Principal Security Engineer (SaaS)

TL;DR

Principal Security Engineer: Defining and delivering the security engineering technical strategy and multi-year roadmap across a global, high-growth SaaS environment with an accent on security architecture, technical leadership, and cross-company alignment. Focus on securing cloud environments at scale, making pragmatic, risk-informed decisions, and raising the technical bar across security engineering.

Location: San Francisco office with an office-centric hybrid schedule. Standard in-office days are Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday, with options to work from home on Wednesdays and Fridays depending on work type and team partnerships.

Salary: $336,000 - $395,000

Company

hirify.global is a leading platform for human + AI collaboration, enabling millions of teams worldwide to achieve their most important goals faster.

What you will do

• Define and deliver the Security Engineering technical strategy and multi-year roadmap aligned with product, platform, and business priorities.
• Raise the technical bar across security engineering through design and risk reviews, hands-on mentorship, and clear standards.
• Partner with senior leaders across Engineering, Product, and Infrastructure to improve overall security posture.
• Develop security policies, processes, and procedures that scale with a growing, global engineering organization.
• Stay ahead of the threat landscape and support teams building new features and technologies to ensure security by design.

Requirements

• 10+ years in a security-related engineering role, with 3+ years in a staff or principal-level role.
• Experience as a technical lead across multiple teams, influencing direction beyond direct ownership.
• Strong software engineering background, with the ability to engage deeply in system design, security architecture, and complex technical trade-offs.
• Deep understanding of application and platform risks (e.g., OWASP Top 10), identity and access controls (OAuth, OIDC, SAML), and modern attack patterns.
• Significant, hands-on experience securing cloud environments at scale, especially AWS.
• Ability to evaluate security trade-offs, make pragmatic, risk-informed decisions, and communicate them clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Culture & Benefits

• Comprehensive compensation package including base salary, equity, and benefits.
• Equitable and competitive benefits packages, including mental health, wellness & fitness.
• Career coaching & support and inclusive family building benefits.
• Long-term savings or retirement plans.
• In-office culinary options to cater to dietary preferences.