Lead Engineer - Product GRC (SaaS - Technical Compliance & Automation)

Location: Budapest or remote within Hungary; candidates may work from the office, remotely long term, or in a hybrid arrangement.

Company

hirify.global provides cloud, digital, and AI technologies for customer and employee experience orchestration, serving more than 8,000 organizations in over 100 countries.

What you will do

• Own the SaaS product GRC roadmap across governance, risk, compliance, and regulatory requirements.
• Design scalable compliance workflows, policies, standards, and risk frameworks for cloud and product operations.
• Automate evidence collection, control testing, compliance monitoring, risk assessments, and remediation tracking using GRC and workflow tools.
• Embed compliance checks, policy-as-code, and continuous control monitoring into the software development lifecycle.
• Validate product and cloud architecture, access management, data protection, logging, and other technical controls.
• Act as the technical subject matter expert for audits and certifications, while mentoring GRC and security analysts.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Information Security, Risk Management, Computer Science, or a related field.
• 8–12 years of experience in information security, GRC, or product and technology compliance.
• Hands-on experience operating compliance programs in SaaS, technology, or multi-tenant platform environments.
• Knowledge of security and risk concepts, including access management, data protection, encryption, and technical control validation.
• Experience with GRC platforms and compliance tools, plus strong communication, analytical, and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to work cross-functionally with security, engineering, product, legal, privacy, and data protection teams.

Nice to have

• CISSP, CISM, CRISC, CISA, ISO 27001 Lead Auditor or Implementer certification.
• AWS Security Specialty, Azure Security Engineer Associate, or CCSP certification.
• Familiarity with Python, DevOps, and DevSecOps practices.

Culture & Benefits

• Flexible office-based, remote, or hybrid work options for Hungary-based employees.
• Professional growth through mentorship, learning programs, leadership development, education support, and language courses.
• Health insurance, life insurance, cafeteria benefits, gym access, and additional time off.
• Paid volunteer time, August Free Fridays, well-being resources, and an open, inclusive community.
• Work on AI-powered technology used by organizations worldwide.

Hiring process

• Application review by Talent Acquisition and the hiring team.
• Zoom interview followed by meetings with the hiring manager and interview team.
• Usually no more than five interviews, followed by final steps and a response from the team.