Senior Staff Product Security Engineer

 Product Security Engineer – Senior Staff Level 

At Climate, our mission is to use technologies to enhance the sustainability and security of our global food value chain. Using field-verified data science models, Climate is shaping the future of sustainable agriculture across 180 million acres worldwide and counting. As the digital farming arm of Bayer Crop Science, we have the benefits and resources of an established organization while offering employees the opportunity to deliver significant individual impact alongside some of the brightest minds in life sciences. 

Grounded in our vision, ‘Health for all, Hunger for none’, our diverse team spends their days solving the world's most pressing challenges through sheer curiosity and dedication. In our learning-oriented and flexible environment, you can find us collaborating in a hybrid model that mixes on-site and remote work. 

Our LIFE values—leadership, integrity, flexibility, and efficiency—and our unique focus on health and nutrition demand that we create value for all stakeholders—today, tomorrow, and for generations to come. If you’re hungry to build a meaningful career helping empower farmers with sustainable digital farming systems, keep reading! 

The Opportunity  

In this position, you will be responsible for reviewing, recommending, and enhancing security solutions across engineering disciplines. You will drive the integration of security controls into Climate’s applications and cloud services platform by applying your security and software engineering expertise while using a variety of software and product security assessment techniques.  

Contribute and collaborate with other Information Security team members across the broad spectrum of Bayer information security programs, such as Threat & Vulnerability Management, Security Incident Response, Governance, and Compliance. 

What You’ll Do  

• Shape the direction of the program and prioritize work activities of the Security Engineering teams  
• Automate security controls to reduce our attack surface, proactively seek out vulnerabilities, and decrease response and recovery times  
• Lead Security program & project execution across multiple security teams, engineering, product, and science in situations where authority is not a given  
• Optimize security tool deployments and introduce scalable processes across IT and Security Engineering capabilities  
• Collaborate with product, design, data analytics, and engineering to define needs that leverage the next generation of industry-leading data analytics technologies  
• Drive an efficient and effective Agile process to manage a deep backlog and iteratively enhance security services.  
• Motivate and provide necessary tools for engineers to work with confidence to create simple and secure solutions to complex problems.  
• Oversee and guide the completion of security control deployments run by the Security Engineering team  
• Discuss and present technical matters with businesspeople and business matters with technical people 

About You

What You’ll Need: 

• BA, MS or Ph.D. in Computer Science or related technical discipline (or equivalent work experience) 
• 8+ years of industry experience in development processes, Software as a Service, or Platform as a Service  
• 5+ years in security engineering, technical security program, or project management 

Nice To Haves:  

• Extensive experience with Cloud Infrastructure, and securing a cloud-based environment
• Experience implementing controls for information security compliance programs including PCI, ISO 27001 and SOC  
• Insight into current industry-standard security regulations, policies, and procedures for information systems  
• Software and network security, vulnerability and/or penetration testing expertise  
• Ability to evangelize and represent a technical community  
• Familiarity with compliance standards, policies, and risk management  
• Experience with Agile, Scrum, Kanban or similar software development practices
  

What We Offer 

• Base salary estimated range between $154,959 - $249,396 annually, depending on the hiring location. You may also be offered bonuses, RSUs cash equivalent, or commission. 
• Comprehensive health benefits including medical, dental, vision, life, and disability, as well as a Life Solutions Plan covering mental health benefits 
• Industry leading 401K match of up to 10%
• Discounted access to Employee Share Purchase Plan program 
• Professional growth opportunities including up to $10,000 college tuition reimbursement, access to upskilling platform, leadership training, mentoring and coaching programs, and short-term assignments (domestic and international) 
• Yearly $500 WFH stipend for hybrid office employees 

Belonging and Accommodations 

At Climate, we strive to create inclusive experiences for candidates and employees alike in which a diverse set of perspectives and voices are represented. If this role sounds exciting to you but your experience doesn’t perfectly align with the job description, we still encourage you to apply. 

We’re proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. This means we actively pursue ways to celebrate our differences and don’t discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, ethnicity, gender, sex (including pregnancy), protected veteran status, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, or any unlawful criterion existing under applicable federal, state, or local laws.  

If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, contact us at accommodations@climate.com.   

Learn more about our team and mission: https://climate.com/careers