engineering
Posted 14 hours agoSecurity Engineering Manager
at Taskrabbit
San Francisco, United StatesHybrid
Responsibilities
- Lead and develop a team of security engineers , acting as a technical player-coach to manage deliverables, mentorship, and continuous learning.
- Lead the team through prioritization and tradeoffs to determine which initiatives provide the most meaningful impact.
- Integrate foundational security tooling and automation across corporate, infrastructure, and application layers. Working closely with engineering teams, IT, legal and compliance.
- Develop data-driven security strategies , including OKRs, KPIs, and roadmaps, using clear written communication to advocate for security priorities during cross-functional planning.
- Manage compliance with security frameworks (e.g. CIS, SOC2, GDPR), designing sustainable controls in partnership with internal teams.
- Lead pragmatic incident response efforts , focusing on investigation and resolution while continuously maturing our response plans and threat modeling.
- Develop and implement security strategies for AI and machine learning integrations , ensuring safe adoption while mitigating associated risks.
- Drive cultural change through education , acting as a security evangelist to help cross-functional partners understand risk and own security within their respective domains.
- Govern the Information Security Program , developing high-quality proposals and recommendations that align security decisions with Taskrabbit’s innovative business goals. Your Areas Of Expertise: 5+ years of
Requirements
- You have a proven track record of leading a team to achieve compliance with a security framework from scratch (e.g., CIS, SOC2, PCI-DSS, ISO27001).
- Proven track record of achieving a security framework from scratch (e.g., taking a company through its first SOC2 or ISO 27001 certification).
- experience designing metrics and KPIs that demonstrate the business value of security initiatives.
- Expertise in influence-based leadership , showing a history of driving security maturity in non-regulated industries through relationship building and alignment.
- Deep knowledge of modern security practices , including cloud security, access controls, and secure software development, with
- experience leading incident response. Extensive
- experience working with one or more security frameworks (e.g. CIS, SOC2) and regulatory compliance standards (e.g. GDPR). •
- Experience with security governance for AI/ML systems and a proactive approach to managing the risks inherent in emerging technologies. •
- Experience with security tooling implementation : Direct
Benefits
- experience implementing or leading the implementation of comprehensive security tooling Compensation & Benefits:
- At Taskrabbit, our approach to compensation is designed to be competitive, transparent, and equitable. Total compensation consists of base pay + bonus +
- benefits + perks. The base pay range for this position is $155,000 - $207,000.
- This range is representative of base pay only, and does not include any other total cash compensation amounts, such as company bonus or benefits.
- Women make up half of our leadership team and our diversity representation is above that of the tech industry average. The Perks.
- Taskrabbit offers our employees with employer-paid health insurance and a 401k match with immediate vesting for our US based employees.
- We offer all of our global employees generous and flexible time off with 2 company-wide closure weeks, Taskrabbit product stipends, wellness + productivity + education stipends, IKEA discounts, reproductive health support, and more.
- An Active Commitment to Equity within our Company and Platform.
Additional details
- Taskrabbit is a marketplace platform that conveniently connects people with Taskers to handle everyday home to-do’s, such as furniture assembly, handyman work, moving help, and much more.
- At Taskrabbit, we want to transform lives one task at a time.
- As a company we celebrate innovation, inclusion and hard work.
- Our culture is collaborative, pragmatic, and fast-paced.
- We’re looking for talented, entrepreneurially minded and data-driven people who also have a passion for helping people do what they love. Together with IKEA, we’re creating more opportunities for people to earn a consistent, meaningful income on their own terms by building lasting relationships with clients in communities around the world.
- Taskrabbit is a hybrid company with employees distributed across the US and EU and a Built In — Best Places to Work (2022, 2023, 2024, 2025) continually ranked across multiple national and regional categories.
- Join us at Taskrabbit, where your work will be meaningful, your ideas valued, and your potential unleashed!
- This role operates on a hybrid schedule requiring two days of in-office collaboration per week. About the Role
- Reporting to the Infrastructure Director of Engineering, you are a pragmatic security leader who acts as a business enabler rather than a gatekeeper.
- You thrive in a high-velocity, non-regulated environment where you must define "what good looks like" from scratch and drive security progress with a blend of strong planning skills and strong cross-functional partnerships.