Software Engineering Manager

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Klaviyo is seeking a hands-on Engineering Manager to lead our Product Security team within the Security Operations organization. This role will support the deployment of secure applications, cater to security-aware customers, and develop internal tools for the Security Operations team to enhance monitoring and respond to security events.
The Engineering Manager will collaborate with engineering teams across Klaviyo to develop and integrate security solutions within the applications (customer facing and back end), champion and lead the development of secure code libraries, and identify opportunities to improve the Security Operations workflows.
Managerial responsibilities include:

• Create roadmaps for Product Security goals to reduce risk across the platform. OWASP top 10, Secure Code Best Practices, CIS Benchmarks are all used to measure success within Klaviyo.
• Lead a team of engineers to build security centric customer facing features within the product.
• Collaborate with Product, Engineering, Design, Legal, (and other) teams to develop and deploy impactful solutions.
• Mentor engineers and support team members in their technical development and career growth.
• Manage workloads to maintain a balance between high productivity and a healthy work life balance.

Technical responsibilities include:

• Oversight and development of secure code architectures and patterns that enable Klaviyo to efficiently and securely perform transactions on the platform.
• Reduce the reliance on legacy data access patterns by consolidating functionality into centralized, secure libraries.
• Work side by side with other Security Operations team members to assist with Detection and Response, Offensive Security, and Infrastructure hardening.
• Hands on implementation of architecture designs and library development within our code base.
• Leverage existing tooling to their fullest ensuring the teams take full advantage of our security investments.

If you are a Technical Lead or Senior Software Engineer with prior team leadership and/or managed other Engineers, have a passion for security, mentoring and sharing your knowledge to team members, and have experience with large scale web applications that process billions of transactions across multiple technologies this may be the role for you!
Requirements:

• Prior leadership experience
• 8+ years developing secure code libraries (preferably in Python)
• Have experience with some of the following or similar technologies
• Python, Django, Nginx, React
• MySQL, RabbitMQ, Redis
• Amazon Web Services (EC2, RDS, Aurora, etc.)
• Terraform, Packer, Jenkins, Kubernetes

The pay range for this role is listed below. Sales roles are also eligible for variable compensation and hourly non-exempt roles are eligible for overtime in accordance with applicable law. This role is eligible for benefits, including: medical, dental and vision coverage, health savings accounts, flexible spending accounts, 401(k), flexible paid time off and company-paid holidays and a culture of learning that includes a learning allowance and access to a professional coaching service for all employees.
Base Pay Range For US Locations:
$188,000 - $282,000 USD
Get to Know Klaviyo
We're Klaviyo (pronounced clay-vee-oh). We empower creators to own their destiny by making first-party data accessible and actionable like never before. We see limitless potential for the technology we're developing to nurture personalized experiences in ecommerce and beyond. To reach our goals, we need our own crew of remarkable creators-ambitious and collaborative teammates who stay focused on our north star: delighting our customers. If you're ready to do the best work of your career, where you'll be welcomed as your whole self from day one and supported with generous benefits, we hope you'll join us.
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