Head of Security (JetBrains Cloud Platform)

About this role

Responsibilities

• Platform security engineering and operational readiness
• Build and run an actionable security program, taking responsibility for vulnerability management, security testing, incident response playbooks, on-call interfaces, and secure SDLC practices aligned with the platform’s release cadence.
• Define and implement security controls for platform foundations, such as identity and organizational model, integrations, telemetry, billing surfaces, and administrative UX.
• Lead readiness for enterprise security reviews, ensuring security documentation, security posture transparency, and customer-facing security assurance artifacts.
• Success criteria:
• Implementation of a repeatable security review process that scales with releases (not dependent on heroics).
• Measurable reduction in critical security risks across the platform’s surface.
• Customer trust, compliance enablement, and field partnership
• Partner with Sales, Solutions, and Professional Services teams to unblock early design partners and enterprise rollouts with credible security answers and practical mitigations.
• Drive a pragmatic compliance path (with enterprise-grade expectations) that includes security control mapping, audit support, and customer security questionnaires, at speed.
• Act as a security-facing executive in customer conversations when needed.
• Success criteria:
• Security becoming an adoption enabler, with fewer blocked deals or PoCs due to security concerns, as well as faster security sign-offs.
• Implementation of a clear enterprise-grade security baseline for the platform that supports scale.
• Leadership and team building
• Build and mentor a lean security team (platform security and product security), with strong relationships with infrastructure, identity, and agent runtime teams.
• Implement decision frameworks that clarify what must be centralized vs delegated, when to block vs mitigate, and how to ship securely in an early-stage product environment.
• Establish security KPIs that reflect real risk reduction and adoption readiness (not vanity metrics).
• Success criteria:
• A high-trust, high-velocity security organization that product and engineering teams want to partner with.
• Security priorities that are clearly tied to platform milestones and customer adoption.

Requirements

• Senior experience leading platform or product security for a cloud platform, developer tooling platform, or infrastructure product.
• Strong hands-on background in threat modeling, secure architecture, identity and access control, secret management, isolation and sandboxing, and supply chain security.
• Experience building security programs that support enterprise adoption (security reviews, compliance enablement, incident readiness, etc.).
• Comfort operating in early-stage, evolving product contexts, with the ability to define the security system while the product is still being built and help the organization ship with confidence.
• Why join JetBrains?
• Strong base salary. We offer competitive pay that reflects your skills and experience.
• Flexible work location. Enjoy the freedom to work from home or from the office.
• Remote work. Spend up to 30 days per year working remotely from abroad.
• Extra time off. More days to relax, recharge, and do the things you love.
• Medical insurance allowance. Enjoy peace of mind for you and your family.
• Learning and development opportunities. Access to conferences, courses, and language classes.
• Relocation support. We help make your move as smooth and stress-free as possible.
• Language classes. Pick up the local language or sharpen your English skills.
• Fuel your day. Enjoy a hot meal or receive a lunch allowance on workdays.
• Mental health support. To help you feel your best, we provide easy access to professional mental health services.
• Sports benefit. Enjoy an on-site gym or sports club stipend.
• Internal events. Join company-wide celebrations and team gatherings.
• Some benefits may vary depending on location.