Lead Security Engineer

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Own the security roadmap — craft and execute a strategic security engineering plan that aligns with CodeRabbit’s fast-paced engineering cadence.
Boost resilience — champion defense-in-depth tactics: threat modeling, secure design reviews, hardening, CI/CD integration.
Be Incident Commander — spearhead security incident response and recovery: triage, resolve, root cause, and turn those learnings into stronger systems.
Tools & automation — build or integrate security tooling (SAST, DAST, SIEM, EDR, monitoring) into the developer workflow without slowing delivery.
Embed security fluently — partner with engineering and product teams to bring secure practices early into planning and daily workflows.
Talent & culture — help to hire, coach, and mentor a scrappy, resilient security engineering team; elevate security awareness across the company.
Compliance & policy — establish security standards, frameworks, or processes that evolve as we scale—but remain lean and developer-friendly.

Battle-tested experience: 8+ years in security engineering, incident response, or correlated fields—bonus if you've led through a major production breach or targeted attack.
Technical depth: Extensive experience with security across software and infrastructure—threat modeling, pen testing, secure CI/CD pipelines, cloud security, incident response.
Strategic mindset: Ability to translate risk into actionables, communicate trade‑offs with engineering/product leadership.
Praxis over theory: You’ve taken production systems down (intentionally or unintentionally) and built them back stronger.
Security in chaos: Experience in pressure situations—with clarity, direction, and calm.
Developer‑centric approach: You can speak fluent dev-tools, empathize with fast-moving teams, and secure them without slowing them down.

You’ve implemented DevSecOps tooling and orchestrated shift‑left security in developer pipelines.
You’ve recovered from (or prevented) a critical security event, and turned that into an engineering culture improvement.
Experience in a dev‑tools, SDK, or platform-heavy company.
Hacker mindset + operational discipline - pentests, disaster recovery, threat hunting, tooling, cloud environments.
Certifications like CISSP, CISM, CEH, or relevant cloud security certs.

Defend a Developer-First Future: At CodeRabbit, you’re not just protecting infrastructure—you’re securing the next evolution of developer tools. Help fortify a product that’s reshaping how code gets reviewed.
Real Authority & Ownership: You won’t be on the sidelines. As Lead Security Engineer, you’ll define the security roadmap, lead critical incident responses, and gain full ownership of outcomes—from threat modeling to hardened deployment.
Impact at Velocity: Join an agile, cross-functional squad of engineers, designers, and researchers. You’ll move fast but not recklessly - embedding security in every release without slowing delivery.
Build, Break, Rebuild Stronger: Ideal for someone battle-tested; someone who's faced breaches, recovered systems, and evolved engineering culture through adversity.
Grow and Lead: We're investing in you. This role offers ongoing leadership development, mentorship opportunities, and real ownership as you eventually scale your team and operations.
Compensation That Reflects Responsibility: We deliver a competitive package—salary, equity, and benefits—to match the importance and intensity of this role.
Hybrid Culture That Adapts to You: We collaborate in person in the Bay Area every week, but leave room for remote heads-down focus. It’s security, not surveillance.

🤝 Collaborative Humans: Prioritizing collective intelligence
🚀 Fearless Innovators: Turning obstacles into growth opportunities
💪 Persistent, Passionate Developers: Thriving on complex, long-term challenges
🎯 Impact-Driven Creators: Crafting intuitive tools for developers
🧠 Rapid Learners and Un-learners: Adapting quickly in our fast-paced technological world

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