Product Security Engineer

ClickHouse; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 139,000 - 206,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading tech company as a Product Security Engineer, where you'll enhance product security through collaboration, vulnerability management, and advanced security tooling. This mid-senior level role offers competitive salary ranges based on your location and experience. You’ll work with a talented team to support engineering processes and improve security across our platforms.

Benefits

Flexible work environment

Healthcare contributions

Stock options

Flexible time off

$500 Home office setup

Global Gatherings

Qualifications

• Experience in cloud services like AWS, GCP, or Azure.
• Knowledge in security tools and processes.
• Development and automation experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with teams on security-related features.
• Identify and address vulnerabilities within products.
• Drive usage of engineering security tools.

Skills

Threat Modeling

Vulnerability Management

Cloud Services

Automation

C++

Education

BS, MS, or PhD in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Snyk

Semgrep

GitHub CodeQL

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About ClickHouse

Established in 2009, ClickHouse leads the industry with its open-source column-oriented database system, driven by the vision of becoming the fastest OLAP database globally. The company empowers users to generate real-time analytical reports through SQL queries, emphasizing speed in managing escalating data volumes. Enterprises globally, including Lyft, Sony, IBM, GitLab, Twilio, HubSpot, and many more, rely on ClickHouse Cloud. It is available through open-source or on AWS, GCP, Azure, and Alibaba.

About ClickHouse

Established in 2009, ClickHouse leads the industry with its open-source column-oriented database system, driven by the vision of becoming the fastest OLAP database globally. The company empowers users to generate real-time analytical reports through SQL queries, emphasizing speed in managing escalating data volumes. Enterprises globally, including Lyft, Sony, IBM, GitLab, Twilio, HubSpot, and many more, rely on ClickHouse Cloud. It is available through open-source or on AWS, GCP, Azure, and Alibaba.

About the team

The Security Team is responsible for providing key security capabilities covering application, cloud and enterprise security, incident response, detection and GRC. Our team is looking for an experienced, hands-on security practitioner, who will drive the adoption of modern security processes and tooling, with focus on supporting our engineering and product teams in improving the security posture of our platforms and services.

What you will do:

• Collaborate with engineering and product on improving existing and building new product features with focus on threat modeling, assurance and secure implementation, some examples of recent work include implementation of secure key management, passwordless authentication, m2m authentication, sandboxing and compute/network/storage isolation
• Identify security gaps and vulnerabilities in ClickHouse Cloud and OSS, triage a wide range of vulnerabilities reported via our bug bounty program, responsible disclosure, GitHub Issues covering web, API and server - client assets including low level memory issues like heap or buffer overflows
• Improve and develop security assurance activities - pentests, vulnerability assessments, bug bounty programs, fuzzing
• Drive implementation and usage of engineering security tools - static, dynamic code analysis, dependency checks, code licensing compliance (working knowledge of Snyk, Semgrep, GitHub CodeQL)
• Nurture the engineering - security relationship, identify and implement process and technology improvements
• Handle information security events and incidents across ClickHouse products and services
• Develop processes, tooling and automation to scale security processes and mitigate risks to the business
  
  

What you bring along:

• Experience supporting engineering and product implementation efforts by performing threat assessments, assurance activities, advisory as well as, in some cases, implementation work across distributed systems covering web, API, client/server assets
• Strong knowledge of and experience with one or more cloud service providers (e.g. AWS, GCP, Azure), Kubernetes, Cilium, Crossplane
• Experience implementing and operating engineering security tools and processes (e.g. static / dynamic code analysis, software composition analysis, SBOM, OWASP SAMM, client and network fuzzing tools)
• Significant development and automation experience, ability to work with C++ code preferred
• Security as code mindset, with focus on solving problems with automation and scale in mind
  
  

Bonus Points:

• BS, MS, or PhD in Computer Science or related field
• Previous contributions to open source projects
• Security or cloud related certifications (AWS, GCP, Azure)
  
  

New York Area / San Francisco Area - Salary Range

$149,000—$225,000 USD

Washington State - Full Salary Range

$169,150—$191,250 USD

General US Remote Salary Range

$169,150—$191,250 USD

Los Angeles, CA / Washington, DC - Salary Range

$134,100—$202,500 USD

Seattle, WA - Full Salary Range

$134,100—$202,500 USD

Compensation

For roles based in the United States, you can find above our typical starting salary ranges for this role, depending on your specific location.

The positioning of offers within a certain range depends on various factors, including: candidate experience, qualifications, skills, business requirements and geographical location.

If you have any questions or comments about compensation as a candidate, please get in touch with us at [e-mail].

Perks

• Flexible work environment - ClickHouse is a globally distributed company and remote-friendly. We currently operate in 20 countries.
• Healthcare - Employer contributions towards your healthcare.
• Equity in the company - Every new team member who joins our company receives stock options.
• Time off - Flexible time off in the US, generous entitlement in other countries.
• A $500 Home office setup if you're a remote employee.
• Global Gatherings – We believe in the power of in-person connection and offer opportunities to engage with colleagues at company-wide offsites.
  
  

Culture - We All Shape It

As part of our first 500 employees, you will be instrumental in shaping our culture.

Are you interested in finding out more about our culture? Learn more about our values here. Check out our blog posts or follow us on LinkedIn to find out more about what's happening at ClickHouse.

Equal Opportunity & Privacy

ClickHouse provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type based on factors such as race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

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Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Information Technology

• Industries

  Software Development

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