WHOOP · 3 hours ago
Senior Software Engineering Manager, Product Security
Boston, MA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
$170K/yr - $230K/yrWHOOP is on a mission to unlock human performance and healthspan, empowering members to perform at a higher level. As a Senior Software Engineering Manager, you will lead teams focused on product security, ensuring compliance with HIPAA standards and fostering a culture of innovation and teamwork.
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Responsibilities
Build, lead, and grow multiple engineering teams executing on WHOOP’s product security strategy, including member authentication, vulnerability management, cloud governance, privacy rights fulfillment, and threat modeling
Oversee and drive WHOOP’s engineering readiness for HIPAA compliance, coordinating technical implementation, evidence collection, and ongoing governance activities across teams
Define and communicate long-term security strategy, architecture, and design principles for product-facing systems
Partner with engineering and compliance leadership to embed security and privacy by design across the software development lifecycle
Establish and enforce best practices, standards, and processes for secure software development, testing, and deployment
Drive continuous improvement initiatives that enhance team productivity, quality, and overall business impact
Provide mentorship, guidance, and career development for engineering managers and individual contributors
Foster a culture of innovation, teamwork, psychological safety, and continuous learning within the Product Security organization
Qualification
Required
Proven experience as a technical leader managing multiple teams or a growing security engineering organization
Experience growing high level individual contributor career growth at the staff level or higher
Demonstrated success leading security or compliance initiatives in a regulated environment, preferably HIPAA or other health data compliance frameworks
Deep understanding of product security principles, including vulnerability management, data privacy, threat modeling, and secure software development
Experience building or integrating developer security tooling to improve secure-by-default practices
Strong technical background in software development, testing, and deployment processes
Excellent communication, interpersonal, and leadership skills with the ability to influence across teams and levels
Preferred
Experience with AWS cloud environments and data-driven decision-making
Hands-on experience with infrastructure and cloud security in containerized environments (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes)
Background in incident response and post-mortem analysis for security events
Familiarity with automation frameworks for vulnerability scanning, compliance checks, or infrastructure security
Prior experience scaling a product security or compliance engineering organization through major regulatory transitions (e.g., SOC 2 → HIPAA, or HIPAA → HITRUST)
Benefits
Meaningful equity
Competitive base salaries
Benefits
Company
WHOOP
WHOOP is a fitness tech company that offers wearables that track sleep, recovery, and performance.
Founded in 2012
501-1000 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$404.75MKey Investors
SoftBank Vision FundIVPFoundry Group
2021-08-30Series F· $200M
2020-10-28Series E· $100M
2019-11-12Series D· $55M
Leadership Team
Will Ahmed
Founder & CEO
Aurelian Nicolae
Co-Founder & Chief Hardware Engineer
Recent News
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