Director of Security Engineering

The role

You will lead the Security Engineering organization and serve as a deputy to the CISO. You will build and scale security teams, own security engineering roadmaps, and drive cross-functional programs.

What you will do

• Serve as deputy to the CISO and represent the security organization to executives, customers, and regulators
• Lead, coach, and grow managers and senior engineers across Security Engineering and Security Operations
• Own the security engineering roadmap including cloud security architecture, detection and response, identity, vulnerability management, and secure-by-default platform investments
• Drive cross-functional programs with Engineering, IT, and Product
• Set and defend engineering standards for the security organization
• Build hiring pipelines and own performance management, promotion cases, and succession planning
• Translate technical risk into business terms for the executive team and board

Required qualifications

• 10+ years in security or software engineering
• 4+ years managing security teams, ideally including managers of managers or equivalent scope
• Software engineering background including shipping production software
• Proven record of building and scaling high-performing security teams
• Deep technical fluency in cloud-native environments including AWS organizations, multi-account governance, Kubernetes, identity and access, detection engineering, and modern SDLC security
• Demonstrated cross-functional leadership
• Strong written communication

Nice to have

• Currently a security engineering manager or senior manager at a fintech, high-growth startup, or forward-leaning enterprise
• Built paved-path or secure-by-default platforms
• Experience with compliance-driven environments (FedRAMP, SOC 2, ISO 27001)
• Experience securing AI/ML systems or governing AI adoption at scale
• Operated in environments where security headcount was scarce and automation was the only way to scale

Benefits

• Base salary
• Bonus or incentive compensation
• Equity
• Comprehensive benefits package

Before you apply

• Successful candidates must successfully complete pre-employment checks to progress to a final offer

About the company

Abnormal AI protects organizations from the most sophisticated email and collaboration attacks using behavioral AI. The security organization operates a commercial cloud environment and a separate FedRAMP-authorized environment.