Instacart · 1 month ago
Head of Product Security
United States
Full-time
Remote
Director/Executive
$299K/yr - $332K/yr
10+ years expInstacart is transforming the grocery industry by providing essential services for customers and flexible earning opportunities for Personal Shoppers. They are seeking a Head of Product Security to lead and scale product security programs, ensuring secure and reliable product development across various product lines.
Delivery ServiceE-CommerceGroceryShopping
Responsibilities
Define and lead Instacart’s long-term product security strategy, driving measurable improvements across all product surfaces
Lead multiple product security teams, setting clear direction across offensive security, secure design, architecture reviews, and security tooling
Partner with engineering and product orgs to integrate security seamlessly into the SDLC, enabling high-velocity development without compromising security
Build scalable, durable capabilities by operationalizing security tooling, frameworks, and workflows used across engineering teams
Guide teams through complex offensive security engagements to uncover security defects, anti-patterns, and emerging risks, driving mitigation plans across the organization
Design and implement security controls for cloud environments (AWS, GCP, etc.)
Build a security-first culture across engineering and operations teams
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Math, or equivalent industry experience
10+ years of progressive experience in Security Engineering, Product Security, and Offensive Security/Penetration Testing, ideally in a high-scale, dynamic environment
5+ years leading and scaling multi-disciplinary security teams, including managing managers, responsible for large-scale production systems in high-stakes domains
Deep expertise in driving secure architecture, advanced threat modeling, and application of security research to proactively identify and mitigate emerging risks at scale in mission-critical systems
Strong understanding of emerging threats, including AI/ML related attacks, to drive measurable risk reduction across the organization, with a proven ability to manage crises and high-impact security events
Extensive experience securing cloud infrastructure (AWS, Azure, or GCP)
Experience with DevSecOps, CI/CD security integration, and automation
Knowledge of container security (Docker, Kubernetes) and microservices architectures
Experience with infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, CloudFormation, Ansible)
Strong ability to make data-driven decisions and prioritize initiatives that meaningfully improve key security metrics
Excellent communication skills with technical and non-technical stakeholders
Preferred
Familiarity with compliance or privacy frameworks such as SOC 2, GDPR, PCI, or HIPAA
AI Red Teaming and Responsible AI skills
Benefits
Eligible for a new hire equity grant
Annual refresh grants
Company
Instacart
Instacart is an online grocery platform that offers same-day delivery and pickup services for retailers and consumers.
1001-5000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$2.92BKey Investors
T. Rowe PriceTiger Global ManagementD1 Capital Partners
2023-09-19IPO
2021-11-01Private Equity· $232M
2021-09-05Secondary Market
Leadership Team
Chris Rogers
Chief Executive Officer
Brandon Leonardo
Co-Founder
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