Senior Engineering Manager - Product Security (Shield Team)

Senior Engineering Manager - Product Security (Shield Team)

About the team

Product Security Team: Securing Rubrik’s Platform

The Product Security Engineering team is responsible for building innovative security-focused features and frameworks for large scale data management products. We are looking for a senior manager to lead two engineering teams (Shield - IAM and Shield - Platform) composed of talented software engineers in delivering security features as well as fostering a culture of security in the wider engineering organization.

To be successful in this role, you’ll mentor your team, collaborate effectively with cross-functional leaders, and work closely with Product manager and TLs to define the team’s roadmap.

The problem space is wide (covering the entire Rubrik portfolio) and deep (from performant core backend architecture to easy-to-use product experiences) and has an exciting roadmap for the coming years with tangible business impact.

Our mission is to secure the platform, building industry standard security features and frameworks customers expect and innovative security features customers appreciate.

The immediate area of impact is:

• Platform Security:

• Encryption framework

• Certificate management framework

• Hardening of Platform(s)

• Zero-trust architecture implementation and enforcement

• Secure development life cycle including security reviews

• Identity & Access Management:

• Login Security features: MFA, Password Policy, Passwordless login etc..

• Integrations with third parties: SSO, LDAP, etc.

• Comprehensive Role-based access control (RBAC) framework

• API authentication and authorization frameworks

• Session management and token lifecycle

What you’ll do

• Strategic Leadership:

• Build and drive the product roadmap to deliver a reliable, robust, and secure product that is industry leading

• Partner with Product Management to define security requirements and prioritize features based on customer needs and threat landscape

• Collaborate with Security, Compliance, and Architecture teams to ensure alignment with company-wide security initiatives

• Drive technical decisions and architectural choices that balance security, performance, and usability

• Team Leadership & Development:

• Lead and grow two high-performing engineering teams (8-10 engineers total), creating a culture of transparency, innovation, and security-first thinking in a fast-paced environment

• Mentor engineers, providing career development guidance and technical coaching

• Foster a collaborative environment that encourages knowledge sharing and continuous learning

• Recruit, hire, and onboard top security software engineering talent

• Conduct performance reviews and provide regular feedback to drive individual and team growth

• Technical Excellence:

• Ensure delivery of highly secure, scalable solutions that meet enterprise customer requirements

• Drive adoption of security best practices, secure coding standards, and threat modeling

• Oversee security architecture reviews and design decisions

• Champion automation, testing, and CI/CD practices within the security domain

• Stay current with emerging security threats, technologies, and industry best practices

• Cross-Functional Collaboration:

• Work closely with Product Management to translate customer security needs into technical requirements

• Collaborate with Customer Success and Sales Engineering to address customer security concerns

• Partner with Compliance team to ensure products meet regulatory requirements

• Coordinate with other engineering teams to integrate security controls across the platform

Experience & qualifications you’ll need

• 10+ years of software engineering experience in security

• 3+ years of managing software engineering teams

• Deep security knowledge in platform security (encryption, certificates, operating systems)

• Demonstrated initiative in enhancing security postures and driving security-focused projects

• Experience in delivering highly scalable, secure solutions across multiple groups.

• Managing teams in dynamic, startup-like environments

• Experience cultivating strong, high quality engineering practices and processes

• Experience working with product manager and customers

Join Us in Securing the World's Data

Rubrik (RBRK), the Security and AI Operations Company, leads at the intersection of data protection, cyber resilience, and enterprise AI acceleration. Rubrik Security Cloud delivers complete cyber resilience by securing, monitoring, and recovering data, identities, and workloads across clouds. Rubrik Agent Cloud accelerates trusted AI agent deployments at scale by monitoring and auditing agentic actions, enforcing real-time guardrails, fine-tuning for accuracy and undoing agentic mistakes.

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Inclusion @ Rubrik

At Rubrik, we are dedicated to fostering a culture where people from all backgrounds are valued, feel they belong, and believe they can succeed. Our commitment to inclusion is at the heart of our mission to secure the world’s data.

Our goal is to hire and promote the best talent, regardless of background. We continually review our hiring practices to ensure fairness and strive to create an environment where every employee has equal access to opportunities for growth and excellence. We believe in empowering everyone to bring their authentic selves to work and achieve their fullest potential.

Our inclusion strategy focuses on three core areas of our business and culture:

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Our Company: We are committed to building a merit-based organization that offers equal access to growth and success for all employees globally. Your potential is limitless here.

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Our Culture: We strive to create an inclusive atmosphere where individuals from all backgrounds feel a strong sense of belonging, can thrive, and do their best work. Your contributions help us innovate and break boundaries.

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Our Communities: We are dedicated to expanding our engagement with the communities we operate in, creating opportunities for underrepresented talent and driving greater innovation for our clients. Your impact extends beyond Rubrik, contributing to safer and stronger communities.

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Rubrik is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.

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