myGwork - LGBTQ+ Business Community
Staff Security Engineer
At a Glance
About This Role
Responsibilities
- Contribute to a roadmap that scales Box's security capabilities across platform and product surfaces.
- Ship MVPs and iterate on security automation, including supply chain security, SDLC agents/controls, and developer-first guardrails.
- Partner with Assurance & Architecture Team and cross-functional teams (Product, Platform, Cloud, SRE, Developer Experience) to embed security into workflows and tooling.
- Drive a breaker–builder approach: identify attack paths, validate with experimentation and feedback, and operationalize secure product development at scale.
- Establish clear team operating mechanisms: prioritization, sprint/quarterly planning, metrics, and post-launch learning.
- Define and track KPIs and KRIs that show risk reduction, coverage, and developer experience improvements.
- Represent the team internally and in the community (e.g., open source, meetups), fostering a culture of learning and inclusion.
Requirements
- Strong security engineering foundation with hands-on familiarity in at least two of: DevSecOps automation, software supply chain security (SBOM, signing, provenance), SDLC controls/agents, fuzzing, or application security tooling.
- Development skills in one or more languages (e.g., Python, Go, Java, or TypeScript) and a track record of building production systems.
- Builder mindset with the ability to turn ambiguous risk areas into pragmatic roadmaps, MVPs, and measurable outcomes.
- Comfortable with a breaker/attacker perspective to uncover weaknesses and a builder mindset to scale defenses through automation.
- Proven cross-functional collaborator who can influence without authority and partner across Product, Engineering, and Cloud/SRE.
- Data-driven decision-maker who defines success with metrics and iterates quickly based on signal.
- Excellent communicator in English; able to align global stakeholders across time zones.
- Preferred: Experience with SaaS at scale, developer platform/tooling, cloud-native environments, and contributions to open source or security communities.
- Preferred: Familiarity with common tools or ecosystems (e.g., CI/CD, container registries, policy engines, SAST/DAST, package managers), and modern languages (e.g., Go, Python, Java).
Benefits & Perks
About myGwork - LGBTQ+ Business Community
myGwork is a global platform and networking hub dedicated to the LGBTQ+ business community. It connects over 1 million LGBTQ+ professionals, graduates, and students with more than 450 inclusive employers, promoting workplace diversity, equity, and inclusion. Headquartered in London, myGwork operates in the business services industry with a focus on empowering LGBTQ+ individuals and fostering inclusive workplaces. The platform offers a variety of services, including a job board featuring career opportunities from inclusive employers, networking opportunities for mentorship and professional relationship building, and events like the WorkFair and WorkPride. Additionally, myGwork provides educational resources, industry insights, and corporate services tailored to help employers achieve their diversity and inclusion goals. Individual membership is free, while corporate partners receive customized solutions to attract diverse talent.
Security at myGwork - LGBTQ+ Business Community
Compiled from public job postings, careers pages, and company materials. Data may not reflect current state — verify during interviews.
Security Philosophy
“myGwork's public Privacy Policy states that they have implemented appropriate and reasonable technical and organizational security measures and process information for security and fraud prevention. However, their Terms of Use explicitly state that they do not guarantee their site will be secure or free from bugs or viruses. No public information was found regarding a stated AppSec mission, philosophy quotes, developer enablement vs gatekeeping language, risk philosophy, or team-level pain points/goals.”
Security Team
Information regarding the organizational structure or reporting line for an Application Security team at myGwork is not publicly available. Similarly, no public-facing AppSec leaders (names/titles/quotes) or specific AppSec team size could be found. The company headcount is reported as 11-50 employees.
Key Initiatives
No public evidence was found for a Security Champions program, shift-left practices, triage SLAs, vulnerability management workflows, secure SDLC artifacts, or recently launched AppSec initiatives at myGwork.
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