Senior Security Engineer, CaptivateIQ
Cloud & Platform Security
$171-206.7k
+ Equity
Commission management platform
Open for applications
Commission management platform
201-500 employees
Open for applications
$171-206.7k
+ Equity
201-500 employees
Company mission
To modernise the world of incentive compensation in the hope that people will feel more connected at work if there is greater transparency in how they are rewarded for their efforts.
Role
Who you are
- 7+ years of experience in a security engineer or related role, including 4+ years specializing in cloud and infrastructure security
- Advanced expertise of AWS security architecture, IAM, ZTNA, and secure multi-tenant SaaS designs
- Strong communication and ability to influence technical decisions across teams
- Hands-on experience securing containers and orchestration frameworks (Docker, ECS, Kubernetes)
- Strong programming and scripting skills (Python preferred) for automation and tooling
- Experience integrating security into CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure-as-code environments
- Deep understanding of detection strategies, logging, and incident response for cloud workloads
- Proven ability to lead incident response for cloud and infrastructure security events
- Familiarity leveraging Cloud-Native Application Protection Platform (CNAPP) tooling
- Knowledge of compliance frameworks (SOC 2, ISO 27001) and cloud security benchmarks (CIS, CSA CCM)
What the job involves
- Security is a core value at CaptivateIQ. As we scale and evolve our platform, building security into the foundation of our infrastructure and cloud services is essential to ensuring trust and resilience at every layer of our environment
- As a Senior Security Engineer focused on Cloud & Platform Security, you will be responsible for securing the foundation of our SaaS platform - designing and implementing scalable security controls across our cloud infrastructure and platform development lifecycle
- You will evaluate and improve our AWS cloud security posture, manage Cloud Security CNAPP tooling (CSPM, CWP, CIEM, DSPM), and implement threat detection and monitoring strategies
- You’ll also lead incident response for infrastructure security events and drive compliance readiness across our cloud environment
- This highly technical role is ideal for an engineer who thrives in cloud-native environments, understands modern DevSecOps practices, and brings deep expertise hardening multi-tenant SaaS architectures and partnering with SRE teams
- Cloud Security Architecture & Posture Management Design and enforce security baselines for AWS services, network segmentation, containerized workloads, and IAM. Leverage modern cloud security technologies to monitor for configuration drift and anomalous activity
- Secure CI/CD Enablement Embed automated security controls into build and deployment pipelines and enforce secure infrastructure-as-code practices (Terraform)
- Cloud Threat Detection & Monitoring Develop and tune detection logic for cloud and infrastructure threats; integrate logs with SIEM for security observability
- Identity & Access Governance Implement least privilege, zero-trust principles, and centralized access governance across infrastructure and internal tools
- Vulnerability Management Own vulnerability identification, prioritization, and remediation for infrastructure components and dependencies
- Incident Response Leadership Act as a primary technical lead for cloud/infrastructure security incidents and root cause analysis
- Compliance Alignment Contribute to security audits, control validation, and evidence collection for SOC 2, ISO 27001, and other frameworks
- Cross-Team Enablement Partner with SRE to ensure reliability and security guardrails align without slowing delivery
Our take
CaptivateIQ is an incentive compensation platform using AI to automate commission workflows, potentially helping companies make savings on the $800 billion spent each year to manage commission processes. Its no-code SaaS should improve both the efficiency and accuracy of existing legacy processes, providing a much-needed tech overhaul to the sector.
The founding team has real experience with the often over-complicated and cumbersome process of managing commission payments and is joining a raft of companies like UiPath and Celonis in capitalizing on the need to automate sales and finance workflows. CaptivateIQ, founded in 2017, has seen an impressive 600% year-over-year growth and is used by big-name clients like Hopin and ClassPass, attracting healthy investment. This suggests the company is laying firm groundwork in a growing and promising industry.
CaptivateIQ has been smart to keep the platform general enough to apply to any organization needing a performance-based compensation plan. The company's broad customer acquisition and regular funding injections paired with the need for new, robust incentive programmes for scattered and remote workforces has helped CaptivateIQ reach Unicorn status.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
-14% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)
Jan 2022
$100m
SERIES C
Apr 2021
$46m
SERIES B
Total funding: $159m
Company benefits
- 100% of medical, dental, and vision covered including 75% for dependents
- Unlimited vacation days and quarterly mental health days so you can recharge
- $1,000 to explore your dream destination on your work anniversary
- $500 annual professional development stipend to continue growing and learning
- $500 home office stipend to decorate your home office
- $1,000 caretaker stipend to make sure our parent colleagues are being supported
- Virtual team lunches to keep you connected
- 401k plan to participate in and save towards the future
- Newest hardware and tools for the job
- Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) to support and celebrate the shared identities and life experiences of communities within CaptivateIQ. ERGs directly support our company-wide DEI goals as a space for developing and retaining diverse talent
Company HQ
China Basin, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Mark Schopmeyer
(Co-CEO)Former Investment Professional at Carrick Capital Partners and Finance and Strategy Manager at BrightRoll. Former Investment Banking Analyst at Jefferies & Company and Lehman Brothers. BA in Business Administration from Berkley School of Business.
Conway Teng
(Co-CEO)Former employee at Gusto in Finance and Business Operations. Previously Head of Growth at OrderAhead. Founder of FiveStars. Graduated from Berkley.
Hubert Wong
(CTO)Former Senior Software Engineer at Vungle, OpenTable and CoPilot Labs. BS in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at Berkley.
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