What you’ll do

As a core technical leader, you will move from strategy to architecture to implementation, owning the results and impacts for the following operational areas:

Security Management

• Manage and lead critical security initiatives, new processes, security scrums, and technical demos to expand and mature capabilities for the organization.
• Identify, track, and monitor internal and external assets to systematically uncover and mitigate potential risks.
• Communicate identified risks clearly to internal and external stakeholders and build actionable containment plans.
• Research, evaluate, and manage the security and compliance of vendor and open-source tools with internal standards.
• Collaborate across internal and external teams to address customer security questionnaires, manage compliance audits, and represent Pindrop's security posture.
• Oversee enterprise security awareness programs and phishing simulation campaigns to drive continuous security maturity.

GenAI Security

• Define, architect, and own the overarching GenAI security frameworks, policies, standards, governance, and monitoring workflows.
• Manage security engineering for internal and customer-facing GenAI systems, ensuring secure integrations across CI/CD pipelines, LLMs, RAG models, autonomous agents, and APIs.
• Design, deploy, and improve technical controls for access management, data protection, prompt injection defense, model misuse, and model-related threats.
• Conduct exhaustive threat modeling, secure design reviews, access certifications, and security assessments.
• Build, guide, and deploy custom security tooling, automation frameworks, and secure development practices for AI and product engineering teams.
• Establish real-time threat monitoring and lead responses for AI-specific and traditional infrastructure security threats.

SecOps & Incident Response

• Lead end-to-end incident response operations, including technical investigation, containment, remediation, and post-incident root cause analysis.
• Coordinate enterprise vulnerability management lifecycles, driving identification, risk-based prioritization, remediation tracking, and cross-functional partnerships with engineering.
• Support core security operations, including security alert response queues and cross-functional security coordination.
• Review past security incidents to identify malicious attack trends, utilizing findings to fine-tune and reconfigure logging alerts to improve true-positive detection accuracy.

Who you are

• You are a Hands-On Leader: A practical, technical engineer at heart who can seamlessly move from high-level strategy to complex architecture to code-level implementation.
• You are Deeply Technical: Possess rich domain expertise combined with the coordination, execution, and project management skills to deliver initiatives on time.
• You are Thriving in Ambient Environments: Comfortable operating with minimal supervision in small, dynamic, and high-ambiguity environments.
• You are Strategically Minded: Guided by a strong ownership mindset and a history of making sound, risk-based decisions under pressure.
• You are a Cross-Functional Influencer: Capable of building deep cross-team relationships and translating complex technical risks into digestible business impacts for executive leadership.

Your skill-set

Must-haves:

• 7+ years of progressive experience across Security Engineering, Application Security, or Cloud Security, with at least 3 years dedicated to leading, mentoring, and scaling technical engineering teams.
• Verifiable track record of success in high-growth SaaS or technology environments; prior experience navigating the agility and rapid pivots of a startup is strongly preferred.
• Strong background in software security or system engineering, with the absolute ability to stay hands-on in technical design, scripting, and code implementation.
• Deep experience with secure system design, high-concurrency cloud platforms, APIs, Identity & Access Management (IAM), logging/monitoring telemetry, vulnerability management, and DevSecOps frameworks.
• Advanced proficiency in writing clean automation scripts and custom security tools using Python or other modern scripting languages.

Nice-to-haves:

• Deep familiarity with GenAI/LLM systems and related exploit mitigation strategies (e.g., prompt injection, indirect prompt attacks, data leakage, and training abuse).
• Hands-on experience leading Security Operations and incident response commands across multi-cloud infrastructure environments (AWS, GCP, Azure).
• Technical familiarity with enterprise security platforms and assessment tools, including SIEM, Splunk, Metasploit, and Wireshark.
• Relevant security certifications (e.g., CISSP, CISM, GIAC, CCSP) or a Master’s degree in Computer Science or Cybersecurity.

What’s in it for you

Build the Future of AI Security: You won’t just be managing a standard, static security stack; you will operate at the absolute frontier of technology. You’ll have a primary seat at the table to define how we secure LLMs, RAG architectures, and AI agents, protecting the most personal identifier there is—the human voice—from the growing global threat of deepfakes.

Direct Leadership & Autonomy: As a hands-on "Player-Coach," you will lead an elite, high-performing team of 3–4 security engineers. You’ll have the complete autonomy to shape our internal security culture, mentor top technical talent, and directly influence our technical roadmap while reporting to leadership that explicitly champions "Execution Excellence" and "Audacious Innovation".

Flexibility That Empowers You: Pindrop is a remote-first organization. We trust you to manage your time and your team in a way that works for you. Whether you’re working from your home office or joining us for one of our intentional, high-connection team on-sites, you’ll have the space and support you need to deliver your best work.

What we offer

As a part of Pindrop, you’ll have a direct impact on our growing list of products and the future of security in the voice-driven economy. We hire great people and take care of them. Here’s a snapshot of the benefits we offer:

• Competitive compensation package, including RSUs (Restricted Stock Units) for all employees, so everyone shares in our long-term success.
• Remote-first environment - giving you flexibility and autonomy in how you structure your day.
• While we work flexibly, we prioritize meaningful in-person moments through regular team on-sites, company-wide events, and intentional gatherings that foster connection, collaboration, and shared success.
• Unlimited Paid Time Off (PTO)
• Generous health and welfare plans to choose from - including one employer-paid “employee-only” plan!
• Best-in-class Health Savings Account (HSA) employer contribution
• Low-cost vision and dental plans for you and your family, providing comprehensive coverage and peace of mind.
• Paid Parental Leave - Including birth, adoptive & foster parents
• One year of diaper delivery for your newest addition to the family! It’s our way of welcoming new Pindroplets to the family!
• Recurring monthly phone and internet allowance to help cover essential connectivity costs and support flexible work.
• Enhanced fertility and GLP-1 benefits to support family-building journeys and personalized health needs.
• Annual Learning & Development stipend to support your professional growth, skill-building, certifications, and continued education.

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This position will be posted for 30 days after 05/05/26.
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