Security Engineering Manager
TaskRabbitOn-demand Home company
San Francisco, United StatesManager
First Round Capital
Collaborative Fund
Facebook
Shasta Ventures
Baseline Ventures
Floodgate Fund
Software Engineering
About the role
TL;DR
Lead and develop a team of security engineers to drive security progress.
- •Reporting to the Infrastructure Director of Engineering, you are a pragmatic security leader who acts as a business enabler rather than a gatekeeper.
- •You thrive in a high-velocity, non-regulated environment where you must define 'what good looks like' from scratch and drive security progress with a blend of strong planning skills and strong cross-functional partnerships.
- •Key Responsibilities Lead and develop a team of security engineers, acting as a technical player-coach to manage deliverables, mentorship, and continuous learning.
- •Integrate foundational security tooling and automation across corporate, infrastructure, and application layers.
- •Working closely with engineering teams, IT, legal and compliance.
- •Develop data-driven security strategies, including OKRs, KPIs, and roadmaps, using clear written communication to advocate for security priorities during cross-functional planning.
- •Requirements 5+ years of experience building and managing security teams in an agile, high-growth environment.
- •Proven track record of achieving a security framework from scratch (e.g., taking a company through its first SOC2 or ISO 27001 certification).
- •Strong technical 'Player-Coach' ability, with the comfort level to dive into technical initiatives and provide direct guidance to security engineers.
Required skills
CI/CDKubernetesAWSGoogle CloudAzureTerraformCloudFormationPulumiEC2S3RDSECSEKSGKECloud Run
Domain expertise
cybersecurity
Tech stack
CI/CDKubernetesAWSGoogle CloudAzureTerraformCloudFormationPulumiEC2S3RDSECSEKSGKECloud RunBigQueryRedshiftDockerGitHub ActionsJenkinsArgoCDHelmGitLab CICircleCIAnsibleChefPuppetPrometheusGrafanaDatadog