Seesaw
Principal Security Engineer
Remote - US · Principal
Sponsorship not specified$178k-$210kDetected 1 day ago
Code ReviewAWSGCPAzureCloud PlatformsCI/CDCybersecuritySIEMIncident ResponseComplianceLeadershipCommunicationCISSP
About the role
- We're looking for a Principal Senior Security Engineer who is, first and foremost, an exceptional software engineer - one who has developed deep expertise in security along the way.
- This is not a governance-only or leadership-only role.
- You'll be expected to write code, review architecture, shape our SDLC, and get your hands dirty alongside our engineering team while also owning the strategic direction of our security program.
Responsibilities
- Own and drive the company's security strategy, roadmap, and overall posture
- Partner cross-functionally to ensure security is embedded across engineering, product, IT, and legal
- Lead threat modeling, secure code reviews, and architecture reviews
- Drive adoption of SAST, DAST, SCA, and other security tooling
- Build and maintain security tooling, automation, and infrastructure as code
- Implement security controls across application, API, and infrastructure layers
- Partner with engineers on authentication, authorization, and data protection
- Own vulnerability scanning, patching, and incident response processes
- Seesaw cares about building a diverse and inclusive team to better advocate for the needs of our incredibly diverse K-12 users.
Requirements
- 7+ years of hands-on software engineering experience
- Strong experience in application security (threat modeling, code review, SDLC integration)
- Experience securing cloud environments (AWS, GCP, or Azure), including IAM and networking
- Ability to operate both strategically and tactically-setting direction while staying hands-on
- Experience with compliance frameworks (SOC 2, ISO 27001)
- Familiarity with security tooling (SAST, DAST, SCA, SIEM, vulnerability management)
- Relevant certifications (CISSP, CCSP, CSSLP, OSCP), though not required
Compensation
- Our salary ranges are based on paying competitively for our size and industry.
- Salary is just one part of our total compensation package that includes, perks & benefits, and development opportunities at Seesaw.
- Individual pay decisions are based on several factors, including qualifications for the role, experience level, skillset, geography, and balancing internal equity relative to other Seesawers.
- It is our expectation that the majority of candidates who are offered roles at Seesaw will land well within our salary ranges based on these factors.
- The Annual base salary range for this position is: $177,600 - $210,000
- This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.
Benefits
- Salary is just one part of our total compensation package that includes, perks & benefits, and development opportunities at Seesaw.
- Individual pay decisions are based on several factors, including qualifications for the role, experience level, skillset, geography, and balancing internal equity relative to other Seesawers.
- We encourage everyone to work at a sustainable pace and have a flexible vacation policy that people actually use.
Company info
- Trusted and loved by 25 million educators, students, and families worldwide, Seesaw is the only elementary learning experience platform, offering a suite of award-winning tools, resources, and curriculum for teachers to deliver joyful, inclusive instruction. Through interactive lessons, digital portfolios, and two-way communication features, Seesaw keeps everyone in the learning loop by providing continuous visibility into the student's learning experience to support and celebrate their learning.
- Our Mission:
- Seesaw's mission is to provide every elementary student with joyful and connected learning experiences that lay the foundation for success in life.
- Your Team:
- Trusted and loved by 25 million educators, students, and families worldwide, Seesaw is the only elementary learning experience platform, offering a suite of award-winning tools, resources, and curriculum for teachers to deliver joyful, inclusive instruction.
- Through interactive lessons, digital portfolios, and two-way communication features, Seesaw keeps everyone in the learning loop by providing continuous visibility into the student's learning experience to support and celebrate their learning.
- You'll be joining our collaborative, mission-driven Engineering organization and reporting directly to our EVP of Engineering.
- In this role, you'll work closely with Engineering, IT, and Legal teams - acting as a key cross-functional partner bridging technical execution and organizational risk.
- You won't be siloed in a security corner; you'll be embedded in the heart of our product and infrastructure decisions, partnering across the company to make security a shared responsibility at every level.
- This role is ideal for a senior engineer who has organically grown into security.
- What This Role Is Not:
- This is not a CISO or pure security leadership position.
- We don't need someone to manage a security team or sit in meetings all day.
- We need someone who leads through doing - setting the standard by example, bringing pragmatic security thinking to every layer of our stack, and helping us build a security culture that scales with the company.
- Security Program Leadership
- Serve as the internal expert on security best practices and risk management
- Application Security & Secure SDLC
- Define and enforce secure coding standards and vulnerability management processes
- Hands-On Engineering
- Infrastructure & DevSecOps
This listing is sourced directly from Seesaw's careers page and normalized into a canonical job model.