The Algolia Security Team is responsible for ensuring security of our services and infrastructure which provides service to more than 18,000 customers and billions of personal queries over terabytes of data.
Running the search service on some of the most exposed websites on the Internet, our environment attracts a large number of adversaries of all kinds.
Security is not something that is later patched on Algolia but has its place in the core.
Security and privacy play an important role in the way we design and operate our systems and services.
With the growth of Algolia, the Security Team must grow to accompany the creation of more products and services.
We're looking for an innovative, motivated and open-minded engineer to join the team and drive security, privacy and compliance forward for the global operations of Algolia.
We're working in a rewarding environment with an attention to continuous learning and improvement.
As the threat space evolves, you'll evolve with it and we'll evolve with you.
The Security Engineer will investigate reported vulnerabilities and flaws, review technical security questions, and help design new ways of improving our security and the security of our customers and users.
YOUR ROLE WILL CONSIST OF: Perform security assessments of core services and vendorsBuild tools and automation to enhance the security of our servicesManage our public bug bounty programProvide security guidance for the whole organizationImprove engineering standards, tooling, and processesSupport ongoing and new security/compliance initiativesEvaluate and recommend new security technologiesYOU MIGHT BE A FIT IF YOU HAVE: 2 to 5+ years of security engineering experienceFull professional English proficiencyUnderstanding of internet security issues and the threat landscapeKnowledge of Shell scripting and at least one scripting language (Python, Ruby, etc.
)Knowledge of low level principles of computers and network componentsAzure, GCP and/or AWS security training and experiencePreference for candidates with experience at our current stage and beyond (over 10,000 customers, $50-200M ARR range, high growth, lots of change and building internal infrastructure).WE'RE LOOKING FOR SOMEONE WHO CAN LIVE OUR VALUES: GRIT - Problem-solving and perseverance capability in an ever-changing and growing environment.TRUST - Willingness to trust our co-workers and to take ownership.CANDOR - Ability to receive and give constructive feedback.CARE - Genuine care about other team members, our clients and the decisions we make in the company.HUMILITY - Aptitude for learning from others, putting ego aside.REMOTE STRATEGY: Algolia's flexible workplace model is designed to empower all Algolians to fulfill our mission to power search and discovery with ease.
We place an emphasis on an individual's impact, contribution, and output, over their physical location.
Algolia is a high-trust environment and our team members have the autonomy to choose where they want to work and when.
We know community comes in many forms and strive to create opportunities for intentional in-person connection in our offices and virtually for our remote colleagues around the world.
We have a global presence with physical offices in Paris, NYC, London, Sydney and Bucharest.
ABOUT US: Algolia prides itself on being a pioneer and market leader offering an AI Search solution that empowers 17,000+ businesses to compose customer experiences at internet scale that predict what their users want with blazing fast search and web browse experience.
Algolia powers more than 30 billion search requests a week – four times more than Microsoft Bing, Yahoo, Baidu, Yandex and DuckDuckGo combined.
Algolia is part of a cadre of innovative new companies that are driving the next generation of software development, creating APIs that make developers' lives easier; solutions that are better than building from scratch and better than having to tweak monolithic SaaS solutions.
In 2021, the company closed $150 million in series D funding and quadrupled its post-money valuation of $2.25 billion.
Being well capitalized enables Algolia to continue to invest in its market leading platform, to better serve its thousands of customers–including Under Armor, Petsmart, Stripe, Gymshark, and Walgreens, to name just a few.
WHO WE'RE LOOKING FOR: We're looking for talented, passionate people to build the world's best search & discovery technology.
As an ownership-driven company, we seek team members who thrive within an environment based on autonomy and diversity.
We're committed to building an inclusive and diverse workplace.
We care about each other and the world around us, and embrace talented people regardless of their race, age, ancestry, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, marital status, color, veteran status, disability and socioeconomic background.
READY TO APPLY?
If you share our values and our enthusiasm for building the world's best search & discovery technology, we'd love to review your application!
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