Full job description
At UpGuard, we are replacing manual security bottlenecks with AI-driven precision. Fresh off a US$75M Series C, we are scaling our infrastructure to process 100 billion risk signals daily. This isn’t just growth; it’s a total reimagining of how the world manages cyber risk.
We build the Cyber Risk Posture Management (CRPM) platform that security teams actually love. By integrating security ratings, threat intel, and agentic AI, we empower organisations to stay ahead of an ever evolving attack surface.
We aren’t just building another tool; we’re defining a category. We provide the autonomy to ship world-class technology and the resources to do it at a global scale.
This is UpGuard's first dedicated product security hire. You'll have significant ownership over the direction of product security at UpGuard as we scale. You won't be inheriting someone else's decisions. You'll be defining the security standards, tooling, and practices that protect UpGuard's products and infrastructure for years to come.
In this role, you'll work across our product and production environments: performing security reviews, managing vulnerabilities, and running detection and response operations in our cloud-native infrastructure. You'll collaborate closely with our product engineering and platform teams to secure our products, CI/CD pipelines, and production systems, and to embed security into how we build from the ground up.
The full remit of product security is broad, so we've been deliberate about sequencing. In your first 6–12 months you'll:
The function sits at the heart of our engineering organisation, and you'll have genuine autonomy and influence: defining the security roadmap, driving best practices, and scaling our security posture as we grow.
This is a Staff-level individual contributor role.
You'll be building a function, not inheriting one; with real executive backing, at a company where product security is core to the business rather than a cost centre. Our engineering culture values iteration, collaboration, and speed, with a no-ego approach and pragmatic trade-offs. We're fully remote with optional offices in Sydney and Hobart, and no mandatory office attendance.
UpGuard is a Certified Great Place to Work® in the US, Australia, UK and India, establishing its position as a leading global technology employer. 99% of team members agree that UpGuard is a great place to work! Apply now to find out why!
As an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer, qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender perception or identity, national origin, age, marital status, protected veteran status, or disability status.
Please Note: Not all roles can be performed from the United States. Please check your specific job listing to confirm its advertised location. If the role you are applying for is listed as based in the US, we are currently only able to support hiring in the following locations: CA, CO, FL, IL, MA, MD, MO, OR, PA, TX, WA, and DC.
Before starting work with us, you will need to undertake a national police history check and reference checks.