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$245,000–$307,000/yr
US

  • Lead the Sysdig Threat Research Team, owning adversary research and detection engineering end-to-end.
  • Drive AI security research into threats on models, agents, and infrastructure, plus AI-driven research methods.
  • Publish original research, ship detection content to customers and the Falco community, and partner with marketing and product teams.

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  • Conduct cutting-edge security research on GitLab's AI-powered DevSecOps capabilities, including the Duo Agent Platform and GitLab Duo Chat, to identify and validate vulnerabilities before they impact the platform or customers.
  • Develop novel testing methodologies and perform hands-on penetration testing, translating emerging threats into actionable security improvements for the next generation of AI-powered DevSecOps tools.
  • Collaborate with engineering teams to define security requirements, build tooling and automation for scalable security research, and mentor other team members in security best practices.

GitLab is the intelligent orchestration platform for DevSecOps, enabling organizations to increase developer productivity, improve operational efficiency, reduce security and compliance risk, and accelerate digital transformation. With more than 50 million registered users and over 50% of the Fortune 100 as customers, GitLab fosters a high-performance culture driven by values and continuous knowledge exchange.

Canada Unlimited PTO

  • Secure cloud infrastructure, applications, APIs, and AI-driven workflows.
  • Partner with engineering to embed security controls into production.
  • Lead vulnerability management and incident response activities.

Jobgether is an AI-powered job matching platform that connects candidates with hiring companies. The company is a high-growth startup with a remote-first culture, emphasizing transparency, autonomy, and technical craftsmanship.

North America Unlimited PTO

  • Architect internal AI security strategy for ServiceNow's adoption of agentic tools, LLMs, and copilots.
  • Drive execution excellence by pushing architecture through to production-grade outcomes across security domains.
  • Lead AI threat modeling and partner with product AI security research to apply frontier research internally.

ServiceNow is the AI control tower for business reinvention, empowering 85% of the Fortune 500 with its AI platform. Founded on the idea of freeing people from busywork, it fosters an AI-native culture where technology and talent are unstoppable.

$125,560–$173,010/yr
Canada Unlimited PTO

  • Lead and develop a team of security engineers to defend infrastructure, SaaS, and endpoints against real-world adversaries.
  • Own detection and response, including incident command, tuning CrowdStrike, and conducting cybersecurity risk assessments.
  • Drive AI security strategy and partner with cross-functional teams to build robust detection controls.

Forward Financing is a financial technology company that unlocks capital to fuel small businesses across America. Since 2012, they have provided over $4.8 billion in funding to more than 92,000 small businesses and are recognized as a Best Place to Work with a culture focused on empowerment and collaboration.

$100,000–$300,000/yr
US

  • Shape the Cogent product at the frontier of AI and cybersecurity, working hand-in-hand with ML engineers.
  • Build the world's first AI-native cybersecurity organization, extending security posture and incident response.
  • Educate the market and elevate the industry through thought leadership and customer partnerships.

Cogent is an applied AI lab building next-generation AI agents for cybersecurity. The company is a rapidly growing startup backed by Greylock, with a team of experts from top universities and companies, fostering a culture of cutting-edge research and real-world execution.

North America

  • Lead a high-impact engineering team to reimagine cybersecurity through AI-native products and capabilities.
  • Drive zero-to-one innovation, translating emerging AI technologies into prototypes and production-grade solutions.
  • Define the technical vision for AI-native security solutions leveraging frontier models and advanced ML techniques.

ServiceNow is the AI control tower for business reinvention, helping 85% of the Fortune 500 work smarter with an AI platform. They are building an AI-native culture with a large, innovative team focused on continuous improvement.

US

  • Define and drive LinkedIn's detection strategy across endpoint, identity, cloud, and SaaS environments.
  • Architect and operate high-signal detection capabilities using detections-as-code, telemetry modeling, and data-driven effectiveness measures.
  • Provide technical leadership, mentor engineers, and drive strategic investments to improve detection fidelity, scalability, and operational efficiency.

We are the world's largest professional network, built to create economic opportunity for every member of the global workforce. We're committed to providing transformational opportunities for our own employees by investing in their growth, cultivating a culture built on trust, care, inclusion, and fun.

$205,000–$230,000/yr
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  • Lead security monitoring, incident response, and threat hunting across cloud and AI-enabled environments.
  • Establish operational priorities, metrics, and playbooks based on organizational risk.
  • Drive responsible adoption of AI-assisted detection and response capabilities.

Backblaze is a cloud storage and backup provider that helps customers protect their data across over 175 countries. The company fosters a culture centered on fairness, goodness, and work-life balance, with a strong commitment to diversity and inclusion.

Europe 5w PTO 16w maternity 8w paternity

  • Shape AI security at the edge by turning new threats into protections customers can use.
  • Think like an attacker to find new ways AI systems can be exploited and stop them.
  • Build for real time, catching threats without slowing down the applications we protect.

bunny.net is a content delivery network and edge computing company that accelerates the internet. Founded in 2015, the company has 95+ employees and fosters a culture of ownership, improvement, and challenging what's possible.

$151,200–$189,000/yr
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  • Build and lead Attio's Product Security function, securing their AI-native SaaS platform and sensitive customer data.
  • Work with Engineering Leadership to ensure security by design, mitigating unique risks from AI-driven features and AI-assisted development.
  • Lead production security incident response, recruiting and retaining a world-class team of Security Engineers and SecOps practitioners.

Attio is the CRM for agentic revenue, designed for ambitious go-to-market teams to understand every customer and automate at scale. They have raised $116M from top investors and hire builders who thrive on complex technical challenges, holding themselves to a high bar and delighting users.

$139,000–$258,000/yr
US Canada Unlimited PTO

  • Design and implement layered AI guardrails and sandboxing to constrain AI behavior and secure enterprise workflows.
  • Partner with users to bake secure-by-default patterns into AI-assisted workflows and maintain an inventory of AI-to-service connections.
  • Continuously test guardrails through red-teaming and evaluate new AI tools to find secure ways to enable adoption.

Waabi, founded by AI visionary Raquel Urtasun, is the leader in Physical AI, developing autonomous transportation technology for commercial trucks and robotaxis. Backed by world leaders in AI and automotive, the company has offices in Toronto, San Francisco, Dallas, and Pittsburgh and is growing quickly with a diverse, innovative team.

US

  • Design, build, and operate high-signal detections across endpoint, identity, cloud, and SaaS environments.
  • Implement and tune detection content across SIEM/XDR/EDR and cloud telemetry using detections-as-code with CI/CD and version control.
  • Proactively hunt for threats, operationalize threat intelligence, and contribute to incident response and automation efforts.

LinkedIn is the world's largest professional network, built to create economic opportunity for every member of the global workforce. They aspire to create a culture built on trust, care, inclusion, and fun where everyone can succeed.

$174,250–$205,000/yr
US Unlimited PTO 16w maternity 16w paternity

  • Lead the security design, implementation, and controls for Jasper’s AI infrastructure and AI-powered internal workflows.
  • Own threat modeling for AI-specific risks and design controls for validating, logging, and auditing AI outputs.
  • Build security tooling and automated checks to let internal teams adopt AI capabilities without slowing down.

Jasper is the marketing agents platform that helps enterprises orchestrate AI agents for marketing execution. Founded in 2021, Jasper has team members across the U.S., Australia, and France, and is trusted by hundreds of enterprises including nearly 20% of the Fortune 500.

Europe

  • Design and build complex, hands-on lab scenarios that showcase Sysdig across containers, Kubernetes, Linux and public cloud.
  • Own the automation and reliability of the training platform, including provisioning and scripting.
  • Design and deliver engaging technical training, workshops and demos for diverse audiences.

Sysdig stops attacks in real-time by detecting changes in cloud security risk with runtime insights and open source Falco. It is a well-funded startup with a large enterprise customer base, recognized as a best place to work.

United States

  • Design and build security for future infrastructure, partnering with engineering and compliance teams.
  • Lead AI-native security initiatives, designing autonomous agents for threat detection and incident response.
  • Devise defense-in-depth frameworks, research threats, and maintain KPIs for a healthy cloud security program.

WeightWatchers is a global digital health company that blends science and community to help millions build sustainable healthy habits. The engineering team drives transformative change through technology, with a culture that thrives on urgency, collaboration, and passion for impactful work.

US Unlimited PTO 14w maternity 14w paternity

  • Lead a cross-functional delivery team spanning product, engineering, data, AI, and security from discovery through operational deployment.
  • Translate mission needs into clear technical plans, establish priorities, and resolve risks across multiple specialties.
  • Build, mentor, and scale a high-performing technical organization, ensuring integrated, secure, and repeatable delivery.

Red Cell Partners is an incubation firm building and investing in rapidly scalable technology-led companies in healthcare, cyber, and national security. DEFCON AI, a Red Cell company, leverages AI for resilient optimization of complex systems, with a team focused on delivering decision-support capabilities for the federal government.

Ireland

  • Investigate and resolve customer technical issues across cloud security posture management, vulnerability scanning, threat detection, and container/Kubernetes security.
  • Troubleshoot cloud connector and integration failures across AWS, Azure, GCP, OCI, and SaaS platforms.
  • Design and implement automation leveraging AI agents and tooling to improve triage accuracy and resolution efficiency.

Wiz is a cloud security platform that enables teams to secure cloud and AI applications by connecting code, cloud, and runtime into a single shared context. As one of the fastest-growing startups, powered by Google, the company is trusted by over 65% of the Fortune 100 and scans over 230 billion files daily.

US

  • Lead the design and development of an AI-driven exploit discovery and productization system.
  • Coordinate efforts of engineers and security researchers to ensure quality quarterly deliveries.
  • Collaborate across teams to integrate existing targeting data and tools for mission needs.

Clarity Innovations is a trusted national security partner that empowers the Intelligence Community and Department of Defense with innovative software and data engineering solutions. They are a people-focused company committed to being a destination employer for top talent, offering an environment where innovation thrives.

$200,000–$350,000/yr
US 3w PTO

  • Define and own a portfolio of FROs advancing AI resilience, from defensive biosecurity to compute governance.
  • Source ideas, build founding teams, and coach founders on technical roadmaps and fundraising.
  • Serve on multiple FRO boards and represent Convergent externally with funders and partners.

Convergent Research is a nonprofit science studio that builds Focused Research Organizations (FROs) to solve technological bottlenecks. They have built over 14 high-impact scientific organizations spanning AI, biotech, and climate science, fostering a collaborative and mission-driven culture.

US 4w PTO 12w maternity 4w paternity

  • Act as the bridge between architectural intent and operational reality, mediating conflicts between security requirements and feasible implementation.
  • Implement preventive, default-on security controls across cloud and enterprise environments, codified as policy- and infrastructure-as-code.
  • Define and enforce security requirements for AI-powered features, including model access controls, prompt-injection mitigations, and output validation.

Rithum is the world's most trusted commerce network, accelerating how brands, suppliers, and retailers work together to deliver seamless e-commerce experiences. More than 40,000 companies trust Rithum to grow their business across hundreds of channels, representing over $50 billion in annual GMV.