Partner with engineering leadership to resolve the design tradeoffs that a senior engineer would escalate.
Vulnerability management
Set the bar for how the team triages, reproduces, and prioritizes bug bounty submissions and internal security reports, and step in on the hardest or highest-severity cases.
Drive remediation of systemic classes of vulnerability, not just individual findings.
Developer enablement & leadership
Own the security services and tooling consumed by product teams across our global infrastructure.
Mentor other engineers on the team, and act as the authoritative technical voice on product security across engineering leadership.
You Should Have
Typically 8+ years of experience in product/application security, with real hands-on time building security tools and services, not just reviewing them — we care more about what you've built than the exact number.
A track record of designing security architecture that scales across many teams and services, not just securing a single product.
Strong grasp of web application security principles and hands-on experience with application testing tools (Burp Suite, OWASP ZAP, or similar)
Software development experience building security tools in at least one modern language (Go, Python, Java/Kotlin, TypeScript, Ruby, or similar)
Track record of leading multi-team technical initiatives and mentoring engineers into senior roles
Nice to Have
Experience running or scaling a security champions program
Identity management and identity federation experience (SAML, OAuth, SCIM)
Experience with IaaS cloud infrastructure, Kubernetes, containers, and service-oriented architectures
Hands-on experience with bug bounty platforms and SAST tools (Cycode, Semgrep, Snyk, or similar)
Experience performing code audits on internal or open-source libraries before they ship in production
How We Work
We stay closely aligned with teammates on other continents via Slack, video, and async docs
We have the latest hardware and software, including frontier AI models on day one
We're agile, but not dogmatic — the team decides how it works best
Why This Role Is Special
Massive leverage: the conventions and champions program you build are multiplied across hundreds of engineers who never talk to you directly.
Broad authority: you set the architecture other reviews are measured against, rather than being the one measured.
You're part of PSI: the platform, security, and infrastructure teams work hand in hand, and security is treated as infrastructure with real engineering quality bars, not a policy function.
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California Pay Range
$148,210—$270,703 USD
Washington Pay Range
$196,875—$270,703 USD
Colorado Pay Range
$148,210—$185,263 USD
New York City Pay Range
$196,875—$270,703 USD
Illinois Pay Range
$148,210—$185,263 USD
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