Hightouch

Application Security Lead

Remote (North America) · Senior

Work authorization required$70k-$140kDetected 35 days ago

Distributed SystemsPenetration TestingCompliance

About the role

This is our first dedicated security hire, and it's a rare chance to define the function from the ground up.
We have strong engineering fundamentals and a solid foundation
now you'll shape what security looks like here as we scale from 70 to 140+ engineers.

With complete brand context, customer data, and performance history in one place, every marketer finally has the power to build and ship end-to-end campaigns themselves.
bug bounty, pentest engagements, working with external researchers, and partnering across engineering to drive adoption.

You can read application code, threat model a distributed system, and ship production fixes.
You have significant distributed systems expertise so that you can understand and influence what is being built by the product teams and influence from a place of trust.
This is a senior role, but we focus on impact and potential for growth more than years of experience.

Cloud security on systems that span more than one cloud and operate against customer-owned accounts
Privacy-adjacent security (PII handling, data residency, GDPR/CCPA technical controls)
Recruiter Screen [30m]
Introductory mutual fit assessment
Security Architecture Interview [60m]
Core interview [90m] - deep dive on distributed systems knowledge
Hiring Manager Interview [60m]
What you've built in the past, how you work
Security Program Interview [60m] with Head of Engineering -
Multi-Region and Multi-Cloud

The salary range for this position is $180,000 - $400,000 USD per year, which is location independent in accordance with our remote-first policy.

We also offer meaningful equity compensation in the form of ISO options, and offer early exercise and a 10 year post-termination exercise window.

Being an early security hire (first 1-3) at a SaaS or data infrastructure company
We are looking for talented, intellectually curious, and motivated individuals who are interested in tackling the problems above.
You've been an early security hire at a SaaS company before and moved the needle on how they approach security.
Hightouch is an Agentic Marketing Platform powered by the industry-leading Composable CDP.
Founded in 2019 and headquartered in San Francisco, Hightouch enables marketing teams to analyze performance, brainstorm ideas, and generate creative at a speed and quality that wasn't previously possible.
At Hightouch, our mission is to help our customers leverage data and AI to grow their businesses.
If you're energized by velocity, obsessed with raising the bar, and want to build alongside people who care deeply about each other and our customers, we'd love to meet you.

We will provide the Social Security Administration, and if necessary, the Department of Homeland Security, with information from each new employee’s Form I-9 to confirm work authorization.

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