Staff Engineer, Security
Who we are:
MasterClass is transforming online education by enabling anyone in the world to learn from the very best. We are deconstructing what makes an actor able to cry on demand, how an athlete defies gravity, and what it takes to write a bestseller. Our online learning content is available to students anywhere anytime, which supports our mission to ignite the greatness in others.
We are a quickly growing VC-funded startup based in San Francisco, with additional offices in Los Angeles. We have created online classes taught by famous masters— Gordon Ramsay, Serena Williams, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Sara Blakely, David Sedaris, Bobbi Brown, Timbaland, Anna Wintour and many more to come.
Since launching in 2015, we have been growing our team. Apply now to find out more about what we are doing behind the scenes.
What we are looking for:
- Self-motivated leader with a passion for application security engineering
- Effective cross-functional partner who can bring stakeholders together on challenging security initiatives
- Innovative problem solver, able to navigate through ambiguity
- Grounded in solid software engineering practices
What You Will Do:
- Establish the security architecture roadmap with stakeholders and drive it forward
- Manage bug bounty, penetration testing, threat modeling, and other major security programs
- Play a key role in establishing our security engineering team
About You:
- 10+ years of relevant software engineering experience, building mission-critical, scalable, highly-available systems
- Strong understanding of secure coding practices
- Proficiency in modern web technologies such as Ruby/Rails, Postgres, Redis, and Kafka
- Experience developing large-scale distributed systems hosted on cloud platforms, such as Heroku, AWS, or GCP
- Strong experience with zero-trust practices, modeling authentication and authorization architectures
- Familiarity with security controls, including ISO/SOC, NIST 800-53, and vulnerability databases such as Mitre’s CVEs
- Experience in managing a successful bug-bounty program, penetration testing, and threat modeling
At MasterClass, we believe we put our best work forward when our employees bring together ideas that are diverse in thought. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, marital status, ancestry, physical or mental disability, genetic information, veteran status, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local law. In addition, MasterClass will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities. If you have a disability or special need, we would like to know how we can better accommodate you.