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About the Role:

  • Lead security and privacy efforts to protect students, educators, and partners.
  • Own the security roadmap, risk register, and customer assurance.
  • Mature and scale programs as the organization grows.

Expectations:

  • Keep an up-to-date risk register and communicate clearly through regular updates.
  • Support engineering with secure design reviews and actionable recommendations.
  • Lead SOC 2 compliance, incident response, and partner with Trust and Safety.

Qualifications:

  • 7+ years in security roles with at least 3 in leadership.
  • Experience implementing security controls in fast-moving engineering teams.
  • Background in DevSecOps, cloud environments (AWS EKS), and compliance audits.

Why Join Us:

  • Build the engineering team behind AI in education and shape technology for 60,000+ educators globally.
  • Real closeness to users with weekly school visits and classroom-grounded decisions.
  • Mission-aligned team with flexible remote work and competitive benefits.

Playlab

Playlab is a tech non-profit dedicated to helping educators and students become critical consumers and creators of AI through open-source, community-driven tools. With over 60,000 educators using the platform, the team is mission-driven, small, and passionate about equity, creativity, and joyful learning.

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