Lead Security Engineer

Airbyte is the open‑source standard for data movement. We've enabled data teams to move data from applications, APIs, unstructured sources and databases to data warehouses, lakes, and AI applications. With tens of thousands of connectors built and hundreds of thousands of companies adopting Airbyte, we've proven the economics of data integration at scale. And now Airbyte is building the frontier agentic data infrastructure, purpose-built for AI agents that need fast, accurate access to data across hundreds of sources. Our mission: make data available and actionable, everywhere.

We've raised $181M from the world's top investors (Benchmark, Accel, Altimeter, Coatue, Y Combinator, etc.) and we believe in product-led growth, where we build something awesome that all our users love. We’ve raised enough capital to explore boldly, but we still choose to move quickly, stay scrappy, and experiment constantly as we find the right paths in an AI-native landscape.

The Role:

As the Security Engineering Lead at Airbyte, you will be the single-threaded owner of security, compliance, and privacy for the company, working in close partnership with engineering, product, legal, and leadership.

This is a senior, hands-on role for someone excited to shape how security is built, embedded, and scaled in a growing company. You will have the autonomy to set direction and make risk-based decisions, along with strong cross-functional support to execute effectively.

Your work will sit at the intersection of product, infrastructure, compliance, and go-to-market, with direct impact on customer trust, enterprise adoption, and Airbyte’s ability to scale securely.

What You’ll Do:

• Own Airbyte’s security end-to-end, spanning cloud, application, endpoint, and identity security

• Set security priorities and roadmaps in alignment with business goals and engineering strategy

• Serve as the primary security decision-maker, bringing sound judgment, context, and partnership to risk decisions and escalations

• Lead incident detection, investigation, and response, building clear, reliable, and repeatable processes

• Own and evolve Airbyte’s SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001 programs, ensuring ongoing audit readiness and operational maturity

• Partner with engineers to embed security into system design, architecture, and major platform initiatives

• Enable enterprise growth by leading customer-facing security engagements, including questionnaires, ad-hoc inquiries, and security-related contractual discussions

• Define and operate identity and access management, including SSO, SCIM, RBAC, and access reviews

• Maintain and improve Airbyte’s privacy program, collaborating with Legal on privacy policies, DPAs, TIAs, and regulatory obligations

• Drive vulnerability management across the stack, including AWS, GCP, Kubernetes, applications, and container images

• Influence security culture and standards across the company as Airbyte continues to grow

What You’ll Need:

• 3+ years of security leadership experience

• 5–8+ years of experience in security engineering, cybersecurity, or related roles

• Experience making practical, risk-based security decisions in collaboration with engineering and business partners

• Working knowledge of SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, and security governance concepts

• Hands-on familiarity with cloud security, Kubernetes, and modern CI/CD environments

• Strong communication skills, with the ability to explain security concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences

• Comfort balancing security, compliance, and delivery velocity in a fast-moving environment.

• Familiarity with privacy programs and regulations such as GDPR and CCPA

• Experience evaluating or applying AI-powered tools to security use cases such as detection, triage, policy analysis, or vulnerability management

• A mindset of curiosity, continuous learning, and shared ownership

Location:

• Onsite 5 days/week in San Francisco, CA

If you find this role exciting, we encourage you to apply even if you think you don’t meet all of the requirements!

Airbyte is an equal opportunity employer that does not discriminate on the basis of actual or perceived race, creed, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, pregnancy, genetic information, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, familial status, domestic violence victim status, veteran or military status, or any other legally recognized protected basis under federal, state or local laws. Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

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