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VP, Engineering

Strac

Strac

Software Engineering
United States
Posted 6+ months ago

Strac

Remove PCI, PHI, PII Leaks from SaaS, Cloud, Endpoints & Generative AI

VP, Engineering

$130K - $150K
Location
USA / Remote (USA)
Job Type
Full-time
Experience
6+ years
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Aatish Mandelecha
Founder

About the role

About Strac

At Strac, we scan, discover, classify and remediate sensitive data like PII, SSN, Drivers License, Passport, ID Documents, PCI (Card), Bank Details, Credentials (Secrets, Password, OAuth tokens), Source Code, etc. across SaaS, Cloud and Endpoint devices. Checkout our integrations here: https://strac.io/integrations

Our founding engineering team is from Amazon where each of us spent more than 10 years in Payments building their widgets, APIs and infrastructure. Most recently, we built their Payment Secure Zone on AWS that stored and managed billions of cards and bank accounts.

Job Summary:

Strac seeks a dynamic Vice President of Engineering who will lead the engineering department not only as a strategist and leader but also by being actively involved in day-to-day coding and system design. This role requires a unique blend of technical depth, team leadership, and a proactive approach to talent management.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Directly contribute to architectural reviews, maintaining a hands-on approach to software development and system architecture.
  • Lead, manage, and mentor multiple engineering teams across various technological domains, including cloud infrastructure, security protocols, and front-end development.
  • Drive the recruitment, onboarding, and retention strategies for engineering talent, ensuring that Strac attracts and retains top-tier professionals.
  • Foster an environment of continuous improvement that values learning and a commitment to quality.
  • Develop and refine engineering processes to ensure efficient and effective team performance and project delivery.
  • Partner with CEO to ensure that engineering strategies align with market needs and company goals.
  • Implement best practices for maintaining high standards of scalability, usability, and security.
  • Manage and optimize infrastructure investments and software development lifecycle tools.
  • Maintain a culture of innovation and inclusion within the technological teams.

About Strac

Strac is solving a problem that millions of businesses face everyday: how to protect sensitive data? We are on a mission to eliminate personal data risks. Strac protects businesses by securing their customer's personal data like SSN, Drivers License, Passport, EIN, etc. in a unique way where businesses do not have to worry about security or compliance risks while still getting their business done without getting disrupted.

Strac DLP (Data Loss Prevention) and CASB (Cloud Access Security Broker) do this by automatically detecting and masking sensitive messages/documents across email, slack, zendesk, mobile/web apps, backend servers, and various SaaS solutions. Our customers love our redaction experience.

We are a team of ex-Amazonians who collectively spent 30+ years at Amazon in Payments building their secure zone that stored/manged billions of cards/bank accounts and connected with hundreds of payment partners. Our unique Amazon engineering experience along side our initial traction on customers makes it exciting for engineers to build and grow.

We also raised $3.5MM seed round from exceptional investors. You can read more about that here: https://techcrunch.com/2022/07/19/strac-plugs-into-slack-onedrive-and-more-to-automatically-redact-sensitive-info/