Head of Security, Merge

$200-240k

All full time employees receive an equity compensation package

Mid, Senior and Expert level

New York

San Francisco Bay Area

5 days a week in office

Customer-facing integrations & agent tools

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Customer-facing integrations & agent tools

101-200 employees

B2BEnterpriseHRAPIAccountingData Integration

Be an early applicant

$200-240k

All full time employees receive an equity compensation package

Mid, Senior and Expert level

New York

San Francisco Bay Area

5 days a week in office

101-200 employees

B2BEnterpriseHRAPIAccountingData Integration

Company mission

To make secure data access easy.

Job

Company

Role

Who you are

4-6+ years of security engineering experience
Ownership or leadership within areas of security at previous organizations, infosec being a plus
An overall excitement around building a more secure engineering function and organization
Ability to manage security programs
Experience with and a desire to code in at least one major programming language
A thorough understanding of networking and infrastructure, including load balancing, VPNs, Zero Trust, HTTPS, DNS, etc
Experience with multi-tenant cloud environments
While you don’t need specific experience with all of the above, we’d expect you to be excited to learn and grow, and tackle any challenges that may come your way

What the job involves

As the Head of Security at Merge, you will manage our security programs, including infrastructure, compliance, and security automation
Create and drive the security roadmap
Manage our compliance automation programs (SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, etc.). We’ve already achieved these using Drata, and while you have a team to support you, you will take the lead
Ensure all engineers and employees of Merge treat security as a core part of our practices
Manage our Bug Bounty Program
Implement security controls across Merge, from infrastructure to CI
Implement and run manual and automated security practices to mitigate vulnerabilities
Assist with security reviews, threat modeling, disaster recovery practice, and code reviews

Our take

To help B2B companies navigate the increasing number of APIs needed to integrate SaaS product, Merge supplies a unified API. This provides access to dozens of payroll, recruiting, accounting, and HR platforms using a single integration layer. This way, businesses can work with a large number of APIs without compromising on efficiency.

Merge was founded in 2020 and has already built a large client base for itself, including Deed, AngelList, Ramp and Reachdesk. It has also expanded into new areas, providing support for CRM tools, ticketing systems and project management functions. With an impressively escalating annual revenue, and considerable funding at its back, the company continues to build out its product into new verticals.

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Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle

Insights

Led by a woman

Top investors

57% employee growth in 12 months

Glassdoor (5)

Company

Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)

Oct 2022

$55m

SERIES B

Nov 2021

$15m

SERIES A

Total funding: $74.5m

Company benefits

Healthcare
Unlimited PTO
Parental Leave
401k

Company HQ

SoMa, San Francisco, CA

Leadership

Shensi Ding

(Co-Founder)

Studied Computer Science at Columbia before joining Credit Suisse as an Investment Banking Analyst. Previously Chief of Staff at Expanse.

Gil Feig

(Co-Founder)

A Columbia graduate who has worked for LinkedIn and Wealthfront as a Software Engineer. Previously Head of Engineering at Canvas.

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