Head of Security Engineering

Ovii's Interpretation of the Role

Harvey seeks a Director of Security Engineering to own and scale the core security platform, including identity, access management and security tooling, while partnering across infrastructure and product teams. The leader will build a high‑performing engineering organization that delivers secure, automated solutions for rapid growth and regulated enterprise customers.

Role Snapshot

• Lead and grow security engineering organization
• Own identity & access management platform
• Build security tooling ecosystem
• Partner with infrastructure, platform and compliance teams
• Drive automation‑first security controls
• Define long‑term security architecture and roadmaps
• Recruit, mentor and develop senior engineers and managers

Must-Have Requirements

• Identity & Access Management
• Authentication & Authorization
• Secrets Management
• Security Tooling Development
• Cloud Infrastructure Security
• Distributed Systems Architecture
• Automation & DevSecOps
• Engineering Management
• software engineering
• security engineering
• people management

Nice-to-Have Signals

• Production IAM platform experience
• Platform security leadership
• Security product development
• Scaling high‑growth teams
• Cloud‑native / regulated enterprise experience
• IAM platform building
• high‑growth technology companies
• legal and professional services

Work Setup

• Location: San Francisco, USA
• Work mode: HYBRID
• Remote scope: UNSPECIFIED
• Employment type: Full-Time

Eligibility Gates

• Visa sponsorship: unknown

Not Specified in JD

• Visa sponsorship
• Education requirement
• Certifications
• Relocation
• Travel
• Security clearance
• Coding test
• Portfolio
• GitHub
• Writing sample
• Cover letter

What You'll Likely Work On

• Define and execute strategy for the foundational security platform
• Lead a team of security and software engineers delivering IAM, auth, secrets and privileged‑access systems
• Create and maintain a security tooling ecosystem that enables engineers to detect and remediate issues quickly
• Collaborate with Infrastructure, Platform Engineering, Product Security and Compliance to embed security throughout the SDLC
• Implement automation‑first security controls to increase coverage while reducing operational burden
• Set technical architecture, roadmaps and governance for core security services
• Scale security capabilities to meet enterprise customer and regulatory requirements
• Recruit, mentor and grow senior individual contributors and engineering managers

Good Fit If You Have

• Built production IAM platforms at scale
• Led platform security or security infrastructure organizations
• Created security products used broadly by engineering teams
• Scaled engineering orgs during rapid company growth
• Experience in cloud‑native, developer‑platform or highly regulated enterprise environments