Head of Security Job New York New York USA,IT/Tech

Merge is the leading provider of agentic tools and customer-facing integrations for frontier LLMs, Fortune 500 organizations, and B2B SaaS companies. Our platform offers three core products:
Merge Unified, which enables businesses to add hundreds of integrations to their products with a single API, Merge Agent Handler, which empowers AI agents with secure access to thousands of third-party tools, and Merge Gateway, the control plane for running AI in production. Merge's enterprise-grade platform handles the entire integration lifecycle, from authentication and security to monitoring and maintenance. Thousands of companies trust Merge to accelerate product development, unblock sales, reduce customer churn, and save engineering resources—allowing them to focus on their core product.

Please note this is an in office role, 5 days per week!

Merge is poised to power all B2B integrations, and in doing so, are powering data movement for some of the most secure companies in the world. Working with these powerhouses requires us to follow industry leading security practices and constantly protect ourselves.

What you will do:

Create and drive the security roadmap
Manage our compliance automation programs (SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, etc.). We’ve already achieved these using Drata, and while you have a team to support you, you will take the lead.
Ensure all engineers and employees of Merge treat security as a core part of our practices
Manage our Bug Bounty Program
Implement security controls across Merge, from infrastructure to CI
Implement and run manual and automated security practices to mitigate vulnerabilities
Assist with security reviews, threat modeling, disaster recovery practice, and code reviews

The ideal candidate will have:

7+ years of security engineering experience
Ownership or leadership within areas of security at previous organizations, infosec being a plus
An overall excitement around building a more secure engineering function and organization
Ability to manage security programs
Experience with and a desire to code in at least one major programming language
A thorough understanding of networking and infrastructure, including load balancing, VPNs, Zero Trust, HTTPS, DNS, etc.
Experience with multi-tenant cloud environments

Compensation:

The cash compensation range for this role is $240,000 - $280,000. Actual compensation packages are based on a wide array of factors unique to each candidate, including but not limited to skill set, years & depth of experience, and certifications. In addition to cash compensation, all full time employees receive an equity compensation package

Benefits:

Unlimited PTO + 10 company holidays
Pre-Tax commuter benefits
100% covered health, vision, and dental insurance
401K Plan $200 one-time home office stipend
In office snacks and free dinner when working past 7pm