan includes a 401K dollar per dollar match up to 6% with a cap of $6K/year. Immediate vesting.

Wellness reimbursement. We offer $1,200.00 in wellness earnings (prorated based on start date) that you can use on your gym membership, a massage, or your favorite online fitness classes. This is a taxable benefit if you choose to participate.

Learning and development. We encourage your professional growth and offer a yearly development stipend of $3,000 and mentorship program.

Time off. We offer a total of 15 vacation days plus 10 holidays, and 7 sick days a year.

Paid parental leave. We love welcoming new family members to our YubiTeam! All parents receive 8 weeks of paid leave. Birthing parents receive an additional 8 weeks of paid leave (16 weeks total).

Commuter Benefits. If you need to commute to the office, we offer commuter benefits.

Strong mission & company values. We're a global team on a global mission to make the internet more secure for everyone. We believe that every person's work matters. That you should always be nice, stay humble, and have fun, and never take yourself too seriously.