Sr. Security Engineer

Lucid Software is the leader in visual collaboration and work acceleration helping teams see and build the future by turning ideas into reality. Our products include the Visual Collaboration Suite (Lucidchart and Lucidspark) and airfocus. We hold true to our core values: innovation in everything we do passion & excellence in every area individual empowerment initiative and ownership and teamwork over ego. At Lucid we value diverse perspectives and are dedicated to creating an environment and culture that is respectful and inclusive for everyone. Lucid is a hybrid workplace. We promote a healthy work-life balance by allowing employees to work remotely from one of our offices or a combination of the two depending on the needs of the role and team.

Since the companys founding Lucid Software has received numerous global and regional recognitions for its products business and workplace culture. These include being listed to the Forbes Cloud 100 Fast Company Most Innovative Companies Fortune Best Workplaces in Technology and PEOPLEs Companies that Care. Lucids solutions are used by more than 100 million users across the globe making Lucid the most used visual collaboration platform by the Fortune 500. Our customers include Google GE and NBC Universal and we partner with leaders such as Google Atlassian and Microsoft.

As a Senior Security Engineer at Lucid you will serve as a key defender of Lucids corporate assets world-class web applications and employees. Youll bring depth of experience and technical leadership to a security team that enables innovation in line with Lucids risk tolerance.

Lucids customers trust us with their data and that trust is foundational to our mission. A successful Senior Security Engineer not only identifies risks but drives the strategy design and execution of solutions that protect customer and corporate data at scale.

Responsibilities:

• Lead the design implementation and maintenance of security controls across Lucids information systems.
• Evaluate recommend and configure security technologies and business tools with a risk-based lens including reviewing and hardening SaaS applications to ensure they meet Lucids security standards.
• Conduct in-depth security design reviews on complex and evolving system architecture proposals with a bias to enable and accelerate high-value business projects.
• Proactively identify threats vulnerabilities and opportunities to strengthen security controls and processes across the organization.
• Drive the development of scalable automated solutions to mitigate risk and support business objectives.
• Mentor and guide other security engineers raising the overall security posture and expertise of the team.
• Serve as a security subject matter expert and trusted partner for IT and other business stakeholders.
• Champion Lucids core values and foster a culture of practical risk-informed security.

Requirements:

• 5 years of experience in a Security or IT-related field within a SaaS environment.
• Proven ability to lead security initiatives independently from threat identification through solution delivery.
• Adversarial mindset: you enjoy breaking testing and improving security controls by challenging assumptions and surfacing gaps others overlook.
• Demonstrated experience building a culture of practical security over security theater tying controls to specific measurable risks.
• Strong automation skills using Python Bash Workato Claude or other tools
• Deep familiarity with identity management solutions such as Active Directory Azure AD and Okta including their advanced security controls.
• Solid understanding of AWS infrastructure particularly security-focused services (e.g. IAM GuardDuty Security Hub CloudTrail).
• Familiarity with AI security risks and emerging attack surfaces including securing agentic systems MCP and LLM-powered workflows against new and evolving threats.
• Able to translate complex security concepts for both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Experience leading effective incident response including cross-team collaboration in stressful situations.
• Collaborative and effective working style across multiple internal teams.

Preferred Qualifications:

• 2 years of hands-on experience with security controls in business systems (e.g. Google Workspace Okta endpoint protection platforms).
• Strong working knowledge of risk management principles and practices with experience applying them in a fast-moving environment.
• Practical expertise with common security frameworks and compliance standards (e.g. NIST 800-53 ISO 27001 SOC 2 GDPR CCPA).
• Relevant security certifications such as CISSP OSCP or security certifications with similar intensity.
• Bachelors degree in Computer Science Information Security or a related field.
• Experience with fleet management systems such as Jamf or Intune.

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