Security Lead, LocalStack
+ Performance bonus & Competitive share options
Cloud development platform
Open for applications
Cloud development platform
21-100 employees
Open for applications
+ Performance bonus & Competitive share options
21-100 employees
Company mission
To empower developers to rapidly build and test their cloud applications, saving valuable time and resources.
Role
Who you are
- This is the right opportunity for a person with 7+ years in a security engineering or security compliance role, experience leading vendor risk assessments and building compliance frameworks from the ground up, a strong background in API design and build, as well as a strong background in DevSecOps, incident response, and pragmatic, risk-driven security leadership
- Knowledge of threat modelling, vulnerability management, and tools like intrusion detection, network security, or Linux/Unix OS hardening
- Must have practical experience with cloud security (AWS preferred)
- Should be familiar with common standards (e.g., SOC 2, ISO 27001, GDPR), even if not formally certified
- Strong documentation skills and ability to make complex topics accessible to non-experts
- Should understand US and EU security and compliance expectations
- Strong preference for candidates with prior engineering experience (even if no longer coding daily)
- Should be proactive, pragmatic, and capable of risk-based decision-making
What the job involves
- Take full responsibility for completing and submitting vendor risk assessments
- Identify gaps between claimed and actual compliance and propose corrective actions
- Engage with internal stakeholders to collect data and evidence for submissions
- Deliver a sustainable, scalable process (e.g., via tooling, delegation, or automation)
- Define and implement regular security auditing procedures across systems and access controls
- Maintain documentation of security controls, configurations, and policies
- Generate and distribute internal audit and compliance reports quarterly
- Collaborate with engineering to ensure secure configurations and permission models
- Contribute to design and oversight of security-related features or mitigations in product environments
- Lead initiatives for incident monitoring, intrusion detection, and vulnerability management
- Lead a critical engineering function in a fast-growing company with huge open source traction and global customer base
- Work on cutting-edge technology with a talented and passionate team
- Shape the evolution of a product used and loved by thousands of developers worldwide
Application process
- To apply, follow the LI application process or apply on our career page
- Make sure to include a short motivation outlining why you are the perfect candidate for this role
- We aim to come back to applicants within 2 weeks. Please note, that due to a high volume of candidates, we cannot offer personalized feedback to each candidate
Our take
Developers can face high costs and delays with cloud-based testing (as centralised cloud environments are complex and expensive to maintain), which slows down development. This means that solutions to reduce these challenges are crucial for improving productivity.
LocalStack is solving this issue by providing a virtual environment that lets developers run a complete AWS setup on their laptops, cutting deployment times from 28 minutes to 24 seconds. It supports over 100 AWS services, reducing cloud costs and streamlining testing.
In an exciting move, the company raised substantial funding which will go towards expanding into the US and further developing its platform. With plans to offer new features like chaos engineering, LocalStack is ready to transform cloud development across multiple platforms.
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Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Company
Funding (1 round)
Nov 2024
$25m
SERIES A
Total funding: $25m
Company benefits
- Opportunities for professional development and training
- Dynamic and collaborative work environment
- Flexible work arrangements
Company HQ
Lindenhof, Zürich, ZH
Leadership
Gerta S.
(Co-Founder & COO / Co-CEO)Previously spent 3 years at Tricentis where they worked as a Global Digital Transformation Strategist, Global Diversity Program Lead and Product Manager in AI/ML. Prior to that, they were a Project / Product Manager and Business Process Analyst at runIT Solutions.
Waldemar Hummer
(Co-Founder & CTO / Co-CEO)Previously the Head of Engineering at Zurich Insurance Company and CTO / VP of Engineering at Advanon. Was also a Cloud/AI Tech Lead and Architect at IBM, and Development Team Lead at Atlassian.
Thomas Rausch
(Co-Founder & Head of Engineering)Founder of Cognitive XR where they serve as the Technical Lead. They graduated from the Vienna University of Technology with a PhD in Computer Science and worked as a University Assistant while there.
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