Manager, Security Engineering - Application Security

The GSO secures MongoDBs products, infrastructure, and the trust our customers place in us — spanning product security, corporate security, and risk, and working across engineering, go-to-market, and corporate development to keep security moving at the same speed as the business.

The Principal Security Engineer will serve as a senior technical anchor for the team. Key topic areas will include collaborating with our product teams to ensure identity and permission models meet customer needs for our new autonomous agent platform and working with integration security teams to push the envelope on automated detection, reproduction, and remediation of security vulnerabilities via AI. This role can be based out of our NYC office or remotely in the North America region.
Maintain real technical depth in security and in MongoDBs product architecture — compute, network, and storage — deep enough to evaluate actual risk rather than apply generic best practice
Form independent, well-reasoned opinions on security and architecture decisions, and voice them even when they cut against consensus or a leaders default plan
Push teams to move faster when process or over-engineering is introducing complexity without reducing risk — and push teams to slow down when GTM pressure is outrunning a clear-eyed view of the risk
Debate hard, then align, then commit: help the org land on the right call, then execute on it
Seed and grow a working community of senior ICs embedded in security operations, product security, and enterprise security — connecting people, sharing knowledge, and creating the venues (formal or informal) for that to happen
Lead time-boxed, high-stakes, cross-functional engagements such as M&A security due diligence and partner risk assessments, often with incomplete information and a short runway
Draw on your own expertise where it applies, and quickly figure out how to close knowledge gaps elsewhere — staying accountable for the outcome either way
12+ years of experience in security engineering, software engineering, or a related discipline, including senior individual-contributor or technical-lead experience
~ Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Information Security, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience
~ Deep, credible technical expertise in security, plus working depth across compute, network, and storage architecture
~ Comfort owning ambiguous, deadline-driven work such as M&A diligence or partner risk reviews, and being accountable for the result even without the full picture upfront
~ MongoDB has a diverse, inclusive, equitable, and high-performing environment, and we want to keep improving our ability to deliver for customers.
Direct experience leading M&A security due diligence or partner/vendor risk assessments
network and storage, or application and infrastructure security)
A history of building or growing technical communities of practice
A real community of senior security talent has formed around you in GSO
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Other benefits for eligible employees may include: equity, participation in the employee stock purchase program, flexible paid time off, 20 weeks fully-paid gender-neutral parental leave, fertility and adoption assistance, 401(k) plan, mental health counseling, access to transgender-inclusive health insurance coverage, and health benefits offerings.