a16z, San Francisco
We're hiring a Staff Engineer to own enterprise security at a16z: insider risk, data protection, SaaS security, and the secure adoption of AI across the firm. This is a program-ownership role. You'll set the strategy for how the firm protects its most sensitive data, pick and implement the tooling, write the policies with IT, and see them through to working controls.
The threats here are not theoretical. We handle material nonpublic information on deals and portfolio companies, and we see social engineering, data exfiltration risk, and threat actors who specifically target venture capital firms. At the same time, the firm is adopting AI tools and agents faster than almost any company of its size, and doing that safely is a core part of this job. Your work protects the firm, our LPs, and our portfolio companies. You'll work day to day with the Head of Cybersecurity, Security Engineering, IT, Legal, and Compliance.
This role requires an in-office presence 2 days a week, Tuesday and Thursday, in our San Francisco, CA office, with occasional days in our Menlo Park, CA office.
The anticipated salary range for this role is between $265,000 - $344,000, actual starting pay may vary based on a range of factors which can include experience, skills, and scope.
This role is eligible to participate in the a16z carry program and various discretionary bonus programs as well as benefit and perquisite plans including health, dental, vision, disability, life insurance, 401K plan, vacation, and sick leave.
Founded in Silicon Valley in 2009 by Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz, Andreessen Horowitz (aka a16z) is a venture capital firm that backs bold entrepreneurs building the future https://a16z.com/news-content through technology. We are stage agnostic https://a16z.com/portfolio. We invest in seed to venture to growth-stage technology https://a16z.com/growth/ companies, across AI https://a16z.com/ai/, bio + healthcare https://a16z.com/bio-health/, consumer https://a16z.com/consumer/, enterprise https://a16z.com/enterprise/, fintech https://a16z.com/fintech/, frontier https://a16zfrontier.com/, games https://a16z.com/games, and companies building toward American dynamism https://a16z.com/american-dynamism/. a16z has $100B+ under management across multiple funds.
We’ve established a team that is defined by https://a16z.com/about/ respect for the entrepreneur and the company-building process; we know what it’s like to be in the founder’s shoes. We’ve invested in companies https://a16z.com/portfolio/ like Anduril, Airbnb, Coinbase, Cursor, Databricks, Deel, Figma, GitHub, Roblox, SpaceX, and Stripe. Our team is at the forefront of new technology, helping founders and their companies impact and change the world.
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