Principal Product Security Architect

Who we are We're Redis. We built the product that runs the fast apps our world runs on. (If you checked the weather, used your credit card, or looked at your flight status online today, you’re welcome.) At Redis, you’ll work with the fastest, simplest technology in the business—whether you’re building it, telling its story, or selling it to our 10,000+ worldwide customers. We’re creating a faster world with simpler experiences. You in? We are continuing to expand Redis Cloud and our AI/ML capabilities, enabling vector search, native model execution, and caching in one platform. This combination allows developers to build real-time AI-powered applications with the speed, simplicity, and resilience that Redis is known for. Joining Redis means joining a high-growth, open source-driven company that’s scaling globally and reshaping how modern applications are built. Why would you love this job? We are seeking a Principal Security Architect with deep open source expertise to partner directly with the CTO and engineering leadership. This leader will be responsible for embedding security-by-design across Redis’ products, cloud services, and open source contributions, while ensuring compliance and trust for enterprise and community adoption. The architect will work to ensure that Redis Cloud continues to be one of the most secure environments for its customers’ data, while at the same time play a pivotal role in securing Redis’ open source ecosystem, driving best practices across code contributions, dependency management, and cloud deployment models—all while keeping Redis a trusted platform for developers and enterprises worldwide. What you’ll do: - Build a small team of Security specialists to fulfill the security team’s mission - Define and own the security architecture strategy for Redis’ open source and commercial offerings. - Partner with product engineering to ensure secure open source development practices, including dependency scanning, code signing, and vulnerability management. - Establish governance and compliance processes for open source contributions, licensing, and third-party integrations. - Lead threat modeling, architecture reviews, and risk assessments for Redis Cloud, Redis Enterprise, and Redis AI. - Embed zero-trust principles across multi-cloud and hybrid deployments. - Mentor teams on secure coding practices in open source development and cloud-native architectures. - Represent Redis security practices in open source communities and industry forums. What will you need to have? - 10+ years of security architecture experience, ideally with both open source projects and commercial SaaS/cloud environments. - Hands-on experience with open source security practices: dependency scanning, SBOM (Software Bill of Materials), vulnerability remediation, and license compliance. - Proven expertise in cloud-native security (AWS, GCP, Azure), Kubernetes, and container security. - Strong knowledge of encryption, IAM, secrets management, and secure CI/CD pipelines. - Contributions to or leadership within open source projects strongly preferred. - Familiarity with regulatory/compliance frameworks relevant to open source + enterprise (SOC2, ISO, FedRAMP, GDPR, HIPAA). - Excellent communication and leadership skills; able to influence developers, execs, and open source community stakeholders alike. As a global company, we value a culture of curiosity, diversity of thought, and innovation from our employees, customers, and partners. Redis is committed to a diverse and inclusive work environment where all employees’ differences are celebrated and supported, and everyone feels safe to bring their authentic selves to work. Redis is dedicated to equal employment opportunities regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national orientation, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability, gender identity, gender expression, Veteran status, or any other classification protected by federal, state, or local law. We strive to cr