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Director of Security Engineering

Abnormal AI· Security
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Remote$214.2k - $308kFull-timePosted 2w ago

About the role

Director of Security Engineering leading Abnormal AI’s Security Engineering organization, reporting to the CISO, responsible for building and scaling security teams, owning major security programs end-to-end, and representing security to executives, customers, and auditors.

Responsibilities

  • Serve as deputy to the CISO: act with full authority in the CISO's absence and represent the security organization to executives, customers, and regulators.
  • Lead, coach, and grow managers and senior engineers across Security Engineering and Security Operations.
  • Own the security engineering roadmap: cloud security architecture (AWS-first), detection and response, identity, vulnerability management, and secure-by-default platform investments.
  • Drive cross-functional programs with Engineering, IT, and Product, from AI security governance to data perimeter controls to federal compliance initiatives.
  • Set and defend engineering standards for the security organization: everything as code, automated where possible, measured against outcomes rather than activity.
  • Build hiring pipelines and raise the bar on every hire; own performance management, promotion cases, and succession planning within your teams.
  • Translate technical risk into business terms for the executive team and board, and translate business priorities into a coherent security strategy.

Qualifications

  • 10+ years in security or software engineering, including 4+ years managing security teams, ideally including managers of managers or equivalent scope.
  • A genuine software engineering background: you have shipped production software, and you evaluate security solutions the way an engineer would.
  • A proven record of building and scaling high-performing security teams, with alumni who would work for you again.
  • Deep technical fluency in cloud-native environments: AWS organizations and multi-account governance, Kubernetes, identity and access, detection engineering, and modern SDLC security.
  • Demonstrated cross-functional leadership: you have earned the trust of engineering leaders and shipped security outcomes through their teams, not around them.
  • Strong written communication: you produce decision-ready documents and can drive alignment asynchronously.
  • Executive presence: comfortable presenting to C-level leadership, customers, and auditors without preparation from the CISO.

Skills

Required:Security program leadershipCloud security architectureSecurity operations and detection engineeringPeople leadershipExecutive communication
Last updated Oct 10, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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