Engineering Manager, Detectors (Zürich)

ppLakera, a Check Point company, is building the security layer for the GenAI and agentic AI era. The Detectors Group owns the core machine learning systems that power Lakera’s defenses, delivering the fastest, broadest, and most reliable threat detection for GenAI and agentic AI applications. /p pWe are looking for an Engineering Manager with deep expertise in Machine Learning to lead the Detectors Group. This is a senior engineering leadership role for an experienced ML leader who can drive technical strategy, execution, and organizational scale. You will manage several work streams and tech leads, work closely with highly skilled ML engineers and researchers, and shape the evolution of Lakera’s AI security defenses as the company scales. /p h3Mission /h3 pProvide the best, fastest, and broadest threat detection to secure every GenAI and agentic AI application. /p h3What You Will Do /h3 ulliOwn the technical vision, roadmap, and execution for Lakera's detector and defense models. /liliLead and grow the Detectors Group (:12 engineers today), recruiting top ML and software engineering talent and developing senior ICs and tech leads with the scope to build out a management layer as the organization scales. /liliPartner closely with Product, Research, GTM, and other Engineering teams, acting as a key technical counterpart to Product in shaping the detection roadmap and translating customer needs into engineering priorities. /liliDrive architectural and modeling decisions across production defense systems, ensuring high standards of quality, reliability, latency, and scalability. /liliEstablish technical and operational processes for experimentation, evaluation, deployment, and iteration. /liliDesign the organization for rapid growth without sacrificing execution velocity. /li /ul h3What Success Looks Like /h3 ulliLakera’s detection systems consistently lead the market in coverage, accuracy, and speed. /liliThe Detectors Group scales smoothly while maintaining high technical quality and team morale. /liliEngineers are empowered, effective, and growing into larger scopes. /liliTechnical decisions balance deep rigor with pragmatism and customer impact. /liliThe organization can move fast without sacrificing correctness, safety, or reliability. /li /ul h3Who You Are /h3 ulliA senior ML and engineering leader with 10+ years of experience across machine learning, applied AI, and software systems. /liliComfortable going deep technically, while also operating at the organizational and strategic level. /liliStrong mentor who enjoys elevating people around you and building leadership capacity. /liliExperienced managing managers and leading multi-layered teams. /liliHumble, curious, and motivated by building the best solutions rather than defending ego or ideology. /liliEnergized by solving problems at the intersection of people, technology, and organization. /liliExperienced in scaling teams and systems in high-growth environments. /li /ul h3Nice to Have /h3 ulliExperience building ML systems for security, trust and safety, or adversarial domains. /liliBackground in deploying ML systems under strict latency, reliability, or adversarial constraints. /li /ul pTo remove your information from our recruitment database, please email /p /p #J-18808-Ljbffr