Head of Security

Bolt is looking for a hands-on Head of Security to further establish and lead Bolt’s security initiatives. You will be responsible for all aspects of security including our applications, employees, and infrastructure protected against threats. You will have a broad mandate and will be expected to drive change and be an evangelist of Security throughout the company. As Head of Security, you will have the opportunity to work cross-functionally with teams across Bolt including DevOps, Product Engineering, and our Legal teams. As we continue to scale our business into large enterprises, security has never been more important to our company and those customers we serve every day.

Responsibilities: 

• Manage a Team of 5
• Set and execute the technology security strategy across Application Security, Infrastructure, Compliance, and Innovative Security
• Partner with Software Engineering organization’s security and privacy initiatives, leading security design reviews and threat modeling while scaling the organization
• Own compliance that is relevant to Bolt (PCI-DSS, GDPR, Soc2, Etc)
• Perform infrastructure and vendor security audits, run penetration testing, and own disaster recovery and business continuity plans
• Build and Execute the bug bounty programs
• Perform technical design reviews to ensure our products follow the best practices
• Train Bolt employees onSecurity
• Run the incident response plan
• Be a Security Evangelist

Requirements: 

• 7+ years of experience in application, compliance, and infrastructure security
• Previous Software Engineer or Product Security engineering experience
• Deep knowledge of the latest forms of security vulnerabilities, threats and exploits
• Experience managing large initiatives and ability to wear multiple hats
• Experience working with Security Vendors and doing software Security Reviews
• Ability to work autonomously in a fast paced, cross-functional environment, and comfortable with ambiguity

Base Salary compensation: For this role our base salary range is targeted between $265k - 300k per year. Final offer amount is determined by a number of factors including but not limited to experience and position level. At Bolt, we take a geographically neutral approach to compensation, meaning that we pay based on job function and level, not location.

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