Listing Description

What’s the opportunity? 🤔

Join a high-performing Information Security group, responsible for ensuring Intercom remains secure & trusted for more than 25,000 businesses. As the manager of the Application Security team you will own Intercom R&D group’s Secure Development Lifecycle;. In particular and together with your team, you will own conducting security design reviews and threat modeling sessions as part of the release of new product features,  the design and/or implementation of application-level secure guardrails to eradicate classes of security vulnerabilities throughout the product as well as  our application-level threat detection strategy and response for any security event or incident impacting this ecosystem. 

You will partner with Intercom’s R&D product teams and Infrastructure teams to identify & understand risks across Intercom’s product and assist them with their mitigation. Your team will use risk assessments, threat monitoring, application security reviews, along with controls and security tools to safeguard our people, products & customer data.

You will be part of a globally distributed team with a strong bias for automation, eliminating toil, and helping each other work sustainably. You will have continuous opportunity and support for your career growth in a company that is invested in helping people do the best work of their careers. Learn more about our engineering culture at intercom.engineering!

What is it like to work for Intercom?

Our culture is open, friendly and inclusive — and this is something we are proud of. We are optimistic, passionate and positive. We love people who are always seeking what’s going on in the security space. We like people who can stay focused with good work / life balance, and who are kind and humble but will speak their mind. We like to experiment, sometimes inventing things for the first time, but we stay pragmatic, starting small and focusing on the problem. We love people who genuinely want to learn and grow, and we take bets on helping people unlock the next step in their career. We’re opinionated by default, for example we run less software and ship continuously. We’re technically conservative and like to keep it simple, but where it means building better products we’ll double down on new technology in a pragmatic way. 

What will I be doing? 🚀

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  Driving the detection, monitoring & testing of application security vulnerabilities & raising the standards of secure application development via engineer education.

  
  

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  Working across our R&D teams to provide risk assessment, threat modeling, application security reviews, and vulnerability remediation

  
  

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  Managing security incidents & driving improvements in incident response.

  
  

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  Collaborating with Infosec leadership to shape group-level direction and strategy and deliver impact with the help of your team. 

  
  

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  Partnering strongly with key stakeholders across our R&D teams to drive the security vision, strategy & roadmaps for our products.

  
  

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  Managing a team of product and security engineers with subject matter expertise in application security, the Intercom product and infrastructure.

  
  

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  Creating a collaborative, inclusive and high-performing team focused on fast, focused, high impact execution. 

  
  

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  Supporting & driving security audits, assessments, and penetration testing

  
  

What skills do I need? 📖

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  Experience developing and supporting a team of engineers in their personal growth and career progression.

  
  

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  An ability to partner closely with engineering teams and leadership to deliver pragmatic, secure product solutions & processes.

  
  

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  Broad knowledge of application security vulnerability detection and remediation techniques, including penetration testing

  
  

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  Experience in performing proactive security assessments to identify and mitigate software security vulnerabilities

  
  

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  Demonstrated skillset in threat detection (e.g. SIEM management) and impact in a similar leadership role. 

  
  

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  An ability to thrive in an ambiguous and fast paced environment with a high degree of autonomy.

  
  

How will I be supported? 

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  You will buddy with another Dublin-based manager who will help you to onboard and get up to speed quickly.

  
  


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  You will have a close group of management peers to collaborate with and learn from.

  
  


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  We invest heavily in our Managers, supporting individual career development through training and coaching.

  
  

Benefits 😍

We are a well treated bunch, with awesome benefits! If there’s something important to you that’s not on this list, talk to us! :)

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  Competitive salary and equity in a fast-growing start-up

  
  


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  We serve lunch every weekday, plus a variety of snack foods and a fully stocked kitchen

  
  


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  Regular compensation reviews - we reward great work!

  
  


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  Peace of mind with life assurance, as well as comprehensive health and dental insurance for you and your dependents

  
  


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  Open vacation policy and flexible holidays so you can take time off when you need it

  
  


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  Paid maternity leave, as well as 6 weeks paternity leave for fathers, to let you spend valuable time with your loved ones

  
  


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  If you’re cycling, we’ve got you covered on the Cycle-to-Work Scheme. With secure bike storage too (Dublin only)

  
  


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  MacBooks are our standard, but we’re happy to get you whatever equipment helps you get your job done

  
  

We are a diverse bunch of people and we want to continue to attract and retain a diverse range of people into our organisation. We're committed to an inclusive and diverse Intercom! We do not discriminate based on gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, religion, civil or family status, age, disability, or race.