About the Role
This role is responsible for building and managing the engineering function dedicated to governance, risk management, and compliance. The leader will design scalable systems, drive automation, and ensure adherence to evolving regulatory frameworks while supporting rapid product development.
Responsibilities
- Lead a team of engineers focused on GRC-related tooling and infrastructure
- Define technical strategy for compliance automation and risk mitigation systems
- Collaborate with security, legal, and product teams to implement regulatory requirements
- Architect scalable solutions for audit readiness and control enforcement
- Drive adoption of secure development practices across engineering teams
- Oversee the integration of compliance checks into CI/CD pipelines
- Evaluate and implement third-party tools for risk monitoring and reporting
- Establish metrics to measure compliance program effectiveness
- Manage incident response coordination for compliance-related events
- Ensure systems support SOC 2, ISO 27001, and other framework requirements
- Guide engineering teams on data privacy and regulatory obligations
- Develop roadmaps for technical debt reduction in compliance systems
- Lead efforts to standardize control implementation across platforms
- Foster a culture of accountability and proactive risk management
- Oversee documentation of system architectures and control mappings
- Support external audits and coordinate evidence collection
- Stay current with evolving regulations impacting product offerings
- Advocate for user privacy in system design decisions
- Mentor engineers in secure coding and compliance best practices
- Evaluate risks associated with new technology integrations
- Improve cross-functional workflows between engineering and compliance
- Implement monitoring for policy violations and control gaps
- Drive automation of manual compliance processes
- Ensure secure handling of audit logs and access controls
- Promote reusability of compliance components across services
Compensation
Competitive salary with equity and benefits package
Work Arrangement
Hybrid remote with primary office location
Team
Part of the engineering leadership team focused on governance, risk, and compliance infrastructure
Why This Role Matters
As the company scales, ensuring compliance is built into systems from the start is critical. This role shapes how engineering teams embed governance and risk controls natively into their workflows, reducing friction and increasing trust.
What We Value
We prioritize practical problem-solving over theoretical perfection. Candidates who balance rigor with agility, and who can lead through ambiguity, will thrive in this position.
Available for qualified candidates
