Cherry Technologies, Inc. is hiring a Director of Security to build and own the company's security function from the ground up. This is a deeply technical, hands-on leadership role where you will report directly to the VP of Engineering and partner closely with engineering leadership on architecture, risk, and execution as the company scales.
What You'll Do
- Own application, cloud, infrastructure, and data security across Cherry
- Be hands-on: design systems, review code and architecture, and contribute directly where needed
- Lead incident response, threat modeling, and security reviews
- Build and grow an elite security team doing high leverage technical work
- Embed security into engineering workflows without slowing product velocity
What We're Looking For
- 8–12+ years in security engineering or security leadership
- Strong hands-on background in modern cloud-native systems
- Experience owning security for production systems at scale
- Excellent engineering judgment and comfort making pragmatic tradeoffs
Nice to Have
- Prior experience building or scaling a security function
Team & Environment
You will report directly to the VP of Engineering and be a key partner to the engineering leadership team.
Work Mode
This role is based in the United States.
Cherry Technologies, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer.
