# Director of Security Engineering at Abnormal

- Company: Abnormal
- What the company does: Abnormal AI is a behavioral AI security platform that protects email, identity, and AI—and stops insider threats. Trusted by 5,000 organizations. Backed by Greylock, Insight and Menlo.
- Company website: https://abnormal.ai/
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Principal and up
- Location: Remote - USA
- Work setup: Remote
- Posted: 2026-10-06
- Apply by: 2026-11-23
- Apply: https://abnormal.ai/careers/jobs/8015100003?gh_jid=8015100003&utm_source=1752vc&utm_medium=careers
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/abnormal-director-of-security-engineering/

## About the role

Abnormal AI protects organizations from the most sophisticated email and collaboration attacks using behavioral AI. Security is not a bolt-on at Abnormal; it is core to the product we sell and the trust our customers place in us. Our security organization operates a commercial cloud environment and a separate FedRAMP-authorized environment, and we are pursuing increasingly rigorous federal authorizations as we grow. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

## What they're looking for

- 10+ years in security or software engineering, including 4+ years managing security teams, ideally including managers of managers or equivalent scope
- A genuine software engineering background: you have shipped production software, and you evaluate security solutions the way an engineer would
- A proven record of building and scaling high-performing security teams, with alumni who would work for you again
- Deep technical fluency in cloud-native environments: AWS organizations and multi-account governance, Kubernetes, identity and access, detection engineering, and modern SDLC security
- Demonstrated cross-functional leadership: you have earned the trust of engineering leaders and shipped security outcomes through their teams, not around them
- Strong written communication: you produce decision-ready documents and can drive alignment asynchronously

Tags: Security

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