Manager Security Engineering

Date PostedJune 25, 2026LocationSan Francisco, Seattle, New York, Santa Monica, or other locationsCompanyGoodRxSalarySan Francisco and Seattle Offices: $202,000.00 - $323,000.00; New York Office: $185,000.00 - $296,000.00; Santa Monica Office: $168,000.00 - $269,000.00; Other Office Locations: $151,000.00 - $242,000.00TypeSenior Level

Job Summary

This role involves leading and developing a team of security engineers to execute a robust security roadmap while leveraging AI-driven workflows responsibly. The manager will oversee cloud, application, and infrastructure security, ensuring alignment with business objectives and industry standards. You will drive DevSecOps practices and manage complex risk assessments, threat modeling, and incident response initiatives.

Responsibilities

  • Manage and coach security engineering team
  • Develop and execute security roadmap
  • Drive DevSecOps and security automation
  • Oversee risk assessments and incident response

Required Skills

  • 8+ years of cybersecurity experience
  • Cloud security (AWS/GCP) & Container security
  • Programming/Scripting (Python/Go/Java)
  • DevSecOps and CI/CD security
  • Compliance frameworks (NIST, SOC 2, ISO 27001)

Job Details

### Responsibilities: - Leads, hires, develops, and manages security engineers through coaching, performance management, and career development. - Develops and executes the team's security engineering roadmap, balancing risk reduction, operational effectiveness, and business objectives. - Develops and maintains security engineering services and controls that align with business objectives and industry best practices. - Recommends improvements to security policies, standards, and procedures that strengthen the organization's security posture, including encompassing and considering emerging risks such as AI adoption and use. - Works closely with leadership, teams, and cross-functional business groups to establish alignment on the security roadmap, plan, and vision. - Uses business knowledge and contextual awareness to guide team technical decisions related to cloud security, application security, identity management, and emerging technologies. - Leads risk assessments, threat modeling, incident response, and security investigations related to production systems, cloud infrastructure, and new product initiatives. - Establishes and develops security vendor relationships to ensure effective and efficient supplier performance results. - Partners with Security, Compliance, Engineering, and IT stakeholders to support security awareness initiatives and promote secure engineering practices. - Partners with Compliance and Audit teams to support security controls, audit readiness, evidence collection, and remediation activities. - Drives adoption of DevSecOps practices, security automation, vulnerability management, secure code review processes, and secure-by-default engineering patterns. - Establishes operational metrics and reporting to measure the effectiveness of security controls, detection capabilities, and team performance. ### Required Technical and Professional Expertise: - 8+ years of experience in cybersecurity, cloud security, application security, infrastructure security, or related domains. - Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field or equivalent practical experience. - Experience with one or more modern programming or scripting languages (Python, Go, Java, Rust, Bash, or similar). - Strong familiarity with software development lifecycle (SDLC) processes and source control technologies. - Strong understanding of DevSecOps, application security principles, secure software development practices, and modern software delivery environments. - Ability to create solutions that are scalable, repeatable, secure, and maintainable. - Experience with risk assessment & analysis, emergency preparedness, and investigations/incident management. - Excellent communication and team relationship skills. - Experience with SIEM, security monitoring, threat detection, incident response, and observability platforms in cloud environments. - Experience securing cloud-native environments, containerized workloads, Kubernetes platforms, modern CI/CD pipelines, and associated controls including vulnerability management, secrets management, and workload protection. - Experience with identity and access management technologies such as Okta, SAML, OAuth, Descope, and OIDC. - Experience securing cloud platforms such as AWS and/or GCP, including IAM, network security, logging, monitoring, and cloud-native security services. - Experience with managing security programs and frameworks. - Experience implementing or operating security controls aligned with frameworks such as NIST CSF, SOC 2, HITRUST, ISO 27001, or CIS Controls. - CISSP and/or CISM certification is a plus.