Staff Product Security Engineer

The role

You will mature the Product Security program by driving Secure by Design principles, threat modeling, and security architecture reviews. You will also function as a technical team lead for a global team.

What you will do

• Assisting with maturing the application security program.
• Increasing Test Coverage (% of Assets) for repositories, microservices, and endpoints.
• Managing Security Gates Passed/Failed ratio.
• Function as a technical team lead to a global team.

Required qualifications

• 7+ years of experience across Software Engineering, Security Engineering, Application Security, or Product Security
• Proven experience working in Product Security programs within modern SaaS or cloud-native environments.
• Deep expertise in Secure SDLC, Secure by Design, threat modeling, security architecture, application security, API security, and modern authentication and authorization frameworks.
• Demonstrated success partnering with Engineering and Product leadership to influence architecture, design decisions, and security strategy.
• Strong understanding of cloud-native architectures, microservices, Kubernetes, containers, and multi-tenant SaaS platforms.
• Experience driving organization-wide vulnerability management and product risk remediation programs.
• Ability to communicate technical risk effectively to executive leadership and drive cross-functional alignment.

Nice to have

• Experience securing AI/GenAI-powered products and platforms.
• Hands-on software engineering background with experience building distributed systems.
• Experience implementing security automation within modern CI/CD environments.
• Experience leading globally distributed Product Security teams.
• Security certifications such as CISSP, CSSLP, or GIAC certifications.

Benefits

• Full health coverage (including OPD)
• Wellness and mental health resources
• Flexible remote work options
• Childcare assistance
• Recharge Holidays - one long weekend each quarter

About the company

Gainsight is the AI-powered retention engine behind the world’s most customer-centric companies. The Gainsight CustomerOS platform orchestrates the customer journey from onboarding to outcomes to advocacy.