thetradedesk

Manager, Security Engineering

At a Glance

Location
Bellevue; Seattle
Experience
7+ years
Posted
2026-06-08T15:57:15-04:00

Key Requirements

Required Skills

AWSAzureGCP

Certifications

  • CISSP
  • ISO

Domain Knowledge

  • Cybersecurity
  • Engineering
  • Finance
  • Healthcare
  • Insurance
  • Medical
  • Regulatory
  • SaaS

Requirements

7+ years of experience in Information Security or Cybersecurity, with hands-on depth in Application Security and/or Platform/Cloud Security.

2+ years of experience leading and developing security engineering teams, including hiring, mentoring, performance management, and roadmap ownership.

Experience driving a measurable security maturity program — defining KPIs, reporting to leadership, and demonstrating posture improvement over time.

Experience building programs that apply industry-standard security best practices and reconcile them against business and engineering needs.

Experience managing a security assessment program — including architecture reviews, secure design reviews, threat models, and code/configuration reviews across many product teams.

Experience building security visibility and engagement programs (e.g., Security Champions, security awareness, training) that scale culture and coverage across the organization.

Compensation & Benefits

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Responsibilities

Lead, grow, mentor, and develop a combined team of Application Security and Platform Security engineers; drive performance, growth, and retention across the function.

Own and evolve The Trade Desk’s Security Engineering strategy, roadmap, and maturity model across both application and platform domains; define and report KPIs that demonstrate measurable improvement in security posture to senior leadership.

Ensure consistency and alignment across application and platform security controls — driving unified standards, shared tooling, and integrated posture outcomes for the enterprise.

Drive shift-left integration of security into the SDLC in partnership with Engineering and Product — including threat modeling, secure design reviews, and the rollout and tuning of SAST, DAST, and SCA tooling.

Mature TTD’s posture management capabilities across cloud and infrastructure — including CSPM, Infrastructure-as-Code scanning, hardening baselines, and configuration management.

Mature TTD’s vulnerability management and remediation orchestration practices — including triage workflows, risk-based prioritization, SLA tracking, and integration with engineering workflows.