Why This Job is Featured on The SaaS Jobs
Product security leadership roles sit at the core of modern SaaS, where multi-tenant cloud platforms must balance rapid product delivery with rigorous protection of customer data. This Senior Engineering Manager role is featured because it operates at the intersection of security engineering, cloud infrastructure, and emerging AI workloads, a combination increasingly defining how enterprise SaaS platforms are built and defended at scale.
For a long-term SaaS career, the remit signals exposure to the full security lifecycle rather than a narrow governance function. Owning controls across production environments, shifting security validation earlier in the SDLC, and pairing architecture with hands-on assurance work aligns with how high-performing SaaS organisations reduce risk without blocking delivery. Leading a team of software and security engineers also builds a portfolio that transfers across cloud-native vendors where security is embedded into product and platform roadmaps.
This position tends to suit an established engineering leader who remains technically close to system design and threat-driven thinking. It will appeal to professionals who enjoy cross-functional influence, clear written communication, and building durable security programs that can keep pace with large-scale services and evolving AI-related threats.
The section above is editorial commentary from The SaaS Jobs, provided to help SaaS professionals understand the role in a broader industry context.
Job Description
Snowflake is about empowering enterprises to achieve their full potential — and people too. With a culture that’s all in on impact, innovation, and collaboration, Snowflake is the sweet spot for building big, moving fast, and taking technology — and careers — to the next level.
We are looking for a seasoned Senior Manager for the Product Security Team in Warsaw. This is an exciting, dynamic team that lives at the intersection of Security, AI and large scale cloud services. The teams are composed of software and security engineers and are responsible for:
Building systems and controls that keep Snowflake products, our AI Data Cloud and our customer data secure from all sorts of potential attacks and risks
Maintaining, guarding and improving the security posture of our Cloud and production environments
Developing modern techniques to protect agentic and other AI workloads against new novel threats
Reducing risk of compromises by shifting-left our security validations in the software development lifecycle
Performing deep security engineering and Assurance work on our products by designing robust security architectures for our products, and ensuring our products adhere to the highest security standards.
Performing Penetration testing to try to break into Snowflake’s systems, uncover vulnerabilities and strengthen our controls
Qualifications
The ideal candidate would have 5+ years of people management experience, leading teams of Software and/or security engineers, and have a deep technical background in software engineering, system design and security architecture.
12+ years of hands-on software engineering and security experience.
A demonstrated track record of successfully recruiting and leading technical teams in a competitive talent market.
Rock-solid engineering fundamentals
Extremely strong problem-solving and troubleshooting skills, with the ability to handle complex technical challenges.
Excellent interpersonal communication skills, with the ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams.
Outstanding written and verbal English language skills are necessary for clear documentation and presentations
What You'll Get
A chance to work on complex problems affecting a broad range of customers.
Lead a dynamic, talented team of engineers who are as passionate about solving problems as you are.
Opportunities to grow both technically and as a people leader.
A culture that values innovation, creativity, and individual contributions.
Snowflake is growing fast, and we’re scaling our team to help enable and accelerate our growth. We are looking for people who share our values, challenge ordinary thinking, and push the pace of innovation while building a future for themselves and Snowflake.
How do you want to make your impact?
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