Why This Job is Featured on The SaaS Jobs
Security roles in SaaS increasingly sit at the intersection of product delivery and customer trust, and this Information Security Engineer position reflects that shift. The remit spans infrastructure, product surfaces, and internal processes, with a clear emphasis on building security into engineering workflows rather than treating it as a separate gate. For a globally distributed SaaS company, that kind of embedded approach tends to influence how quickly teams can ship while maintaining resilience and privacy expectations.
From a SaaS career standpoint, the work maps closely to the problems that recur across subscription software businesses: automating controls, improving detection and response, and translating risk into engineering priorities. Exposure to threat modeling, vendor risk, and compliance programs such as SOC 2 and ISO 27001 creates a foundation that carries across many SaaS environments, especially those operating at scale in cloud-first stacks.
This role fits professionals who prefer pragmatic security engineering and enjoy partnering closely with product and platform teams. It will suit someone comfortable balancing hands-on technical delivery with advisory work, and who values autonomy over ticket-driven execution. Experience with scripting, cloud security, and modern monitoring tooling aligns well with the day-to-day shape of the position.
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
At Algolia, Information Security is built into everything we do. It is not an afterthought; it’s a core design and operational principle. Our Information Security team ensures that trust, privacy, and resilience are embedded throughout our infrastructure, products, and internal processes.
As Algolia continues to expand globally, we are growing our Information Security team to match that scale. We are seeking a pragmatic, technically strong, and collaborative information security engineer to strengthen our Information Security posture and enable the company to innovate securely and confidently.
What You’ll Do
- Design and automate controls, detection mechanisms, and tooling to improve the Information Security of Algolia’s infrastructure and products
- Research, evaluate, and recommend new Information Security technologies, techniques, and frameworks
- Design, implement, and maintain information security monitoring and remediation systems that move the needle in protecting Algolia’s customers’ data, and protecting Algolia’s systems and data
- Partner with engineering and product teams to integrate Information Security into new features, systems, and development pipelines
- Contribute to improving Information Security standards, processes, and best practices across the company
- Conduct Information Security risk assessments and threat models of core systems, services, and third-party vendors (this does not include answering customer third-party risk assessment questionnaires).
- Participate in and sometimes lead Information Security incident response activities and post-incident analysis
- Support ongoing and emerging Information Security and compliance initiatives (e.g., SOC 2, Type II, ISO 27001, C5, GDPR)
- Manage and enhance Algolia’s public bug bounty and vulnerability disclosure programs
What We’re Looking For
- 3–6 years of experience in Information Security engineering, infrastructure protection, or related technical domains
- Proficiency in scripting or automation with at least one language (Python, Bash, Go, or similar) is required. Experience with Kubernetes is preferred.
- Strong understanding of Information Security principles for modern cloud environments (AWS, GCP, or Azure) as well as operations in datacenters.
- Strong understanding of, comfort with, and at least three years of experience in operating, configuring, and managing log management / SIEM, threat detection and posture management, endpoint detection and response, SAST, SOAR, CTI, and other table-stakes information security systems with strong preference to at least one year of experience with deep use of Crowdstrike or Obsidian (preferably both).
- Knowledge of common internet Information Security threats, attack vectors, and mitigation strategies
- Solid understanding of computer systems, networks, and low-level protocols from an Information Security perspective
- Experience in incident detection, response, and vulnerability management
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to explain Information Security risks and concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences
- Clear ability to collaborate with VP of Information security to advise on next steps and to work independently to achieve business outcomes - rather than a ticket based approach.
- Full professional proficiency in English
Nice to Have
- Experience scaling Information Security programs in high-growth SaaS organizations (10,000+ customers, $50–200M ARR range)
- Cloud-specific Information Security certifications or equivalent training (e.g., AWS Security Specialty, GCP Professional Security Engineer)
- Experience with complex secrets management systems such as Hashicorp Vault
- Experience contributing to Information Security communities, such as bug bounty triage, open-source security tools, or Capture the Flag events
- Background in privacy engineering, threat modeling, or secure software design
Why You’ll Love Working Here
- A culture that values continuous learning, curiosity, and collaboration in Information Security
- A global, remote-friendly team that treats Information Security as an enabler of innovation
- Opportunities to make a measurable impact on the Information Security of systems used by millions of end users
- Ongoing professional development and support as the Information Security landscape evolves
