[Hiring] Staff Security Engineer @Linear
Mar 17, 2025 - Linear is hiring a remote Staff Security Engineer. đź’¸ Salary: competitive salary and equity. đź“ŤLocation: Europe, USA.
Role Description
We're looking for a Security Engineer with a strong InfraSec background who will lead and own security initiatives across the company. The right candidate has a builder mentality and pragmatic approach to proactively improving our security posture. You can expect close collaboration with our infrastructure team, product, and customers as you lay the groundwork for the function. You’ll report directly to our Co-Founder.
- Own application and infra security (GCP, k8s), and drive improvements to our overall security posture and practices
- Define and drive the product security vision, strategies, and best practices across product and infrastructure teams
- Help build best-in-class security controls for Linear’s product
- Manage pentesting and other security and compliance related partners
- Work closely with go-to-market teams to communicate our security posture to customers
- Assess and improve the security posture of supporting infrastructure and third-party integrations
- Coordinate security incident response efforts, conduct root cause analyses, and coordinate remediation across teams
- Collaborate with operations on SOC2 compliance and vendor security audits
Qualifications
- 5+ years of experience in product or application security with demonstrable expertise in secure software development and infrastructure security
- Startup experience
- Strong communication skills and ability to interact with customers
- Deep understanding of threat modeling, risk management, and vulnerability assessment methodologies
- Strong AWS or GCP (preferred) experience
- Experience with secure API development, infrastructure security, and addressing emerging security challenges
- Background in Javascript/Typescript and Node.js, and familiarity with secure coding practices
- Hands-on experience with security tools and experience integrating automated security testing into CI/CD pipelines
Benefits
- Interesting and challenging work
- Work-life balance
- Competitive salary and equity
- Employee-friendly equity terms (early exercise, extended exercise)
- Paid lunch and coffee during workdays
- Work remotely, no commuting to the office
- Paid co-working space/desk at an office
- Health, dental, and vision insurance (US)
- Regular team events and off-sites
- 5 weeks of paid vacation
- 4 months of paid parental leave
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Salary
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competitive salary and equity
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Remote
Location
Europe, USA
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Job Type
full-time
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Posted
Mar 17, 2025
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| đź“Ť | Be aware of the location restriction for this remote position: Europe, USA |
| ‼ | Beware of scams! When applying for jobs, you should NEVER have to pay anything. Learn more. |
