Director Of Engineering, Security Operations

TL;DR

Director Of Engineering, Security Operations: Leading detection & response, enterprise security, identity & access management, and cyber threat intelligence teams for a gaming-focused platform with an accent on long-term strategy and results across high-stakes environments. Focus on building world-class teams, driving engineering excellence, and serving as a key succession candidate for greater organizational responsibility.

Location: Candidates must reside in or be willing to relocate to the San Francisco Bay Area. For this role, the hiring manager would like folks to be in the office 1 day a week. Relocation assistance may be available.

Salary: $400,000 to $450,000 + equity + benefits.

Company

hirify.global is a multiplatform platform that helps people deepen their friendships around games and shared interests.

What you will do

• Define and own the unified security operations strategy, ensuring alignment across domains while respecting their distinct missions.
• Formalize and expand hirify.global's Cyber Threat Intelligence function: mature existing capabilities, build the team, and integrate intelligence into security operations and business decision-making.
• Own the identity and access management strategy across hirify.global—covering corporate systems, cloud infrastructure environments, and policies governing access.
• Collaborate with Security, Engineering, IT, Legal, Trust & Safety, and executive leadership to align security operations priorities with company goals.
• Maintain technical depth to evaluate proposals, challenge assumptions, and hold teams accountable for sound technical decisions.
• Build, lead, and scale a high-performing organization of security professionals across four functions with varying maturity levels.

Requirements

• You have 10+ years of experience in security, with 5+ years in leadership roles managing multiple teams or managers across different security disciplines.
• You are technical: you can read and write code (Python is ideal), review technical designs, and engage with engineers on implementation details.
• You have experience maturing a security function: taking something informal or early-stage and building it into a structured, repeatable program.
• You consistently reach the right decision and bring people along with you; you act decisively in critical situations, even when making unpopular calls.
• You communicate with clarity and conviction to any audience—from engineers to executives—and you understand the weight your title carries in debates.
• You have deep experience with identity and access management at scale—particularly in cloud-native environments (GCP, AWS).

Nice to have

• Hands on experience integrating AI systems and tools into Security workflows
• Background in gaming, social platforms, or consumer technology
• Familiarity with trust & safety operations and their intersection with security

Culture & Benefits

• hirify.global plays a uniquely important role in the future of gaming.
• We're a multiplatform, multigenerational and multiplayer platform that helps people deepen their friendships around games and shared interests.
• hirify.global is committed to inclusion and providing reasonable accommodations during the interview process.