Director of Engineering, Veeam
PrivacyOps Platform
Office located in San Jose, CA
Data backup & recovery platform
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Data backup & recovery platform
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
Office located in San Jose, CA
1001+ employees
Company mission
To empower every organization to not just bounce back from a data outage or loss but bounce forward.
Role
Who you are
- Technical Proficiency: Proven experience with Go and/or Python, specifically for building high-concurrency, high-throughput backend systems
- Distributed Systems Expertise: Strong background in microservices, REST/GraphQL APIs, and message brokers (e.g., Kafka or RabbitMQ) for building resilient SaaS platforms
- Developer Platforms: Experience leading SDKs or integration platform development, with a focus on normalizing data and metadata for downstream compliance and security use cases
- AI-Driven Development: Hands-on experience with AI-assisted development workfl ows and the judgment to implement guardrails for team productivity
- Leadership Experience: Proven track record of managing and growing high-performing engineering teams in a fast-paced environment
- Privacy Expertise: Deep understanding of PrivacyOps philosophies and global privacy regulations (GDPR, CCPA, etc.)
- Execution Mindset: Ability to balance hands-on technical contribution with strategic organizational leadership
What the job involves
- Veeam is seeking a highly technical, hands-on Director of Engineering - PrivacyOps to lead the development of our core privacy-related product suite
- This leader will manage multiple cross-functional modules responsible for the end-to-end delivery of products that define the PrivacyOps category
- You will provide overarching leadership for the Securiti Product Suite
- You will define the technical vision, ensure architectural consistency across all modules, and drive operational excellence for a portfolio that ncludes Cookie Consent, Assessments, DSR Fulfillment, Breach Management, and Privacy Notices
- In this role, you will work in close partnership with established, senior engineering leads who manage specific products within the suite
- Your focus will be on ross-team strategy, unified architectural standards, and tight collaboration with Product Management to ensure a cohesive platform experience
- Hands-on Technical Direction: Actively participate in architectural reviews and code sessions, ensuring that our systems of engagement, automation, and record are scalable and reliable
- Engineering Innovation:
- Build an AI-first engineering practice, leveraging tools like Cursor, Copilot, and custom agents to standardize code quality, improve security, and accelerate development cycles
- Own the architecture and roadmap for a scalable, high-performance integration and connector framework that powers our privacy product suite across diverse SaaS, IaaS, and AI platforms
- Product Support:
- Represent engineering in key customer interactions
- Improve support to the customer engagement functions
- Product Delivery: Work closely with our distributed PrivacyOps leadership in driving the roadmap for critical PrivacyOps modules, including:
- DSR Automation: Implementing robotic automation to fulfill data subject requests quickly and reliably
- Consent Lifecycle Management: Managing complex cookie consent, mobile consent and user preferences across various jurisdictions
- Assessment Automation: Streamlining internal and vendor privacy risk assessments
- Breach & Notice Management: Automating incident response and real-time privacy notice updates
- Product Management Partnership: Collaborate deeply with Product Management and facilitate better interactions to align engineering execution with the overarching business strategy for the Securiti platform
- Strategic Engineering Leadership: Mentor and partner with senior engineering leads to scale the Securiti Product Suite, fostering a culture of technical excellence and cross-functional agility
Our take
The increasing reliance of businesses on data, plus the growing volume of data generated, is making organisations more vulnerable to cyberattacks. Veeam is a leading provider of backup, recovery, and data management solutions, focusing on simplifying the recovery process whilst also making it more capable and efficient.
The company's solutions focus on simplifying backups for virtual machines, achieving any recovery objective, maximising investments and reducing management overhead. It currently safeguards data for over 400,000 customers worldwide, including over 80% of the Fortune 500 and 70% of the Global 2,000.
Veeam also continuously introduces product updates, such as cloud-native solutions to protect data across AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud. It has recently appointed new leadership to help drive growth and product development across international markets, as it aims to sustain its leadership position and help clients fight back against increasingly sophisticated cyberattacks.
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Insights
12% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (1 round)
Jan 2019
$500m
GROWTH EQUITY VC
Total funding: $500m
Company benefits
- Unlimited paid time off, plus 3 global VeeaMe Days for self-care
- Paid parental leave: 8 weeks for all parents, 16 weeks for birthing parents
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage from day one
- Mental health support, therapy sessions, and digital wellness tools via SupportLinc EAP
- 401(k) retirement plan with matching contributions up to annual limits
- Fertility, adoption, and surrogacy support through Maven, plus paid volunteer time
- AirVet: 24/7 virtual veterinary care at no cost
- Legal services, identity protection, and supplemental health insurance options
- Tax-advantaged spending accounts for healthcare, dependent care, and commuting
- Professional training and education, including courses and workshops, internal meetups, and unlimited access to our online learning platforms (LinkedIn Learning, Athena, O’Reilly) and mentoring through our MentorLab program
Company HQ
Lakeview, Kirkland, WA
Leadership
Anand Eswaran
(President & CEO)Former President and Chief Operating Officer at RingCentral, Founding Advisory Board Member of the Technology Services Industry Association (TSIA), and former Corporate Vice President (various departments) at Microsoft. Previous Vice President of Global Services at SAP (Executive), Hewlett-Packard, and Vignette Corp.
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