Application Security Lead

Hightouch

Application Security Lead at Hightouch defining security from the ground up as we scale. Handling application security posture in a hands-on role focused on distributed systems and security architecture.

Posted 4/27/2026full-timeRemote • 🏈 Anywhere in North AmericaSeniorWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

CloudDistributed Systems

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

You'll own Hightouch's application security posture end-to-end.
Shape what security looks like here as we scale from 70 to 140+ engineers.
Solve hard problems at the intersection of security and distributed systems.
Improve our rate limiting, abuse detection, and granularity of access control.
Support our multi-region and multi-cloud backend, including launching Hightouch in new regions to support data residency requirements.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Being an early security hire (first 1-3) at a SaaS or data infrastructure company
Securing multi-tenant platforms: tenant isolation, authorization models, etc
Cloud security on systems that span more than one cloud and operate against customer-owned accounts
Design and build of data infrastructure as an early engineer, not just a user
Privacy-adjacent security (PII handling, data residency, GDPR/CCPA technical controls)

Benefits

Comp & perks

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Hard Skills & Tools

application securityrate limitingabuse detectionaccess controlcloud securitymulti-tenant platformstenant isolationauthorization modelsdata infrastructure designPII handling