Corporate Security Engineer

About WorkOS

WorkOS builds tools and services for developers to help them implement authentication, identity, authorization, and overall enterprise readiness. We're a fully distributed team with employees across North American time zones. We're well-funded, having raised $100m in funding from top investors including Greenoaks Capital, Lachy Groom, and Lightspeed Ventures. Our fast-growing customer base includes rapidly growing SaaS companies like OpenAI, Cursor, Perplexity, Vercel, Plaid, and hundreds of others.

About the Security Team

The Security team at WorkOS is responsible for keeping our company and customer data safe. As a CorpSec Engineer, you'll focus on the internal side of security-ensuring our people, devices, and systems are secure by default. We support a remote-first, fast-moving engineering organization and need strong, pragmatic security systems that scale with us.

You'll work to improve access controls, endpoint security, and tooling across the company. This role is a mix of hands-on execution and strategic thinking-perfect for someone who wants to shape how security works inside a modern startup.

Who we're looking for

• Have experience with corporate security and endpoint management in a cloud-native, remote-friendly environment
• Enjoy taking ownership of systems like Okta, MDM, and EDR and making them more reliable, secure, and easy to use
• Can balance security best practices with the realities of usability and speed
• Like designing scalable controls for access, identity, and device management
• Are comfortable working independently and cross-functionally with IT, Infra, and GRC
• Are curious, proactive, and enjoy simplifying complexity

What you'll be doing

Requirements

Nice to have

The annual US base salary falls within the range of $175,000 to $250,000. This range does not encompass the full spectrum of benefits such as equity, health insurance, vacation time, and paid parental leave. This salary range covers multiple levels of engineering roles and final compensation will be determined considering various factors, including experience, skills, and qualifications.

For candidates outside the US, including Canada, compensation is adjusted based on local market benchmarks.

Benefits ( US Only)

At WorkOS, we offer resources that emphasize personal and familial well-being. We offer healthcare coverage for you and your family, including medical, dental, and vision. We offer parental leave, paid-time off and fully remote working arrangements.

Benefits include :

Please inquire directly with our recruiting team for benefits available to those working outside the US.

Equal Opportunity Employer

WorkOS is an equal opportunity employer, committed to diversity and inclusiveness. We will consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, nationality, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion, disability or age.

We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.