Head of Security Engineering, Harvey

• 10+ years of software engineering, infrastructure, or security engineering experience, with significant leadership experience managing managers and senior engineers
• Experience building and operating large-scale identity, authentication, authorization, or access management systems
• Strong software engineering background with a track record of building production-grade platforms and developer-facing infrastructure
• Experience leading security engineering organizations in high-growth technology companies
• Deep understanding of cloud infrastructure, distributed systems, and modern application architectures
• Demonstrated ability to translate security requirements into scalable engineering solutions
• Experience partnering with executive leadership and influencing company-wide technical strategy
• Excellent communication skills and a bias toward pragmatic, business-aligned security decisions

Desirable

• We're looking for a Director of Security Engineering to build and scale the security foundations that enable Harvey to move quickly while maintaining the trust of our customers
• This leader will own the core security engineering platform, including identity and access management, security tooling, and the systems that help engineers build and operate secure products by default
• Security at Harvey is not a gatekeeper function—it's an engineering discipline that enables our company to move faster with confidence
• This role will define the foundational security systems that support every engineer, every product, and every customer interaction, helping establish the secure platform upon which Harvey continues to grow
• As Director of Security Engineering, you will define and execute the strategy for Harvey's foundational security platform
• Lead and grow a team of security and software engineers responsible for Harvey's security engineering capabilities
• Own Harvey's Identity and Access Management strategy across workforce, infrastructure, and production environments
• Build scalable authorization, authentication, access governance, secrets management, and privileged access systems
• Develop the security tooling ecosystem that empowers engineering teams to identify, remediate, and prevent security issues efficiently
• Partner closely with Infrastructure, Platform Engineering, Product Security, and Compliance teams to embed security into the software development lifecycle
• Drive automation-first approaches to security controls, reducing operational burden while increasing coverage and effectiveness
• Establish long-term technical architecture and roadmaps for foundational security services
• Build security capabilities that support Harvey's rapid growth, enterprise customer requirements, and evolving regulatory landscape
• Recruit, mentor, and develop high-performing engineering managers and senior individual contributors