Contentful is looking for a Manager of Security Engineering to own security engineering across corporate systems, including tooling and platforms that support the internal security team. The ideal candidate will have 8+ years of progressive engineering and security experience, 3+ years of managing people and security engineering teams, and expertise with AWS, GCP, and Azure. They will provide strategic guidance and lead initiatives while remaining directly involved in implementation, and will balance people leadership with hands-on technical execution. The role will require the ability to design, build, and operate security controls and tooling at scale, with a focus on areas such as identity and access management, data security, and SaaS platforms.
Requirements
- 8+ years of progressive engineering and security experience
- 3+ years of managing people and security engineering teams
- Expertise with AWS, GCP, and Azure
- Strong hands-on experience designing, implementing, and operating security controls at scale
- Demonstrated experience securing endpoint, SaaS, and cloud environments
- Experience working within identity and access management and data security programs
- Software development experience in modern programming language (Python, Go, etc)
- Hands-on experience using Terraform and infrastructure-as-code
- Experience applying modern practices to improve efficiency and scalability or security programs
- Passion for solving complex security problems in innovative and scalable ways
- Experience using metrics to measure impact, optimize execution, and guide investment decisions
- Strong communication skills with the ability to explain technical topics to non technical audiences
- Ability to support occasional off-hours incident response efforts
- Familiarity with attacker techniques in cloud-native and traditional environments
- Hands-on experience owning security technologies (e.g., EDR, AntiVirus, etc)
- Proven ability to lead cross-functional initiatives and influence outcomes without direct authority
- Experience owning end to end security programs, proactively driving incremental improvement
- Strong systems thinking, with the ability to design security solutions that scale through efficiency
Benefits
- Full-time employees receive Stock Options
- Comprehensive healthcare package covering 100% of monthly health premiums for employees and 85% of costs for your dependents.
- Fertility and family building benefits, including a lifetime reimbursable wallet to support your growing family.
- A generous amount of paid time off, including vacation days, sick days, compassion days for loss, education days, and volunteer days
- Company paid parental leave to care for and focus on your growing family
- Use your personal annual education budget to improve your skills and grow in your career
- Enjoy a full range of virtual and in-person events, including workshops, guest speakers, and fun team activities, supporting learning and networking exchange beyond the usual work duties
- An annual wellbeing stipend to care for your physical, financial, or emotional health
- A monthly communication stipend and phone hardware upgrade reimbursement.
- New hire office equipment stipend for hybrid or distributed employees. Get the gear you need to work at your best.
