Team Lead - Security Platform (Security)

TL;DR

Team Lead - Security Platform (Security): Leading a team in building and operating secure, resilient distributed systems for secrets and key management, internal certificate authorities/PKI, and machine/workload identity with an accent on architectural design for high-performance and robust security solutions. Focus on strengthening and re-architecting critical security infrastructure, ensuring systems operate efficiently and securely across a global network.

Location: Must be based in North America (US or Canada)

Company

hirify.global is a large-scale technology company running one of the world’s largest networks, providing security and acceleration services to millions of websites and Internet properties.

What you will do

• Lead the team in building and operating secure and resilient distributed systems for secrets/key management, PKI, and machine/workload identity.
• Organize and plan the team's long-term roadmap and day-to-day work.
• Review and sign off on technical designs, project plans, and code, providing guidance to ensure quality, resilience, and security.
• Participate in design and implementation, personally leading projects as needed.
• Support the growth and career development of your team.

Requirements

• Team leadership/management experience.
• Excellent verbal and written communication.
• Software development and distributed systems design expertise.
• Strong security background with a focus on implementation, not policy/compliance.

Nice to have

• Track record of contributing to open source security or distributed systems projects.
• Cryptography background and ability to work with cryptosystems at the primitives level.
• Experience with HSMs, TPMs, or other platform TEEs (e.g., AMD SEV, Intel SGX, Apple Secure Enclave).
• Familiarity with HashiCorp Vault or OpenBao, or similar.
• Linux/UNIX system administration proficiency.
• Familiarity with Go and/or Python + Salt specifically.

Culture & Benefits

• Complete benefits package including health, dental, vision, flexible spending accounts, commuter spending accounts, and mental health support.
• Financial benefits include Short and Long Term Disability, Life & Accident Insurance, 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan, and Employee Stock Participation Plan.
• Flexible paid time off covering vacation and sick leave, as well as parental, pregnancy health, medical, and bereavement leave programs.
• Mission to help build a better Internet by protecting the free and open Internet, exemplified by Project Galileo, Athenian Project, and 1.1.1.1.
• Committed to diversity and inclusiveness, hiring based on potential and supporting employee development.