Senior Staff Security Engineer

Let’s Build What’s Next, Together.
We are Spotnana. We’re on a mission to modernize the infrastructure of the $11.7 trillion travel industry to power the perfect trip for travelers everywhere. Our Travel-as-a-Service platform is designed to make every trip better, whether someone is booking for work or leisure travel, building a travel tool, or looking to offer personalized experiences at scale.

We’re not just modernizing tech, we’re rethinking how the industry works. And to get there, we’re bringing together innovative, ambitious, and open-minded people who want to build something that lasts.

At Spotnana, our values and principles guide how we work and grow together:

• Build the future – We are leaders, we are innovators, we are ambitious.
• Commit to excellence – We’re accountable, we are partners, we are agile.
• Stronger together – We lead with respect and integrity, we are inclusive, we are lifelong learners.

The opportunity ahead
Spotnana is seeking an experienced Sr. Staff Security Engineer to join our global Security team. As a Sr. Staff Security Engineer you will be responsible for developing security tooling that enhances Spotnana’s ability to secure our corporate and platform system. You will be deeply engaged across the business advocating for and implementing security best practices and guardrails that enable the business to move quickly while maintaining our enterprise security. The ideal candidate is a hands-on leader who lives in the details of security engineering and can thrive in a fast-paced environment where both individual drive and team collaboration are the keys to success. You’ll be working to identify problems, establish a vision for how to address those problems, and unite the relevant owners within the business on achieving that vision.

How You'll Help Us Build

• Build in-house applications to improve security posture across the entire product lifecycle and codify secure by design principles
• Build integrations between various security products
• Contribute to CI/CD pipelines with shift-left security practices
• Build and own security orchestration (no code, low code, functions, etc)
• Design and evaluate security solutions for an API driven, multi-region SaaS platform
• Create prototypes and/or proof of concepts to demonstrate solution viability
• Research the industry landscape and technology developments
• Partner with leaders and engineers to influence and define execution plans
• Mentor junior engineers

Experience You Bring

• 10+ years of security engineering experience

• Ability to influence without authority, innovate to tackle tough problems, and communicate clearly to all levels of the organization

• Fluency in building and deploying software using modern engineering practices

• Expert in at least one programming language

• Java, Golang and Python a strong plus

• Familiarity with the application of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in a security context, including its capabilities and limitations

• Familiarity with data anonymization and data privacy concerns

• Experience leading other engineers a plus

• Experience with delivering large-scale SaaS applications a plus

• Experience delivering results in an enterprise environment, ideally from a position of little or no direct authority, ideally in efforts that span teams or organizations

What To Expect Next
Selected candidates will participate in cross-functional virtual interviews exploring their relevant experience, approach to problem-solving, critical thinking, and alignment with Spotnana’s core values. Interviews will include face-to-face conversations as well as coding exercises to demonstrate your ability.

Work Authorization:
This position is not eligible for employment-based visa sponsorship. Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States and must not require current or future employment sponsorship.

Let’s Talk Compensation
Spotnana strives to offer fair, industry-competitive, and equitable compensation. Our total compensation package includes
base salary, an annual performance bonus, company equity, and comprehensive benefits
. We use trusted third-party market data to establish compensation ranges that are competitive for the role, industry, company size, and geographic market, while maintaining internal equity across our team.

Compensation is determined based on a variety of factors, including skills, experience, qualifications, and work location. The
anticipated annual base salary hiring ranges
for this role are:

• New York Metro Area, San Francisco Bay Area, Seattle Metro Area: $186,900-$240,000
• California, New Jersey, Washington, New York, Washington, D.C., Massachusetts, Connecticut: $178,800-$228,000
• Hawaii, Alaska, Maryland, Illinois, New Hampshire, Oregon, Colorado, Virginia, Delaware, Minnesota, Rhode Island, Pennsylvania, Texas: $170,700-$216,000
• All other U.S. states: $162,600-$204,000

Actual compensation may vary based on individual qualifications and the applicable geographic market.

We care for the people who make everything possible - our benefits offerings include:

• Equity in the form of stock options, which provides partial ownership in the company, so you can share in the success of the company as it grows
• Pre-tax and ROTH 401(k) options via Fidelity with up to a 4% company match
• Comprehensive benefit plans covering medical, dental, vision, life, and disability effective on your hire date. We cover 100% of your employee premiums and 85% of your eligible dependents
• Pre-tax flexible spending account options for health, dependent care, and commuter expenses
• Flexible PTO in addition to 10 company holidays and an end-of-year company shutdown
• Up to 26 weeks of Parental Leave
• Monthly cell phone/internet stipend
• Extra perks — IATAN travel membership, pet insurance, financial wellness tools, Calm app access, and more

We are committed to fostering a diverse, inclusive environment and to encourage these values in everyone on our team. We provide an environment of mutual respect where opportunities are available without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy (including childbirth, lactation and related medical conditions), national origin, age, physical and mental disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information (including characteristics and testing), military and veteran status, and any other characteristic protected by applicable law. We believe that diversity and inclusion for people from all walks of life is key to our success as a company.

Protect yourself from recruitment scams

• All recruiting outreach and communication comes directly from our internal team via an email with an @spotnana.com address or through LinkedIn. We encourage candidates to verify the source of any outreach before sharing personal information. We do not use external recruiting partners for our hiring efforts or Microsoft Teams for interviews. We will never ask you to pay for equipment, training, visa fees, or anything else during the hiring process. We do not extend offers via text-based apps or use Microsoft Teams for interviews. All legitimate openings are listed at https://www.spotnana.com/careers/careers-listing/.