Staff Security Engineer

Summary

Join Linear, a fully remote company building an issue tracking and project management tool, as a Security Engineer. You will lead and own security initiatives, improving our security posture across applications and infrastructure. Collaborate with infrastructure, product, and customer teams. This role requires strong InfraSec background, experience with application and infrastructure security, and excellent communication skills. We offer competitive salary and equity, comprehensive benefits, and a work-life balance.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in application 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
• 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

Responsibilities

• 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

Preferred Qualifications

Strong AWS or GCP experience

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