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full-timeStaff Product Security Architect
Gitlab · Remote, Canada; Remote, Israel; Remote, Poland; Remote, United Kingdom; Remote, United States
GitLab operates as an intelligent orchestration platform for DevSecOps, focusing on streamlining software development, security, and operational efficiency. As a Staff Product Security Architect, you will join the Security Platforms and Architecture organization to move beyond traditional consultative roles. Your daily responsibilities involve acting as a hands-on technical driver, embedding proactive security standards directly into developer workflows and automated coding environments. You will collaborate with product engineering leadership to spearhead architectural strategy, conduct design reviews, and build proofs of concept that enable teams to deliver resilient software autonomously. A significant portion of the role involves identifying systemic risks, acting as the Security Owner for high-priority items, and codifying security decisions into reusable patterns and threat models. This position is well-suited for a seasoned security professional with deep expertise in application security, authentication models, and privilege escalation who is comfortable working in a high-performance, remote environment. You will be expected to balance architectural oversight with technical prototyping to ensure security is integrated from the outset of the development process.
GitLab is the intelligent orchestration platform for DevSecOps. GitLab enables organizations to increase developer productivity, improve operational efficiency, reduce security and compliance risk, and accelerate digital transformation. More than 50 million registered users and more than 50% of the Fortune 100* trust GitLab to ship better, more secure software faster. The same principles built into our products are reflected in how our team works: we embrace AI as a core productivity multiplier, with all team members expected to incorporate AI into their daily workflows to drive efficiency, innovation, and impact. GitLab is where careers accelerate, innovation flourishes, and every voice is valued. Our high-performance culture is driven by our values and continuous knowledge exchange, enabling our team members to reach their full potential while collaborating with industry leaders to solve complex problems. Co-create the future with us as we build technology that transforms how the world develops software. * Fortune 500® is a registered trademark of Fortune Media IP Limited, used under license. Claim based on GitLab data. Fortune 100 refers to the top 20% ranked companies in the 2025 Fortune 500 list, published in June 2025. Fortune and Fortune Media IP Limited are not affiliated with, and do not endorse products or services of GitLab. An overview of this role We are hiring a Staff Product Security Architect to join our Security Platforms and Architecture organization at GitLab. Rather than operating as a purely consultative body, Security Architecture at GitLab functions as a hands-on technical driver. Our mission is to embed proactive guidance directly into modern developer workflows and automated coding environments, embedding security standards into the software development process from the outset. We strive to enable teams to deliver secure, resilient software seamlessly while minimizing reliance on manual security gates. In this role, you will collaborate closely with product engineering organizations, spearhead architectural strategy for critical capabilities, and serve as the primary Security Owner driving risk reduction for key entries within our risk management framework. Your daily work will span architectural design reviews, technical prototyping, and establishing scalable patterns that enable engineering teams to execute autonomously. What you’ll do Partner with engineering and product leadership across GitLab, developing enough context in their domains to anticipate security problems rather than react to them Lead security architecture and design work for strategic initiatives, and provide direction to the cross-functional teams delivering them Identify, assess, and prioritise systemic security risks, and act as Security Owner for high-priority items in the Product Security Risk Register, co-executing remediation with the teams who own the code Codify recurring security decisions into reusable artifacts — guardrails, standards, design patterns,skills, and reference threat models — delivered into developer and AI coding tool workflows Build proofs of concept and prototypes to unblock engineering teams and shorten the distance between a security requirement and a working implementation Conduct security architecture reviews for large or strategic projects, and coordinate with Application Security so that review coverage is comprehensive and correctly prioritised Threat model new and existing systems, and establish the patterns that let teams threat model their own work Work with Security Research on proactive exploration of unknown risks in GitLab's architecture Anticipate emerging security challenges and propose architectural responses before they reach implementation Mentor security engineers across the division, and represent security architecture to engineering audiences What you’ll bring Depth in application security architecture, including authentication and authorization models, privilege escalation, multi-tenant isolation, and trust boundary analysis Experience securing distributed systems, including service-to-service authentication, secrets handling, and the failure modes of security decisions made across process boundaries Working knowledge of software supply chain security: build and release integrity, artifact provenance, and dependency risk A track record of proactive architecture work — identifying risk before it becomes an incident, and designing something that prevents a class of problem rather than an instance of one Demonstrated ability to build trusted relationships with engineering leadership and influence technical direction through expertise rather than gatekeeping Experience defining security standards or patterns that teams adopted without being compelled to The ability to operate strategically while remaining hands-on, including reading unfamiliar code, building prototypes, and contributing changes Clear written communication, and the ability to make a security argument
| Role | Staff Product Security Architect |
|---|---|
| Company | Gitlab |
| Location | Remote, Canada; Remote, Israel; Remote, Poland; Remote, United Kingdom; Remote, United States |
| Compensation | Not disclosed |
| Posted | 2026-09-29 |
| Deadline | Rolling |
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- 3AssessmentA technical test, assignment, or coding round, depending on the role.
- 4Interview(s)One or more rounds with the hiring team.
- 5OfferOffer letter with compensation and start date.
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