Role overview

Lead Security Engineer

Requirements and responsibilities

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Responsibilities

  • Review and help design robust security standards and monitoring
  • Maintain and improve our policy-as-code platform to enable rapid detection and response
  • Work closely with our Infrastructure team to ensure cloud-based deployments have proper monitoring and adhere to our policies
  • Manage SOC II audits, set a high standard for compliant software and processes, and ensure we consistently meet those standards
  • Participate in on-call rotation to support critical security issues
  • Own the vulnerability disclosure program and triage inbound reports to security@
  • Run periodic tabletop exercises and incident response drills
  • Maintain security policies and lead recurring reviews (e.g., firewall changes, security reviews)
  • Lead responses to partner and customer security questionnaires
  • Maintain the security risk register, track remediation, and produce periodic security metrics for leadership

Tech Stack

  • Frontend: Typescript, React, Next.js
  • Backend: Go, PostgreSQL, BigQuery
  • Data: BigQuery, Sqlmesh, Python
  • Infrastructure: Kubernetes, Pulumi, Buildkite, Google Cloud Platform
  • Security: Panther, Wiz, Vanta

Technical Qualifications

  • Hands-on experience with cloud platforms (GCP preferred) and Kubernetes security
  • Proficiency in at least one of Go, Python, or TypeScript - enough to build and maintain internal tooling
  • Experience owning SOC 2 (or equivalent) compliance programs end-to-end, including evidence collection, auditor management, and remediation
  • Experience running incident response, including on-call, post-mortems, and tabletop exercises
  • Experience managing vendor risk reviews and responding to customer security questionnaires
  • Strong written communication - this role interfaces with auditors, customers, partners, and engineers

You will be successful at Pipe if you:

  • Want to join a remote-first startup and make a real impact
  • Hold yourself and your teammates to high standards
  • Have a strong technical foundation and use your skills to help customers succeed
  • Take end-to-end ownership of your work and enjoy collaborating across functions

Compensation and Benefits

  • The best equipment to help you do your job
  • Flexible vacation and work hours - we believe in a healthy work-life balance (really!)
  • Excellent health, dental, and vision insurance
  • Generous parental leave for anyone growing their family, regardless of gender
  • Great colleagues - we value a culture of authenticity, humility, and excellence
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