Job Title: Lead Application Security Engineer
Job Location: Remote in USA & Canada (offices in SF, NY, and Austin)
Salary: $220K - $320K
Visa Sponsorship: Open to visa transfers (e.g. OPT, H1B transfers)
Equity: Competitive Equity
Tech Stack: TypeScript, Go, Cloud: Multi-cloud across AWS, Azure, and GCP
HRforGrowth® is engaged as the talent acquisition partner to conduct this search on behalf of a client organization that is hiring for this role. HRforGrowth is not the employer for this position. HRforGrowth identifies, evaluates, and presents top-tier candidates through its global talent acquisition practice; all employment decisions — including final selection, offer terms, compensation, and conditions of employment — are made solely by the hiring organization.
Position Summary:
They'll work closely with our VP of Engineering and own application security end-to-end.
Some problems they'll be working on include multi-tenant isolation, sub-tenant access control, cloud security across multi-region/multi-cloud infrastructure, and internet-facing APIs processing 100K+ events/sec.
Role Requirements
Seeking a security engineer with a computer science background.
Candidate should ideally be an early hire or have experience building security practices from the ground up.
Candidate Requirements
Must pass technical interviews and have experience with application security.
Experience with data infrastructure or security-centric companies like Okta is beneficial.
Ideal Candidate Profile
Looking for candidates with fast growth, impact, and lead role experience.
Seniority
Minimum of 6 years of experience as a security engineer with deep knowledge of distributed systems
Work experience
Been an early security hire (first 3) at a SaaS product or data infrastructure company
Must have gone from Backend software engineer -> Security engineer
Education
CS, Math, or Physics degree
Hard skills
Expereince securing systems across multi-cloud and/or multi-region infrastructure
Securing multi-tenant platforms: tenant isolation, authorization models, etc
Privacy-adjacent security (PII handling, data residency, GDPR/CCPA technical controls)
Miscellaneous
Average tenure longer than 2 years
Open to managers who want to move back in fully IC positions
About HRforGrowth:
HRforGrowth is a full-service HR and talent partner built to support companies that are scaling, transforming, or navigating change. HRFG is globally recognized for delivering quality, speed, and cost-effective talent solutions across every level of the workforce. Through its global talent acquisition practice, HRforGrowth applies world class rigor and precision to identifying exceptional professional and executive talent on behalf of its clients — from temporary staffing to permanent hourly workers through to placing C-suite executives. HRforGrowth is presenting this opportunity in its capacity as the retained search partner and does not serve as the employer of record for this position.
Equal Employment Opportunity:
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