Cohere
AI
Manager,SecurityEngineering
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“Manager, Security Engineering at Cohere. Skills: Security Engineering, Vulnerability Management, Team Leadership. Serve as trusted advisor. Execute long-term vision”
What You'll Achieve.
Scale intelligence to serve humanity; Increase capabilities of our models; Drive value for our customers; Align with Cohere’s product and business goals; Identify and remediate security flaws; Ensure application security practices align with industry standards and regulatory requirements
Industry & Context.
Propose solutions; Make informed decisions; Flexible and constructive approach when solving problems; Make trade-offs between build vs. buy decisions
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
8+ years of previous experience in Application Security / Security Engineering, focus on vulnerability management, focus on SDLC, focus on bug bounty programs, Proficiency with programming languages, Proficiency with web technologies, Experience with cloud platforms, Experience with container security, Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, ability to influence technical and non-technical stakeholders, Experience building and managing high-performing security teams, comfortable with ambiguity, able to make informed decisions with little data, employ a flexible and constructive approach when solving problems, able to make trade-offs between build vs. buy decisions, understand secure engineering best practices, can articulate problem statements, propose solutions to both technically savvy and non-technical audiences, deep technical understanding of common security vulnerabilities and risks, deep technical understanding of countermeasures and compensating controls
Nice to Have
SAST, DAST, and penetration testing methodologies and tools, Python, GoLang, AWS, GCP, Azure
What You'll Do.
Serve as trusted advisor
Execute long-term vision
Develop and implement vulnerability management processes
Establish SAST programs
Implement DAST methodologies
Configure scanning tools
Conduct regular assessments
Lead and oversee penetration testing engagements
Manage bug bounty program
Review and validate security architecture
Embed security practices
Lead and grow security team
Establish key security metrics
Generate regular reports
Communicate security posture
Ensure application security practices align
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Serve as trusted advisor to team’s leadership; Partner teams; Collaborate closely with leadership; Collaborate with development teams; Work closely with engineering and product teams
Communication Scope
Clearly articulating business risks; Excellent communication and interpersonal skills; Ability to influence technical and non-technical stakeholders; Communicate security posture to stakeholders; Articulate problem statements
Process & Methodology
Prioritize high-impact initiatives, Strategic customer engagements, Remediation tracking, Reporting
Full Job Description
Who are we? Our mission is to scale intelligence to serve humanity. We’re training and deploying frontier models for developers and enterprises who are building AI systems to power magical experiences like content generation, semantic search, RAG, and agents. We believe that our work is instrumental to the widespread adoption of AI. We obsess over what we build. Each one of us is responsible for contributing to increasing the capabilities of our models and the value they drive for our customers. We like to work hard and move fast to do what’s best for our customers. Cohere is a team of researchers, engineers, designers, and more, who are passionate about their craft. Each person is one of the best in the world at what they do. We believe that a diverse range of perspectives is a requirement for building great products. Join us on our mission and shape the future! As a Manager of Security Engineering your key responsibilities include: - Serve as trusted advisor to team’s leadership and partner teams by clearly articulating business risks associated with security issues - Execute the long-term vision for the Security team in alignment with Cohere’s product and business goals. - Collaborate closely with leadership to prioritize high-impact initiatives and strategic customer engagements. - Vulnerability Management: Develop and implement enterprise-wide vulnerability management processes and tooling, including identification, prioritization, remediation tracking, and reporting, including customer artifacts - Static Application Security Testing (SAST): Establish SAST programs, integrate tools into CI/CD pipelines, and analyze results to identify and remediate security flaws in source code - Dynamic Application Security Testing (DAST): Implement DAST methodologies, configure scanning tools, and conduct regular assessments of running applications - Penetration Testing: Lead and oversee internal and external penetration testing engagements, including web application, API, ne
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