Senior Security Engineer, AppOmni
$175-200k
+ Stock Options
SaaS security management software
Open for applications
SaaS security management software
201-500 employees
Open for applications
$175-200k
+ Stock Options
201-500 employees
Company mission
To prevent SaaS data breaches by securing the applications that power the enterprise.
Role
Who you are
- 5–8+ years of experience in cybersecurity, with hands-on work in areas such as detection engineering, threat research, security analytics, or cloud/SaaS security
- Strong understanding of SaaS security concepts, including identity and access management, OAuth integrations, third-party app risks, and misconfiguration-driven exposure
- Experience working with security telemetry and logs, including querying and analyzing large datasets (e.g., SQL, Python, or similar tools)
- Experience developing or tuning detection logic, rules, or analytics in a SIEM, XDR, or similar system
- Familiarity with SaaS application APIs and security-relevant data sources
- Understanding of attacker techniques in SaaS environments, including identity-based attacks, privilege escalation, and persistence mechanisms
- Ability to translate complex technical findings into clear, actionable security insights
- Experience balancing detection fidelity, coverage, and performance in production systems
- Experience partnering with Product and Engineering to deliver customer-facing security capabilities
- Strong analytical thinking and problem-solving skills, with attention to detail
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Experience partnering closely with Product and Engineering to deliver customer-facing capabilities
What the job involves
- AppOmni is looking for a Senior SaaS Security Engineer to design and develop the security content that powers our platform’s ability to identify risk across SaaS environments
- In this role, you will work at the intersection of security research, detection engineering, and product development—translating deep knowledge of SaaS platforms into high-quality detections, posture checks, and security insights
- You will help define how we identify misconfigurations, risky behaviors, identity threats, and emerging SaaS attack techniques across a wide range of applications
- This is a hands-on individual contributor role focused on building scalable, high-fidelity security content. You will partner closely with Product and Engineering to ensure detections and insights are accurate, actionable, and aligned with real-world customer environments
- Design and develop detection logic and security rules to identify threats, suspicious behaviors, and misconfigurations across SaaS applications
- Research SaaS platforms (e.g., Google Workspace, Microsoft 365, Salesforce, Slack, etc.) to understand security models, APIs, and potential attack surfaces
- Translate real-world attack techniques and SaaS security risks into scalable product capabilities, including detections, posture checks, and risk signals
- Contribute to both threat detection and posture management content, ensuring broad coverage across identity, access, integrations, and data exposure risks
- Analyze large-scale SaaS telemetry to identify patterns, anomalies, and opportunities for new detections or improvements
- Continuously improve detection quality by reducing false positives and ensuring signals are actionable for customers
- Collaborate with Engineering to productionize detection logic and ensure reliable execution at scale
- Partner with Product to shape how security insights are surfaced, prioritized, and explained to users
- Stay current on emerging SaaS attack techniques, identity threats, OAuth risks, and AI-related security considerations
- Contribute to internal knowledge sharing and help elevate SaaS security expertise across the organization
Our take
Security is key in the online world, especially for companies that sell software as a service (SaaS). AppOmni's security management platform is designed to help SaaS companies protect their software from phishing attacks, malware, and other malicious threats. It can discover risks that may potentially harm businesses’ services, protect sensitive data from malicious hands, and even monitor and fix any issues that are found.
AppOmni’s customers include large enterprises and tech names such as Dropbox, Ping and Accenture, as well as large Fortune 100 financial and healthcare companies. Collectively, it now secures apps covering 78 million users and 230 million exposed data records, and more than 9 billion monthly events.
Although AppOmni has made a name for itself, it has some notable competitors, such as Insight VM and Amazon Guard Duty. The company is continuing both its international growth and building out the platform to remain on top of the competition.
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Insights
44% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)
Jun 2022
$70m
SERIES C
Apr 2021
$40m
SERIES B
Total funding: $123m
Company benefits
- Autonomous Schedules: You know best how to get your work done, and sometimes that means starting the morning with a ski run before showing up to your home office or co-working space
- Home Office: As a new hire benefit, we provide a generous stipend for eligible expenses reimbursement for your home office / computer equipment set up in addition to a company-provided laptop
- Flexibility and Time Off: Have the freedom to take the time off you need with no required accruals and no set limits — just get your manager’s approval and go. We support our team in relaxing, recharging, and reconnecting
- Healthcare: AppOmni provides comprehensive insurance options for eligible employees – including medical, dental and vision, with substantial portions of the premiums covered by AppOmni
- Life Insurance & Disability Benefits: AppOmni provides group life, AD&D, STD and LTD benefits at no cost to our employees, as well as additional supplemental life insurance options
- Employee Assistance program: Our employees have access to LifeWorks Employee Assistance Program including in-person, phone, or video consultations with licensed counselors and online educational tools and resources
- Retirement Savings: We offer a 401(k) tax-advantaged retirement savings account as of the employee’s first paycheck with AppOmni covering all fees for the account
- Wellness and Connections: We value the mental health and overall wellness of our team and offer a monthly reimbursement for related wellness expenses. Participate in groups or be a champion for a cause that you’re passionate about
- Career Development: The best employees need room to grow professionally, and look for opportunities to hone their skills. We provide professional enablement programs and performance management reviews
Company HQ
Yerba Buena, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Brendan O'Connor
(Co-Founder & CEO)Started out working in Information Security at Tech Electronics and First Bank. Previous CSO of Salesforce and Security CTO of ServiceNow.
Brian Soby
(Co-Founder & CTO)Received an MBA from Berkeley, and then joined Raytheon as a Network Security Engineer. Previous Director of Product Security at Salesforce, and Director of Security at Taulia Inc. Current Partner at Freefly Security.
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