Freshworks

Principal Engineer — Product & Application Security

San Mateo, CA, United States · Principal

Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 7 days ago

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About the role

Organizations everywhere struggle under the crushing costs and complexities of "solutions" that promise to simplify their lives.
Software is a choice that can make or break a business.
Business software has become a blocker instead of ways to get work done.

Responsibilities

Define the secure-by-design reference architectures, paradigms, and organization-wide standards (authN/authZ, tenant isolation, data protection, secrets, API security) that thousands of engineers build against
Lead threat modeling and security design reviews for the most critical, cross-cutting, and highest-risk systems - including identity and access, the integrations/connector framework (300+ apps), and the agent runtime
Set the standard for secure code review, manual and AI-assisted penetration testing, and vulnerability analysis; drive root-cause remediation strategies that eliminate whole vulnerability classes across the estate, not one bug at a time
Own the security design for AI/agentic features - prompt injection defense, tool-invocation authorization, non-human identity, and permission-scoped context access
Own the software supply-chain security strategy: centralized software artifact repository management (e.g., Sonatype Nexus), code artifact repository guardrails, and CI/CD pipeline hardening
Set the risk-based prioritization framework for findings from internal testing, bug bounty, third-party pen tests, and researcher disclosures, and drive systemic fixes
Drive cross-organizational security initiatives to completion through technical credibility and clarity - building consensus across many teams without formal authority
To create a better experience for their customers and employees.
Create better or worse experiences.
Freshworks Inc. builds uncomplicated service software that delivers exceptional employee and customer experiences.

Nice to have

Deep experience securing ITSM, CX/CRM, or service-management products and their data models
Recognized external contributions: open-source security projects, published research, CVEs, standards bodies, or conference talks (e.g., Black Hat, DEF CON, OWASP)
Industry certifications such as OSCP, OSWE, GWAPT, CISSP, or equivalent (valued, not required)
Experience defining or
Authoritative grasp of cryptographic and compliance standards relevant to enterprise SaaS - e.g., FIPS 140-2/140-3, PCI, SOC 2, ISO 27001, and Google CASA / TX-RAMP control frameworks
Deep understanding of securing AI/LLM and agentic systems - including Claude and other LLM security concerns such as prompt injection, insecure tool use, model/data exposure, and non-human identity
Ability to set technical direction for and influence an entire engineering organization - and senior executives (VP/CISO) - through technical credibility and clear communication
A genuine service-oriented, "make the secure path the easy path" mindset toward internal developers

Skills

Shape the strategy for the bug bounty and responsible-disclosure program

Benefits

With a fresh vision for how the world works.

Company info

Influence company-level strategy: advise VP Engineering, the CISO organization, and product leadership; represent Freshworks' product-security posture to enterprise customers, auditors, and (where appropriate) the external security community

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