Engineering Manager, Security
Grammarly
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Posted:
May 1, 2023
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Hybrid
About the position
The Engineering Manager, Security role at Grammarly is responsible for leading a growing team of security engineers and managing a wide variety of projects and initiatives to secure the company's product offerings and growing organization. The ideal candidate should have a proven record of security-focused contributions in one or more security domains and be able to collaborate in person in Berlin four weeks per quarter. Grammarly offers a remote-first hybrid working model, and team members work primarily remotely in the United States, Canada, Ukraine, Germany, Poland, or Portugal.
Responsibilities
- Grow and lead security team(s) in a fast-paced SaaS company.
- Empower the team and mentor its engineers, helping them advance in their careers.
- Partner with the existing security engineers on ongoing red team and blue team initiatives.
- Work with the product development teams, raising security awareness and offering expertise to keep our product protected through all stages of software development.
- Represent Grammarly’s security engineering within and outside of the company.
- Validate our defense, detection, and response capabilities by engaging an internal offensive team as well as external engagements.
- Suggest security tools and practices with an outsize impact and drive their adoption in the organization.
- Oversee the development of in-house security tools and solutions.
Requirements
- Must live within a daily commutable distance to Berlin
- Able to collaborate in person in Berlin four weeks per quarter
- Security practitioner with a proven record of security-focused contributions in one or more security domains (application security, incident response, security operations, threat hunting, offensive security)
- Builds strong relationships with their direct reports and peers across the company
- Nurtures the talent in the team and raises the technical talent bar when recruiting for their team
- Identifies impactful and practical solutions for security, from low-hanging fruit to long-term investments
- Effectively sets and communicates priorities for themselves and their team while driving execution