Senior Director of Engineering, Forward Networks
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$240-300k
Office located in Santa Clara, CA
Mathematically-accurate network modeling
Open for applications
Mathematically-accurate network modeling
101-200 employees
Open for applications
$240-300k
Office located in Santa Clara, CA
101-200 employees
Company mission
To transform networks to be agile, predictable, and secure.
Role
Who you are
- 10+ years of experience in software engineering, with at least 5 years in an engineering leadership role (managing multiple teams)
- Experience collaborating with cross-functional teams (Product Management, UX, and Design) to drive product development and delivery
- Strong technical background in building enterprise-level products
- Experience in project planning and resource allocation
- Excellent communication, leadership, and organizational skills, with an ability to influence and inspire technical teams
Desirable
- Experience in networking concepts (Layer 2/3 protocols, network infrastructure, security, and visibility tools)
- Experience working in a networking-focused company or a role where networking concepts played a significant role in the product
- Knowledge of agile methodologies and a deep understanding of product development lifecycles
What the job involves
- Forward Networks is currently seeking a Senior Director of Engineering. As the Senior Director of Engineering, you will be responsible for leading multiple engineering teams across two geographic regions (US and India)
- You will collaborate closely with Product Management and UX teams to ensure high-quality product delivery while adhering to timelines and business requirements
- Lead and manage multiple engineering teams across the US and India, ensuring high-performance, alignment with company goals, and timely delivery of projects
- Foster a collaborative environment between geographically dispersed teams, ensuring smooth communication and effective coordination
- Mentor and coach engineering managers and technical leads, ensuring strong team culture, career development, and technical excellence
- Promote a culture of ownership, accountability, and innovation within the teams
- Work closely with Product Management to review requirements, provide feedback, and ensure they align with the product vision and company goals
- Collaborate with UX teams to review design proposals, ensuring usability and seamless integration with backend systems
- Lead efforts to provide engineering estimates for feature development, including timelines, resources, and potential risks
- Translate business and product requirements into technical deliverables and ensure alignment between the engineering team and stakeholders
- Provide guidance on technical architecture and design to ensure scalable and maintainable solutions
- Oversee the end-to-end delivery of product features, from concept through release, ensuring alignment with the roadmap and quality standards
- Ensure product delivery meets key performance indicators such as scalability, performance, security, and user experience
- Drive continuous improvements in development processes, including code review, testing, and automation
- Partner with senior leadership to align the engineering vision with broader company goals and strategy
- Act as the technical representative for engineering teams in high-level discussions with cross-functional leadership
- Communicate project status, risks, and key milestones to senior leadership, providing transparency and updates on ongoing initiatives
Our take
The rapid flow of data from inside and outside organisations has rendered top-down planning difficult, and often ineffective, especially in an enterprise network setting. Forward Networks provides a solution by creating digital twins of a company's network architecture so planners and developers can see how their activities will affect operations across the entire network.
Although digital twinning is relatively new, there is already intense competition for this space. Forward Networks has carved out a unique niche in focusing on enterprise networks rather than the organisation as a whole, a focus which is needed given the complexity of modern hybrid networks which can span several cloud environments.
In 2023, Forward Networks completed a Series D funding round led by MSD Partners, with participation from Goldman Sachs, one of its long-term customers. This investment has supported the business in further developing its product, expand the services available to its customers, and scaling its core team.
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Company
Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)
Jan 2023
$50m
SERIES D
Oct 2019
$35m
SERIES C
Total funding: $112.5m
Company benefits
- We’re an agile team and early-stage company with plenty of opportunities to grow, as a company and as individuals.
- Every team member receives a compensation package that includes equity, so we can grow together.
- We offer top-grade insurance, with medical, dental, and vision benefits for you and your family.
- Vacations, holidays, family days. With no tracked time off, you can go as long as it’s okay with your manager.
Company values
- We're not like other start-ups
- Our diversity makes us stronger
- We're proud of our people
Company HQ
Santa Clara, CA
Articles
Leadership
David Erickson
(Co-Founder & CEO)Was Director of Course Content and Instructor at SDN Academy, a Graduate Research Assistant at Stanford University and Member of Technical Staff at big switch networks.
Brandon Heller
(Co-Founder & CTO)Was Director of Course Content and Instructor at SDN Academy. Prior to that, they interned at Google, Hewlett-Packard and Emerson Motor Company.
Nikhil Handigol
(Co-Founder)Was Director of Course Content and Instructor at SDN Academy, as well as a Member of Technical Staff at ON.Lab and Research Assistant at Stanford University.
Peyman Kazemian
(Co-Founder)Was Director of Course Content and Instructor at SDN Academy, and a Researcher and Teaching Assistant at Stanford University. Also in terned at Google and Ericsson.
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