[Hiring] Staff Security Engineer @1Password

Role Description

As a Staff Security Engineer on Security Incident Response, you'll serve as a senior technical leader and builder for the team, helping shape both how we respond to incidents today and how our response capabilities evolve over time. This role is about advancing what the team is capable of, not just responding when something breaks.

• Design and build AI-assisted systems that extend the team's reach.
• Lead the response to the most complex incidents.
• Own programs that make the organization more prepared over time, including tabletop exercises and gamedays.
• Advance threat hunting and insider risk capabilities.
• Plan, sequence, and deliver multi-quarter initiatives.
• Mentor and provide technical leadership to other engineers.

Qualifications

• Significant experience leading complex, high-severity security incidents across multiple environments.
• Experience designing and building AI-assisted or agentic automation for security operations.
• Strong software engineering skills and experience building production tooling.
• Experience owning a security program or capability roadmap end to end.
• Strong understanding of cloud-native, SaaS, and identity-driven attack techniques.
• Experience designing and running tabletop exercises or comparable readiness programs.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Experience mentoring engineers or raising the technical capabilities of a team.

Requirements

• Look for opportunities to build systems that scale the team's capabilities.
• Bring structure to complex incidents and make sound decisions under pressure.
• Take ownership of a capability from strategy through execution.
• Operate as a technical partner to leaders and cross-functional teams.
• Contribute to an environment of continuous improvement.

Benefits

• Health and wellbeing programs including maternity and parental leave top-up.
• Competitive health benefits.
• Generous PTO policy.
• RSU program for most employees.
• Retirement matching program.
• Free 1Password account.
• Paid volunteer days.
• Peer-to-peer recognition through Bonusly.
• Remote-first work environment.