# Lead Security Engineer at Canary Technologies

- Company: Canary Technologies
- What the company does: Canary's award-winning hospitality software improves the guest experience, streamlines operations and boosts revenue. Trusted by 20,000+ hotels worldwide. Backed by Insight and Y Combinator.
- Company website: https://www.canarytechnologies.com
- Type: Startups
- Level: Senior
- Location: United States
- Work setup: Remote
- Posted: 2026-09-15
- Apply by: 2026-10-30
- Apply: https://jobs.lever.co/canarytechnologies/e8a1f8d3-f983-4848-8957-3b8da7fa19e7
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/canary-technologies-lead-security-engineer/

## About the role

Canary Technologies is hiring a Lead Security Engineer to lead our Security team within the Platform organization. This is a player-coach role: you'll manage and grow a small team of security engineers while owning Canary's security and compliance program end to end, including our control framework, audits, policies, and risk posture across a platform that handles guest data and payments for thousands of hotels worldwide.

## What they're looking for

- 8+ years in security engineering, including 2+ years leading a team as a manager or tech lead
- Proven experience owning compliance programs end to end (SOC 2 Type II, PCI DSS, ISO 27001, or similar)
- Exceptional written and verbal communication
- Hands-on technical foundation in cloud security (AWS), identity and access management, application security, and vulnerability management
- Experience with vendor risk management and reviewing security terms in customer and vendor contracts
- Track record of building pragmatic, risk-based security programs at a growth-stage SaaS company

Tags: Engineering