Application Security Lead at Hightouch defining security from the ground up as we scale. Handling application security posture in a hands-on role focused on distributed systems and security architecture.
Responsibilities
You'll own Hightouch's application security posture end-to-end.
Shape what security looks like here as we scale from 70 to 140+ engineers.
Solve hard problems at the intersection of security and distributed systems.
Improve our rate limiting, abuse detection, and granularity of access control.
Support our multi-region and multi-cloud backend, including launching Hightouch in new regions to support data residency requirements.
Requirements
Being an early security hire (first 1-3) at a SaaS or data infrastructure company
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