Security Engineering Director
Core
Define security strategy and architecture for product, platform, and cloud estate; build and lead a security engineering team to enable secure defaults and automation.
Role type
Director of Security Engineering (Engineering-led)
Builds
Secure defaults, paved roads, automation, detection/response systems, and hardened cloud infrastructure
Domain
SaaS, Legal Tech, Cloud Security, AI Security
Deliverable
production ML models | infrastructure | product features
Required skills
Security strategy, architectural judgement, application security, detection engineering, cloud/platform security, team leadership, infrastructure as code
Preferred skills
LLM/agentic product security, high-growth SaaS experience, multi-specialization depth, enterprise customer security representation
Technologies
Kubernetes, Infrastructure as Code, Secrets Management, Workload Identity
Responsibilities
Define security standards and roadmap; partner with CTO on technical direction; build tools for secure development; own incident playbooks and threat modeling; hire and develop senior security engineers; support enterprise security conversations
Seniority
Director, strategic leadership & team building