Compliance Lead

Wafer; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 170,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) retirement plan

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

Daily meals; unlimited PTO; parental s

Housing stipend (post-tax) near office

Uber/Waymo commute support

Relocation allowance and benefits

Visa sponsorship available

Job summary

Wafer is seeking a compliance leader to own our SOC 2 program and work with engineering, security, operations, and legal to implement reliable processes. You will drive audits, respond to customer security inquiries, and ensure documentation stays up to date.

You’ll collaborate across teams to define controls, collect evidence, and track improvements in access, devices, logging, incident response, and business continuity. Visa sponsorship available.

Qualifications

• Experience owning SOC 2 Type II audits and ongoing compliance work.
• Strong understanding of cloud infrastructure, IAM, data handling, and security controls.
• Experience handling enterprise security reviews with engineering and legal teams.
• Proven track record of taking ownership, solving problems and following through.
• Excellent writing and ability to explain complex systems clearly.

Responsibilities

• Own the SOC 2 audit process from evidence collection to remediation tracking.
• Lead customer security questionnaires and provide clear, evidence-backed answers.
• Maintain accuracy of trust center, policies, and compliance documentation.
• Collaborate with security and engineering to define controls and collect evidence.
• Coordinate privacy and contractual requirements with legal and engineering teams.
• Manage vendor security assessments and track risks and actions.
• Create efficient processes that balance speed with commitments.

Skills

SOC 2 ownership

Cloud security concepts

Enterprise security reviews

Ownership and accountability

Clear writing and judgment

Job description

Wafer is the fastest inference cloud for open source models.

We're looking for someone to own our compliance program. You'll work closely with engineering, security, operations and legal to run audits, answer customer security questions and turn requirements into practical, reliable processes. You should be comfortable building the function while doing the work yourself.

What you'll do

• Own the SOC 2 audit process, including evidence collection, auditor coordination, control reviews and remediation tracking.

• Lead customer security questionnaires and reviews, providing clear answers supported by current evidence.

• Keep our trust center, policies, compliance documentation and approved responses accurate.

• Partner with security and engineering to define controls, collect evidence and track improvements across access, devices, logging, incident response and business continuity.

• Coordinate privacy and contractual requirements with legal and engineering, including data retention, deletion and subprocessors.

• Manage vendor security assessments and track risks, owners and outstanding actions.

• Build efficient processes that help the company move quickly while meeting its commitments.

What we look for

• Experience personally owning SOC 2 Type II audits and ongoing compliance work.

• Strong technical understanding of cloud infrastructure, identity and access, data handling and security controls.

• Experience handling enterprise security reviews and working with engineering and legal teams.

• A record of taking ownership, resolving difficult problems and following through.

• Excellent writing and judgment. You can explain complex systems clearly and distinguish what is implemented from what is planned.

You'll have substantial ownership and work directly with the people building Wafer.

Benefits

• 401(k) retirement plan.

• Fully covered medical, dental, and vision insurance.

• Daily lunch and dinner, unlimited PTO, and parental leave.

• $1K/month housing stipend (post-tax) if you live within walking distance (0.5 miles) from the office.

• Covered Uber/Waymo from/to office.

• Relocation allowance and benefits.

• Visa sponsorship available.

How we work

Full-time, on-site in San Francisco.