Security Engineer (GRC)

About the role

🚀 Join the Future of Commerce with Whatnot!

Whatnot is the largest live shopping platform in North America and Europe to buy, sell, and discover the things you love. Whether it's trading cards, fashion, electronics, or live plants, our sellers are building real businesses across hundreds of categories. We're building live commerce at a scale that's never been done in the West, and there's no playbook to copy. The people here are shaping how an entirely new industry develops.

As a remote co-located team, we're inspired by our values and anchored in hubs across the US, UK, Ireland, Poland, Germany, and Australia. We move fast, stay close to our users, and focus on the work that drives the most impact.

We're one of the fastest growing marketplaces and were recently named the #1 Best Startup Employer in America by Forbes. Check out the latest Whatnot updates on our news and engineering blogs and join us as we enable anyone to turn their passion into a business and bring people together through commerce.

💻 Role

Whatnot's Security GRC team is dedicated to building trust with regulators, customers, employees, and investors by demonstrating commitment to industry standards and continuous improvement. We defend and protect our users' data and information as if it were our own. As part of the Security GRC team, you can expect to be responsible for:

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Reviewing and implementing secure configurations across various tools like Okta, Terraform, AWS, Lumos, Cloudflare, and Github.

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Developing security requirements for partner teams and driving progress towards the execution of those requirements.

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Preparing for and running our external security audits.

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Shaping the strategic direction of the Security GRC team.

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Leading our security risk management program to prioritize security risks and ensure proper mitigations are implemented.

Team members in this role are required to be within commuting distance of our Los Angeles, CA, San Francisco, CA, Seattle, WA or New York, NY hubs.

👋 You

Curious about who thrives at Whatnot? We’ve found that low ego, a growth mindset, and leaning into action and high impact goes a long way here.

As our Governance, Risk, & Compliance Analyst you should have a minimum of 5+ years of relevant experience in security governance, risk, and compliance, preferably in a tech startup environment, plus:

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A Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Security, or a related field.

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The successful candidate will have a deep knowledge of security best practices and industry standards, such as ISO 27001, SOC2, PCI, and GDPR/ CCPA.

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Experience at a Big 4 firm or similar reputable audit firm.

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Experience in supporting complex third party audit projects in a cloud centric environment, with a strong aptitude to understand emerging technologies to ensure regulatory and compliance requirements are met.