Director, Security

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🇺🇸 United States – Remote

💵 $125k - $220k / year

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👮‍♂️ Cybersecurity / Security Engineer

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Runpod

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51 - 200 employees

Founded 2022

🤖 Artificial Intelligence

☁️ SaaS

🤝 B2B

💰 $20M Seed on 2024-06

Artificial Intelligence • SaaS • B2B

Runpod is a cloud platform that provides on-demand GPU compute and managed infrastructure tailored for AI development and deployment. It offers GPU "Pods" across 31 global regions, serverless GPU endpoints for low-latency inference, multi-node GPU clusters for distributed training, and a hub for deploying open-source models and templates. Runpod emphasizes fast startup (sub-200ms cold starts), autoscaling from zero to thousands of workers, support for 30+ GPU SKUs, and tooling for the full AI lifecycle from experiment to production, targeting developers and enterprise AI teams.

📋 Description

• Lead and scale Runpod’s security organization across Cloud Security, Application Security, SecOps, and GRC • Own the end-to-end security posture of the cloud platform, infrastructure, and corporate environments • Establish the operating rhythm, culture, and technical direction for secure scaling • Partner with Engineering, Product, GTM, Infrastructure, Legal, and SRE leadership • Shape strategy and achieve or maintain SOC 2, ISO 27001, and HIPAA compliance certifications • Translate regulatory requirements into technical scopes and measurable outcomes • Hire, mentor, and grow security managers and senior individual contributors • Embed security into the engineering lifecycle through SSDLC, threat modeling, architecture reviews, and automated vulnerability scanning • Establish monitoring, logging, and alerting systems and lead incident response • Improve MTTD, MTTR, patch SLAs, defect escape rates, and overall security hygiene • Sponsor customer security conversations and manage third-party vendor risk assessments • Integrate security testing and policy enforcement into CI/CD pipelines and deployment workflows • Provide security oversight for GPU clusters, network perimeters, IAM, backend services, zero-trust architecture, and scalable infrastructure • Coordinate with Infrastructure/SRE on secure provisioning, network isolation, and high-availability operations

🎯 Requirements

• 7+ years leading security teams, including managers and/or multiple squads • Proven record securing high-scale cloud platforms or infrastructure products • Ability to take complex security goals from concept through execution • 8+ years building and securing SaaS, platforms, or IaaS products • Deep understanding of cloud-native architectures, Kubernetes, Linux OS security, networking, and virtualization • Experience building culture, accountability, and momentum across distributed teams • Experience using operational security metrics, including MTTD, MTTR, patch SLAs, and defect escape rates • Strong written and verbal communication and stakeholder management • Ability to translate complex security risks into actionable business decisions • Successful completion of a background check • Successful candidates must be eligible to work in the United States • Runpod is currently unable to sponsor employment visas • Preferred: experience securing cloud infrastructure, developer platforms, distributed compute, or bare-metal environments • Preferred: expertise in AI/ML security, model protection, GPU-cluster tenant isolation, and secure data pipelines • Preferred: experience scaling security teams and SOC 2/ISO 27001 compliance programs • Preferred: open-source security contributions or recognized security research

🏖️ Benefits

• Meaningful equity; everyone on the team receives stock options • Generous medical, dental & vision plans • Flexible PTO • Remote-first work environment • Inclusive, collaborative team using Slack for internal communication • $1,200 Home Office & Equipment Stipend • Learning, culture, and ownership-focused environment