Partner closely with engineering teams to understand their workflows and build security solutions that enable developer productivity while maintaining a strong security posture.

Drive Rootly's security strategy and architecture by assessing current controls, identifying gaps, and implementing scalable security practices that support company growth.

Design, build, and maintain security tooling and automation that embeds security throughout the software development lifecycle without slowing development velocity.

Work with engineers to integrate security into cloud infrastructure, deployment pipelines, and application architecture while balancing security, performance, and business objectives.

Lead initiatives across application security, infrastructure security, IAM, vulnerability management, risk management, incident response, and security controls.

Support customer-facing security efforts, including security questionnaires, audits, enterprise reviews, and compliance requirements.

Develop scalable security solutions that ensure the platform remains secure, reliable, and resilient as Rootly continues to grow.

Partner with engineering and QA teams to establish secure practices for AI-assisted development and modern software delivery.

Participate in a light on-call rotation and assist with security incident investigation and response.

Act as a technical leader and mentor, helping shape security best practices and the long-term growth of the security function.

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Skills and Requirements

5+ years of hands-on software development experience

3-4+ years of security engineering experience

Startup experience, preferably in a high-growth SaaS environment

Experience building and maturing security programs, processes, and tooling, including assessing security posture, identifying gaps, and driving strategic improvements

Strong experience designing and implementing security controls within AWS cloud-native environments

Robust expertise in Kubernetes

Proficiency in Ruby on Rails for tool development

Strong application security expertise, including secure software development practices, developer enablement, and close partnership with engineering teams

Experience with AI-assisted development environments and modern AI engineering workflowsExperience with infrastructure security, vulnerability management, IAM, and incident management

Strong software engineering skills with experience building production-quality security automation and internal tooling.

Robust communication skills and ability to influence stakeholders across technical and non-technical teams

Experience supporting customer-facing security initiatives such as questionnaires, audits, and enterprise security reviews Experience working at a security-focused company or cybersecurity vendor

Experience supporting enterprise customers with complex security requirements and review processes

Previous team lead, tech lead, or player-coach experience

Familiarity with Okta, SailPoint, or other identity and access management (IAM) platforms

Experience supporting rapid organizational growth and evolving security maturity

📌 Security Software Engineer (Toronto)
🏢 Insight Global
📍 Toronto