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 vendors Build tools and automation to enhance the security of our services Manage our public bug bounty program Provide security guidance for the whole organization Improve engineering standards, tooling, and processes Support ongoing and new security/compliance initiatives Evaluate and recommend new security technologies Perform incident response

 

YOU MIGHT BE A FIT IF YOU HAVE:

2 to 5+ years of security engineering experience Full professional English proficiency Understanding of internet security issues and the threat landscape Knowledge of Shell scripting and at least one scripting language (Python, Ruby, etc.) Knowledge of low level principles of computers and network components Azure, GCP and/or AWS security training and experience Strong communication skills Preference 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.

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