Staff Software Engineer, Product Security

What You'll Do

• Define and own the product security roadmap, prioritizing initiatives based on risk, business impact, and engineering org maturity.
• Establish and evolve security posture across the engineering organization, setting standards that scale with the company.
• Partner with Product Engineering, Infrastructure, and Platform teams to incorporate secure design principles at every stage of development.
• Own and review security-critical code across key parts of the product, including authentication and access control.
• Architect secure-by-default libraries and tools that make the secure path the easiest choice for developers.
• Drive mitigation strategies during security-related incident responses, coordinating cross-functional efforts.
• Mentor engineers and raise the security bar across teams through code reviews, design reviews, and technical guidance.

What You Have

• 8+ years of experience in product security, application security, offensive security, and/or security-focused software engineering.
• Long track record of identifying and remediating software vulnerabilities, demonstrated through CVEs, bug bounty awards, published research, or prior work experience.
• Track record of leading complex cross-functional security initiatives and delivering measurable improvements, with demonstrated ability to influence engineering teams without direct authority.
• Experience mentoring senior engineers and developing security talent within an engineering organization.
• Strong programming skills with demonstrated experience writing high-quality, production software.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, particularly when translating security risks into business terms for non-security stakeholders.

Nice to Have

• Experience building security programs or practices at hyper-growth startups.
• Background with cloud environments (Azure, GCP, AWS) and cloud-native security patterns.
• Experience with AI/ML systems and emerging security considerations for LLM-based applications.

Compensation

$220,000 - $330,000