1Password is growing. We’ve surpassed $400M in ARR and we’re continuing to accelerate, earning a spot on the Forbes Cloud 100 for four years in a row and teaming up with iconic partners like Oracle Red Bull Racing.
About 1Password
At 1Password, we’re building the foundation for a safe, productive digital future. Our mission is to unleash employee productivity without compromising security by ensuring every identity is authentic, every application sign-in is secure, and every device is trusted. We innovated the market-leading enterprise password manager and pioneered Unified Access Management, a new cybersecurity category built for the way people and AI agents work today. As one of the most loved brands in cybersecurity, we take a human-centric approach in everything from product strategy to user experience. Over 180,000 businesses, from Fortune 100 leaders to the world’s most innovative AI companies, trust 1Password to help their teams securely adopt the SaaS and AI tools they need to do their best work.
If you're excited about the opportunity to contribute to the digital safety of millions, to work alongside a team of curious, driven individuals, and to solve hard problems in a fast-paced, dynamic environment, then we want to hear from you. Come join us and help shape a safer, simpler digital future.
Here at 1Password we are deeply committed to customer privacy and security. The Security Team is passionate about our role in that mission and the ideal candidate for this role will share our excitement.
Security isn't just a feature at 1Password, it's our foundation. The Security Operations team's mission is to protect the business by securing the systems, tools, and processes that power how we work. Our goal is to keep 1Password productive, resilient, and safe through proactive controls, thoughtful risk management, and continuous improvement.
We're looking for a Staff Security Engineer to found and lead the DevSecOps function within our Corporate Security team. You'll have real ownership and latitude to shape how developer security works at 1Password. That means setting the technical vision, driving the standards and controls that engineering teams rely on, and building a well-run program that scales with the organization. This role works in close partnership with Infrastructure Security, and operates at a scope that touches every team that ships code.
This role sits within Corporate Security and reports to the Manager of Corporate Security. This is a remote opportunity within Canada and the US.
What we're looking for:
- Minimum of 8 years of combined experience in security engineering, DevSecOps, platform security, or closely related engineering roles, with deep focus on securing developer environments, CI/CD, or software supply chains.
- Deep, hands-on expertise in GitHub Enterprise security and governance, including branch protections, secret scanning, access controls, repository standards, Actions security, and audit logging at scale.
- Proven ability to design and implement security controls that integrate into CI/CD pipelines without meaningfully degrading developer velocity. Experience with GitHub Actions and familiarity with how pipeline security scales across a large engineering organization.
- Solid understanding of software supply chain security within developer environments, including dependency hygiene (npm, pip, and similar), token and secret management, secure package consumption practices, and SBOM generation.
- Practical experience solving security challenges introduced by AI-assisted and agentic development. We are looking for evidence that you've engaged seriously with the problem: you've made real calls about how to govern AI coding tools in a production environment, defined policy and technical controls for tools like Copilot, Cursor, or Claude Code.
- Comfortable making architectural decisions that span multiple teams. You set standards and patterns that other engineers adopt; you don't just produce individual deliverables. Experience designing scalable, reusable security controls that prevent entire classes of future problems.
- Strong scripting and automation skills in Python, Bash, Terraform, or similar, with demonstrated ability to build tooling that scales security controls without proportional manual effort.
- Ability to build alignment with Platform Engineering and other engineering stakeholders, translate security requirements into developer-friendly implementations, and influence engineering-wide standards without direct authority.
- A track record of elevating the people around you through mentorship, documentation, and deliberately creating growth opportunities for other engineers. Staff-level impact means the team gets better because you're in it.
- Experience participating in on-call rotations and contributing to investigations involving developer tooling, source control, or credential exposure. Familiarity is a must, expertise is a nice to have.
What you can expect:
- Own the DevSecOps function: You'll have the latitude and mandate to build a well-run, properly owned developer security program at 1Password. You'll set the technical direction, define the operating model, and drive it with a counterpart in Infrastructure Security. This is a high-ownership, high-impact role, and the decisions you make here will shape how engineering builds securely for years.
- Own GitHub and CI/CD security: Lead the program to harden 1Password's GitHub Enterprise environment and CI/CD pipelines. This includes governance frameworks, repository standards, Actions security, audit visibility, and the controls that make secure defaults the easy path for engineering teams.
- Define AI-assisted development security: As 1Password's engineering teams adopt AI coding tools and agentic workflows, you'll own the security model for how that happens. You'll build the guardrails, define the governance standards, and ensure that agentic and AI-generated code workflows meet our risk and compliance requirements. This is a genuinely novel problem space and you'll be setting the direction, not following a playbook.
- Harden the software supply chain: Drive and work with partner teams on improvements to dependency hygiene, secret management practices, token governance, and secure package consumption across the engineering organization. Design controls that scale and that teams can adopt with minimal friction.
- Set standards engineering teams actually use: Build secure templates, baseline configurations, and developer-friendly guardrails that engineering teams adopt because they make their work easier, not just because security requires it. Good DevSecOps is invisible when it works.
- Partner with Platform Engineering: Work closely with Platform Engineering as a peer-level security partner, ensuring that developer tooling and platform infrastructure evolve with security embedded in the design rather than added after the fact.
- Elevate the team and the org: Mentor engineers across Corporate Security and the broader Security Operations organization. Actively distribute ownership to scale your impact and create growth opportunities for others. Contribute to the hiring process and help develop how we assess candidates.
- Support Corporate Security operations: Participate in the Corporate Security on-call rotation. Contribute to investigations involving developer tooling, credential exposure, or workflow misuse when they arise.
USA-based roles only: The annual base salary for this role is between $192,000 USD and $278,000 USD, plus immediate participation in 1Password's benefits program (health, dental, 401k and many others), utilization of our generous paid time off, an equity grant and, where applicable, participation in our incentive programs.
Canada-based roles only: The annual base salary for this role is between $167,000 CAD and $242,000 CAD, plus immediate participation in 1Password’s generous benefits program (health, dental, RRSP and many others), utilization of our generous paid time off, an equity grant and, where applicable, participation in our incentive programs.
At 1Password, we approach each individual's compensation with a promise of fair market value and internal equity commensurate with experience and specific skill set.
This posting is for an existing vacancy.
**Our culture ** At 1Password, we prioritize collaboration, clear and transparent communication, receptiveness to feedback, and alignment with our core values: keep it simple, lead with honesty, and put people first.
You’ll be part of a team that challenges the status quo, and is excited to experiment and iterate in search of the best solution. That said, _1Password is not for everyone_. Our work is demanding, we strive for excellence, and the pace is fast. We need people who are keen to take on challenging problems, who seek feedback to grow, and who are driven to make an impact. If you're looking for a place where you can settle into a comfortable routine, this might not be the right fit for you. We’re looking for individuals who are proven experts in their fields, as well as those who are highly adaptable, can thrive in ambiguity and through change, are curious, and above all deliver results.
How we work with AI We are committed to leveraging cutting-edge technology—including AI—to achieve our mission. We also understand that thinking critically about AI in its current forms will help us create better solutions for our customers and ourselves with its future forms, which will help us continue to close the gap between security and privacy and achieve our mission. We want team members at all levels to take the approach of actively learning AI best practices, identifying opportunities to apply AI in meaningful ways, and driving innovative solutions in their daily work. Embracing the future of AI isn't just encouraged—it's an essential part of how we will be successful at 1Password.
This approach extends to our hiring process—candidates are welcome to use AI tools responsibly and thoughtfully during the application process.
**Our approach to remote work ** We believe in the power of remote work, but recognize that in-person connection is important to help us achieve our mission. While we are a remote-first company, travel for in-person engagement is a part of almost all roles, and we require our employees to be ready and willing to take part. Frequency will depend on role and responsibilities, and may include, but is not limited to: annual department-wide offsites, team meetings, and customer/industry events.
What we offer We believe in working hard, and rewarding that hard work through our benefits. While not an exhaustive list, here is a glance at what we currently offer:
Health and wellbeing 👶 Maternity and parental leave top-up programs 🩺 Competitive health benefits 🏝 Generous PTO policy
_ Growth and future _ 📈 RSU program for most employees 💸 Retirement matching program 🔑 Free 1Password account
_Community _ 🤝 Paid volunteer days 🏆 Peer-to-peer recognition through Bonusly 🌎 Remote-first work environment *Some roles in our GTM team are currently being hired for in-person hybrid work in Toronto and Austin. These roles will specify on the posting.
You belong here.
1Password is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to fostering an inclusive, diverse and equitable workplace that is built on trust, support and respect. We welcome all individuals and do not discriminate on the basis of gender identity and expression, race, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, colour, religion, creed, gender, national origin, age, marital status, pregnancy, sex, citizenship, education, languages spoken or veteran status. Be yourself, find your people and share the things you love.
Accommodation is available upon request at any point during our recruitment process. If you require an accommodation, please speak to your talent acquisition partner or email us at nextbit@agilebits.com and we’ll work to meet your needs.
Remote work is a part of our DNA. Given that our company was founded remotely in 2005, we can safely say we're experts at building remote culture. That said, remote work at 1Password does mean working from your home country. If you've got questions or concerns about this, your talent partner would be happy to address them with you.
Successful applicants will be required to complete a background check that may consist of prior employment verification, reference checks, education confirmation, criminal background, publicly available social media, credit history, or other information, as permitted by local law.
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