Director of Security Engineering
Core
Lead and grow the Security Engineering organization to build resilient infrastructure, enable secure product development, and embed security into Asana's SaaS platform.
Role type
Director of Security Engineering (Leadership)
Builds
Internal security tooling, frameworks, libraries, and secure product features for Asana's global SaaS platform.
Domain
SaaS, Cloud Security, Application Security
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | infrastructure
Required skills
Security engineering leadership, software architecture, cloud-native security, identity frameworks (OAuth, OIDC, SAML), application security (OWASP), risk-informed decision making, team building and mentoring, automation strategy.
Preferred skills
AI tool adoption and risk management, deep-dive technical design reviews, data-driven operations.
Technologies
AWS, OAuth, OIDC, SAML, OWASP
Responsibilities
Lead and mentor a multi-disciplinary engineering team; own the security engineering roadmap; build security by construction across products and infrastructure; collaborate with Product and Engineering to embed security requirements; drive recruiting and career path establishment; oversee complex design reviews.
Seniority
Director, hands-on leadership