Security Engineering Lead at Attio
- Location
- London, United Kingdom
- Compensation
- £120k-£150k + Equity
Join Attio.com as their Security Engineering Lead and define the security posture for the next generation of AI-native CRMs. You'll move beyond compliance to solve real-world technical challenges across AppSec and SecOps, securing a high-scale platform against emerging AI attack vectors.
With a salary up to £150k and significant equity, this is a founding-level opportunity to recruit your own world-class team and do the best work of your career at the frontier of technology.
What's the next step?
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Role overview
As the founding head of Product Security, you will build and lead Attio.com’s security function from the ground up. You’ll secure a high-scale, AI-native SaaS platform, mitigating unique risks from AI-driven features and fast-paced development. Working closely with engineering leadership, you’ll ensure the platform is secure by design while recruiting a world-class team.
About Attio
Software
Attio is an AI-native, fully customizable Customer Relationship Management (CRM) platform designed for modern go-to-market teams and businesses. Founded in 2019 and headquartered in London, Attio enables companies to manage customer interactions, streamline workflows, and collaborate digitally with instant setup and highly flexible data models. Attio leverages automation and artificial intelligence to help businesses automate complex business processes, enrich customer and company records with real-time data, and scale operations efficiently. The platform integrates seamlessly with common business tools, including email, calendar, and LinkedIn, offering features such as enriched data capture, custom objects, automated workflows, and advanced reporting.
What you will do
- Build and scale Attio.com’s Product Security function, covering application security and security operations for a multi-tenant SaaS environment.
- Partner with Engineering Leadership to implement secure-by-design principles and mitigate attack vectors unique to AI-driven product features.
- Lead the end-to-end incident response lifecycle and recruit a high-performing team of Security Engineers and SecOps practitioners.
Who this is a fit for
- Proven background in software engineering or systems administration with a transition into deep application security for high-scale B2B SaaS.
- Extensive experience leading incident response and managing/growing a security engineering team of at least three to four people.
- Technical expertise in prevention, detection, and remediation tooling, with the ability to build cost-efficient, scalable security programs.
Why this role is remarkable
- Founding leadership opportunity to define security at the frontier of AI for a platform trusted with sensitive customer data.
- Backed by $116M from world-class investors including GV (Google Ventures), Redpoint, and Balderton, ensuring massive scale and stability.
- High-impact culture where you focus on technical craft—ISO/SOC 2 is handled elsewhere, letting you specialize in AppSec and SecOps.
How Jack & Jill work together
What happens next?
Jack’s an AI agent for job searching and career coaching. He works for you.
Jill is the AI agent for hiring, working for the company. She recruits from Jack’s network.
If your profile’s a match and Attio wants to meet, Jill will make the intro. In the meantime, Jack will send you excellent alternatives.