Senior Security Engineer, Trust & Safety

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Trust & Safety team members are the builders and maintainers of the anti-abuse world at GitLab.com. They develop the tools and manage the workflows that are needed to monitor, mitigate and report on abusive activity, and are an essential part of our goal of being good internet citizens. In the Trust and Safety Team there are two primary role types, Security Engineer and Security Analyst. Where the Security Engineer in Trust and Safety is primarily focused on the creation, maintenance and improvements of the systems and tools required to detect and mitigated abusive activity on GitLab.com, the Security Analysts' primary focus is on the creation, maintenance and processing operational workflows in the team. Depending on the role type you are applying for your daily duties could include creating tooling and automation for curbing abusive activity on GitLab.com, assisting with incident response and operational workloads and mitigating abusive activity. A successful candidate is someone who is curious and willing to learn, has at least a basic understanding of security concepts, is comfortable moving forward in the face of ambiguity and able to effectively manage competing priorities.

This position reports to the Manager, Trust and Safety.

Senior Security Engineer, Trust and Safety Job Grade

The Senior Security Engineer, Trust and Safety is a grade 7.

Senior Security Engineer, Trust and Safety Responsibilities

• Extends Security Engineer, Trust and Safety responsibilities, plus;
• Leverages Trust and Safety (anti-abuse) expertise in at least one specialty area
• Triage and handle escalated issues independently
• Conducts architecture reviews on Trust and Safety tooling/systems and makes recommendations
• Interview security candidates during the hiring process

Senior Security Engineer, Trust and Safety Requirements

• 5+ years of demonstrated experience in Software Engineering with some experience in web or cloud security or abuse detection
• A minimum of 2 years experience working with incident response
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Capability to build working relationships with key stakeholders
• Experience with operating system internals, web applications and browser security

Hiring Process

Candidates for this position can expect the hiring process to follow the order below. Please keep in mind that candidates can be declined from the position at any stage of the process. To learn more about someone who may be conducting the interview, find their job title on our team page.

• Qualified candidates will be invited to schedule a 30 minute screening call with one of our Global Recruiters.
• Next, candidates will be invited to schedule an interview with Trust and Safety Manager
• Candidates will then be invited to schedule an interview with Senior Security Engineer, Trust and Safety, Security Incident Response Team Manager, Red Team Manager
• Candidates will then be invited to schedule an interview with Director of Security Operations
• Successful candidates will subsequently be made an offer via email

Additional details about our process can be found on our hiring page.

Compensation

For Colorado residents: The base salary range for this role’s listed level is currently $124,300-$226,400 for Colorado residents only. Grade level and salary ranges are determined through interviews and a review of education, experience, knowledge, skills, abilities of the applicant, equity with other team members, and alignment with market data. See more information on our benefits and equity. Sales roles are also eligible for incentive pay targeted at up to 100% of the offered base salary. Disclosure as required by the Colorado Equal Pay for >Equal Work Act, C.R.S. § 8-5-101 et seq.

To view the full job description and its compensation calculator, view our handbook. The compensation calculator can be found towards the bottom of the page.

About GitLab

GitLab Inc. is a company based on the GitLab open-source project. GitLab is a community project to which over 2,200 people worldwide have contributed. We are an active participant in this community, trying to serve its needs and lead by example. We have one vision: everyone can contribute to all digital content, and our mission is to change all creative work from read-only to read-write so that everyone can contribute.

We value results, transparency, sharing, freedom, efficiency, self-learning, frugality, collaboration, directness, kindness, diversity, inclusion and belonging, boring solutions, and quirkiness. If these values match your personality, work ethic, and personal goals, we encourage you to visit our primer to learn more. Open source is our culture, our way of life, our story, and what makes us truly unique.

Top 10 Reasons to Work for GitLab:

1. Mission: Everyone can contribute
2. Results: Fast growth, ambitious vision
3. Flexible Work Hours: Plan your day so you are there for other people & have time for personal interests
4. Transparency: Over 2,000 webpages in GitLab handbook, GitLab Unfiltered YouTube channel
5. Iteration: Empower people to be effective & have an impact, Merge Request rate, We dogfood our own product, Directly responsible individuals
6. Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging: A focus on gender parity, Team Member Resource Groups, other initiatives
7. Collaboration: Kindness, saying thanks, intentionally organize informal communication, no ego
8. Total Rewards: Competitive market rates for compensation, Equity compensation, global benefits (inclusive of office equipment)
9. Work/Life Harmony: Flexible workday, Friends and Family days
10. Remote Done Right: One of the world's largest all-remote companies, prolific inventor of remote best practices

See our culture page for more!

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