Engineering Manager, Platform Security

Role overview Lead a platform security engineering team and shape security strategy across a large engineering organization. The role combines people leadership with hands-on technical judgment, focusing on making secure practices practical for developers and reducing risk across infrastructure, software delivery, and access systems.

Responsibilities - Set security direction and lead a team of security software engineers, including coaching and team development. - Define and maintain secure baselines for cloud environments. - Identify and manage infrastructure vulnerabilities while supporting a fast-moving engineering organization. - Secure software supply chains from development environments through build, deployment, and production. - Build and operate identity and access systems for people and machine workloads, applying least-privilege principles. - Advise teams on risk assessments, architecture, threat models, and code reviews, balancing security with business needs.

Requirements - At least 3 years managing a team of three or more security software engineers. - At least 3 years securing systems serving millions of users. - Experience building and securing cloud environments; the listed environments include GCP, Cloudflare, and AWS. - Software development experience in a general-purpose language; examples in the source include Python, TypeScript, and Rust. - Strong security reasoning across complex systems, including unfamiliar components. - Ability to set a roadmap and build an inclusive team through coaching. - Experience developing with agentic AI and understanding of AI security practices.

Nice to have - Knowledge of authentication and authorization approaches such as RBAC, OAuth, Zero Trust, or mTLS. - Familiarity with infrastructure and CI/CD tools such as Terraform, Bazel, Buildkite, or Spacelift. - Experience with containers, Kubernetes, or serverless workloads. - Experience operating security platforms.

Benefits and work setup The position is remote for candidates based on the U.S. West Coast. Those in the Bay Area may work from an office in San Francisco. The stated U.S. base salary range is $248,000–$310,000, with equity and benefits also noted.