Whop · 12 hours ago
Security Lead
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level
5+ years expWhop is a virtual market that enables individuals to earn money by starting shops and creating content. They are hiring their first dedicated security hire to enhance the team’s security posture, responsible for all security outcomes including infrastructure, compliance, and internal security. The role requires a highly technical individual to independently build security programs from scratch and drive execution across teams.
E-CommerceInternetMarketplace
Responsibilities
Own SOC2 and data privacy compliance (audits, GDPR, CCPA)
Own infrastructure security (AWS, Vercel, Cloudflare, PlanetScale - secrets, access controls, monitoring)
Own security incident response (detection, triage, remediation, post-mortems)
Own external security programs (bug bounty, pen tests, threat monitoring)
Own internal security (IT vendor, device security, office security, training)
First line of escalation for all security issues
Qualification
Required
English-first communicator required — your writing goes directly to vendors, auditors, and customers without review
Highly technical — understands backend systems, infra, APIs, how things break. Can actually fix issues, not just identify them
Extremely organized, high attention to detail
High agency, scrappy, and urgent
Extremely clear communicator - written and verbal
Paranoid in the right way - thinks like an attacker to protect us
Willing to push back, but trusted enough that people listen
Highly available and responsive
Always learning, loves to teach
Builds systems that make you redundant over time
5+ years in security, has owned a program before
Low-ego - cares about outcomes, not credit
Uses modern tools (AI agents), and stays current on threat landscape
Constantly monitors and adjusts what you ship
Preferred
Series A/B or high-growth startup experience preferred
Company
Whop
Whop is a marketplace designed for entrepreneurs, facilitating the buying and selling of communities, courses, and software.
51-200 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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2025 (2)
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
$18M2023-07-20Series A· $17M
2022-01-01Seed· $1M
Leadership Team
Steven Schwartz
Co-Founder / CEO
Cameron Zoub
Co-Founder - CGO
Recent News
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2026-01-08
2025-10-10
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