Senior Security Engineering Manager

The role

You will lead and grow a security engineering team as a player-coach. You will set the security engineering roadmap, automate engagement models, and drive operational excellence across security domains.

What you will do

• Set and refine the security engineering roadmap
• Automate and operationalize security engineering engagement
• Strengthen SLAs, KPIs, ownership models, and operating rhythms
• Drive operational excellence in vulnerability management, application and infrastructure security, incident response, monitoring, and automation
• Turn security practices into a repeatable system
• Lead, coach, and grow a high-performing team
• Translate strategy into team priorities and execution plans
• Stay hands-on in technical decisions, architecture review, code review, and implementation
• Partner with engineering and product to embed security into the software development lifecycle

Required qualifications

• Experience managing managers and developing leaders at multiple levels
• Hands-on security engineering leadership and ability to build a function in a zero-to-one environment
• Broad knowledge across multiple security domains with deep expertise in at least one
• Player-coach track record of guiding technical design and execution while managing people
• Strong prioritization judgment
• Experience improving how a team operates
• Experience automating a security team engagement model or improving SLA and KPI practices
• Experience turning strategy into roadmaps and cross-functional execution
• Strong communication with technical and non-technical stakeholders

Nice to have

• Experience in a SaaS or AI company with low risk thresholds
• Experience building security infrastructure, monitoring, and automation

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Medical, Dental, and Vision (100% Coverage)
• Paid Maternity and Paternity Leave
• 401(k)
• Daily Lunches + Dinners
• Commuter Benefits
• Unlimited PTO
• Meaningful equity

About the company

Brain Co. builds AI-native operating systems for large, regulated institutions. Their platform, Atlas, keeps customers in control and secure by design.