Director, Security Engineering — Build Secure SaaS at Scale

Decisive Point; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 306,000 - 360,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Mental health, wellness & fitness

Career coaching & support

Inclusive family building benefits

Long‑term savings or retirement plans

In‑office culinary options

Job summary

Asana is hiring a Director of Security Engineering to lead and grow the Security Engineering organization in a high-growth SaaS environment. The role focuses on translating security strategy into technical reality, building resilient infrastructure, and world-class internal tooling.

The position is based in San Francisco with an office-centric hybrid schedule, leading people, mentoring engineers, and delivering high-impact initiatives.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in security and software engineering with leadership experience.
• Deep expertise in modern security domains (OWASP, cloud-native, identity frameworks).
• Hands-on AWS security controls and architecture at scale.
• Ability to balance security with business needs and communicate decisions.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor a multi-disciplinary security engineering team.
• Own security engineering roadmap with measurable risk reduction.
• Collaborate with Product and Engineering to embed security in designs.
• Drive recruiting and establish clear career paths.

Skills

Security engineering

Software engineering

Cloud security (AWS)

Leadership

Technical mentorship

Risk-based decision making

Automation

AI tooling security

Education

Advanced degree in computer science or related field

Tools

AWS

Security tooling

Job description

Asana is hiring a Director of Security Engineering to lead and grow the Security Engineering organization in a high-growth SaaS environment. The role focuses on translating security strategy into technical reality, building resilient infrastructure, and world-class internal tooling.

The position is based in San Francisco with an office-centric hybrid schedule, leading people, mentoring engineers, and delivering high-impact initiatives.