Merge

Head of Security

San Francisco, CA; New York City, NY · Director · Full-time

Sponsorship not specified$240k-$280kDetected 99 days ago

Code ReviewCloud PlatformsLLMsAgentic AICybersecurityComplianceDNSLoad BalancingZero TrustHIPAALeadership

About the role

Merge is the leading provider of agentic tools and customer-facing integrations for frontier LLMs, Fortune 500 organizations, and B2B SaaS companies.
Thousands of companies trust Merge to accelerate product development, unblock sales, reduce customer churn, and save engineering resources-allowing them to focus on their core product.
Merge is poised to power all B2B integrations, and in doing so, are powering data movement for some of the most secure companies in the world.

Create and drive the security roadmap
Manage our compliance automation programs (SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, etc.). We've already achieved these using Drata, and while you have a team to support you, you will take the lead.
Manage our Bug Bounty Program
Implement security controls across Merge, from infrastructure to CI
Implement and run manual and automated security practices to mitigate vulnerabilities
An overall excitement around building a more secure engineering function and organization
Ability to manage security programs

While you don't need specific experience with all of the above, we'd expect you to be excited to learn and grow, and tackle any challenges that may come your way.
The ideal candidate will have:

7+ years of security engineering experience
Ownership or leadership within areas of security at previous organizations, infosec being a plus
Experience with and a desire to code in at least one major programming language
A thorough understanding of networking and infrastructure, including load balancing, VPNs, Zero Trust, HTTPS, DNS, etc.
Experience with multi-tenant cloud environments

The cash compensation range for this role is $240,000 - $280,000
Actual compensation packages are based on a wide array of factors unique to each candidate, including but not limited to skill set, years & depth of experience, and certifications.
In addition to cash compensation, all full time employees receive an equity compensation package

Unlimited PTO + 10 company holidays
Pre-Tax commuter benefits
100% covered health, vision, and dental insurance
$200 one-time home office stipend
We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status, or any other protected class.
In addition to cash compensation, all full time employees receive an equity compensation package

Ensure all engineers and employees of Merge treat security as a core part of our practices

This listing is sourced directly from Merge's careers page and normalized into a canonical job model.