Senior Director leading application, privacy, device, and research security at 1Password. Building secure access solutions for over 180,000 businesses.
About the role
- Staff Software Engineer leading backend architecture for Coalition Control, a cybersecurity risk platform. Building secure distributed services and mentoring Security Engineering teams across Canada.
Responsibilities
- Work with Product, Design and Engineering to turn high-level goals into iterative plans, shape scope, and build and refine prototypes quickly, contributing across the stack with depth in backend
- Own the technical vision, architecture, and expansion of backend systems powering Coalition Control and contribute to other Coalition Security Products
- Simplify systems spread across many microservices
- Raise standards for code, code reviews, testing, and reliability
- Use AI-assisted tools to gather context, define requirements, and accelerate code development
- Lead the Control team of four engineers within a Security Engineering group of up to 15
- Guide architectural trade-offs, provide code reviews, and mentor engineers
- Partner with teams and departments across Coalition and own technical decisions and execution
- Participate in an on-call rotation, approximately one week every eight weeks
Requirements
- Proven experience as a backend engineer designing and building distributed, event-driven systems and cloud-based services in production, ideally with tools like SQS or Kafka on AWS
- Demonstrated technical leadership, including influencing architecture, setting standards, mentoring other engineers, and collaborating effectively across teams
- Strong proficiency in a modern backend language and framework
- Comfort with TypeScript/Node.js
- Strong, hands-on use of AI-assisted development workflows, including tools like Cursor and Claude
- Hands-on experience designing, implementing, and maintaining APIs, as well as integrating with third-party APIs or platforms
- Track record of taking complex existing systems and making them simpler and easier to evolve
- Solid understanding of security concepts and practices
- Clear, direct communication and a practical, outcome-oriented approach to problem solving
Benefits
- 100% medical, dental, and vision coverage
- Flexible PTO
- Annual home office stipend and WeWork access
- Mental & physical health wellness programs like Headspace, Lumino, and more!
- Competitive compensation and opportunity for advancement
Job title
Job type
Experience level
Salary
Degree requirement
No Education Requirement
Tech skills
Location requirements
Report this job
Found something wrong with the page? Please let us know by submitting a report below.
Security Engineer building agentic AI workflows and evaluation frameworks for Spotify’s vulnerability management platform. Improving automated security fixes for developers across the music - streaming business.
Avaya Aura security remediation consultant securing enterprise voice environments for Canadian clients. Applying Service Packs, hardening systems, and documenting production changes.
Desjardins security advisor managing ServiceNow SecOps and enterprise vulnerability management. Assessing risks, prioritizing remediation, and guiding IT and business stakeholders.
DNS and email security advisor at Desjardins, a financial cooperative. Deploying DNS, email security, and domain safeguards while troubleshooting complex infrastructure issues.
IT Security Engineer owning identity, endpoint, email, and access controls. Protecting Alpaca’s global brokerage infrastructure and supporting security incident response.
Head of Security protecting Helius’s Solana developer platform and critical infrastructure. Owning incident response, cloud security, compliance, and security - team growth.
Senior Security Specialist protecting BDO Canada’s enterprise systems through threat detection, incident response, and vulnerability management. Supporting security operations across blended office, client - site, and virtual environments.
Cybersecurity Lead strengthening Irth’s SaaS security program for utility infrastructure operators. Owning vulnerability management, incident response, cloud security, compliance, and customer trust.
AI Security Architect defining secure AI architectures, governance, and risk frameworks. Levio delivers digital transformation and large - scale technology projects for clients.