Senior Security Engineering Manager

Engine

84d • $185,000 - $230,000

About The Position

At Engine, we’re transforming business travel into something personalized, rewarding, and simple. For too long, managing travel and spend has been overwhelming and fragmented — we’re here to change that. We believe the future of travel should be seamless and powered by technology that delights customers at every step. That’s why we’re building a platform that brings together corporate travel, a powerful charge card, and modern spend management in one place. To make this vision real, we’re looking for exceptional, mission-driven people to help redefine how businesses manage and experience travel. More than 17,000 companies already rely on Engine to support over 1 million travelers and billions in annual bookings each year. Cash flow positive with rapid growth, we pair exclusive Engine-only rates, industry-leading rewards, and intelligent automation to help businesses save money while delivering world-class personalization and convenience. Backed by Telescope Partners, Blackstone, and Permira, Engine has been recognized as one of the fastest-growing travel and fintech platforms in North America, with honors including the Deloitte Fast 500 and Built In’s Best Places to Work.

Requirements

• 8+ years of experience in hands-on security engineering, with a significant portion spent in cloud-native environments (AWS, GCP, or Azure).
• 3+ years of direct people management experience leading and mentoring a high-performing team of security engineers.
• Proven track record of developing and executing a technical security roadmap, including threat modeling, security architecture review, and vulnerability management at scale.
• Experience leading major security incidents, from detection and containment to post-mortem analysis and remediation.
• Demonstrated ability to partner effectively with senior engineering leaders and drive security initiatives across multiple teams and departments.

Nice To Haves

• Deep understanding of security principles and services in AWS or GCP, including IAM, VPC, security groups, and cloud-native security tooling.
• Proficiency with tools like Terraform or CloudFormation and experience securing IaC pipelines.
• Strong experience integrating security controls (SAST, DAST, SCA) into CI/CD pipelines (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions).
• Hands-on experience securing containerized workloads and orchestration platforms, particularly Kubernetes.
• Strong proficiency in a scripting language such as Python or Go for the purpose of building security automation and tooling.
• Expertise in network security, cryptography, application security (AppSec), and modern authentication/authorization protocols.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Security Engineering team and set the technical vision for security strategy.
• Protect infrastructure, products, and customer data through proactive engineering and automation.
• Detect and manage threats and risks across the entire stack and development lifecycle.
• Build and own a high-performing security function.
• Foster a culture of shared responsibility for security with engineering teams.
• Proactively neutralize threats and build a resilient, scalable, and highly automated security posture.

Benefits

• Competitive base pay tied to role and experience, with opportunities for bonuses, commissions, and equity.
• Hybrid-hub model for work environments, accommodating both in-office and remote work.
• Comprehensive benefits package as detailed on engine.com/culture.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Number of Employees: 501-1,000 employees