Lead Security Engineer

Compa

2mo ago • 2 views • 0 applications
Orange County HQ Hybrid
$200,000 - $215,000
Full-time
Security Engineer

Job Description

🚀 About CompaCompa is a venture-backed SaaS startup revolutionizing the future of compensation.In a dynamic job market with hiring challenges, accountability, and the rise of AI, companies need the best data to stay ahead of industry changes, competition, and costs. Compa has developed the premier real-time compensation data platform, delivering top-tier compensation intelligence to leading enterprise teams.Compa is a compensation intelligence company built to augment enterprise compensation teams in the era of AI.Our customers include the world’s biggest companies: Apple, NVIDIA, Tesla, Mastercard, T-Mobile, Sanofi, Moderna, Gilead Sciences, and more.💻 About the roleWe’re looking for a lead security engineer to own Compa’s security operations across our products, systems, and operations. This role is a stepping stone to Compa’s Head of Security & Privacy as our company grows.The best enterprise companies in the world trust us with the data — you will have full ownership to meet and exceed the high bar for data security and data privacy.Philosophically, Compa sees data security and data privacy as an engineering concern that exists within a regulatory envelope — engineering drives both data security and data privacy, with support from legal.Core responsibilities of this role:Lead the design, development, and implementation of security solutions that protect Compa’s infrastructure, products, and customer dataLead internal security operations (including risk assessments, threat detection, incident response, and vulnerability management) and monitor compliance with industry standards and regulationsPartner with Compa’s Co-founder & CTO to develop security best practices regarding both conventional AI and generative AIOwn Compa’s SOC2 Type 2 and third-party pen test, OSINT and social engineering tests; including vendor selection and mangementMaintain a high level of subject matter expertise in cybersecurity/information security, cloud computing, IT operations, IT risk management, and IT internal audit, as well as supervisory expectations, industry practices, and emerging trends in those areasPartner with Compa’s VP, Sales to communicate Compa’s security posture to prospects in procurementPartner with Compa’s Director of Marketing to communicate Compa’s security posture to the marketDrive at least one application security project with influencing/leading/guiding Compa’s Data Products and Data Trust teams through independent execution of security and privacy projects👋 About you5+ years of relevant IT & Security experience in a high-performing organizationExpert-level understanding of the SaaS enterprise security regimeHighly influential spoken and written communication with XFN leaders, technical leaders, and customersTrack record of securing enterprise systems in production (securing AI systems is nice, not required)Experience at a growth-stage startup building products for enterpriseExperience securing cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP, Azure, etc.)You have an interest in and are excited about the opportunity to grow into a Head of Security & PrivacyLow ego, with an appetite to build, and employ good judgment in making hard trade-offs with limited resourcesIt’s nice (but not required) if you have experience securing probabilistic systems (generative AI, conventional AI, ranking, recommendations, etc.)