About the role

  • Staff Security Engineer leading security efforts at AI SaaS company. Collaborating cross-functionally to protect sensitive customer data and products while mentoring engineering team members.

Responsibilities

  • Identify and address security risks through comprehensive assessments, mitigation strategies, and execution.
  • Ensure secure coding and implement systems to protect against unauthorized access and data breaches.
  • Develop and execute incident response plans, conduct forensic analysis, and take preventive measures.
  • Maintain compliance with regulations and industry standards, promote transparency, and address ethical concerns.
  • Establish real-time monitoring systems, conduct regular assessments, and proactively respond to threats.
  • Evaluate and secure third-party integrations to prevent vulnerabilities.
  • Educate and raise awareness for security best practices across the engineering team.
  • Maintain up-to-date documentation on protocols, incidents, and improvements; report regularly to stakeholders.
  • Mentor and guide team members to build security expertise across the engineering organization.

Requirements

  • 8+ years in a security-focused engineering role, with hands-on technical architecture, implementation, and oversight experience
  • Expertise in SAST/DAST, application security, and CI/CD pipeline integration
  • Deep knowledge of AI-specific threats (prompt injection, model poisoning, membership inference, adversarial perturbation, output manipulation)
  • Experience implementing security principles, operating system and web application security, and familiarity with the OWASP Top 10 and common threat tactics
  • Knowledge of next-generation security technologies (SASE, CASB, RASP)
  • Hands-on experience with patch management, software supply chain security, and artifact repositories (e.g., JFrog, Snyk)
  • Strong programming or scripting skills in at least one language (e.g., Python, Ruby, Node.js)
  • Relevant cybersecurity certification (CISSP, CISM, CISA, CRISC, GIAC, etc.)
  • Up-to-date on technology and vulnerability trends; ability to secure cloud computing applications and ecosystems
  • Application/infrastructure-level security design experience, including modern mitigation techniques (e.g., DNS-SEC, cryptographic fundamentals)
  • Strong automation skills with Python

Benefits

  • Choice of medical, dental, and vision insurance plans for you and your family
  • Additional insurance coverage options for life, accident, or critical illness
  • Flexible paid time off, sick leave, short-term and long-term disability
  • 10 US observed holidays, and Canadian statutory holidays by province
  • A home office stipend
  • 401(k) for US-based employees and RRSP for Canada-based employees
  • Paid parental leave
  • A local in-person meet-up program
  • Hubs in San Francisco and Toronto

Job type

Full Time

Experience level

Lead

Salary

CA$181,011 - CA$274,246 per year

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

Tech skills

CloudCyber SecurityDNSJavaScriptNode.jsPythonRuby

Location requirements

HybridTorontoCanada

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