Forward Deployed Security Engineer

at Clearly AI — Automate security and privacy reviews

Seattle, WA, US / Remote (US; CA)Full-time3+ years$125K - $175K0.10% - 0.50% equityYC-S24

What the role involves

About Clearly AI

Clearly AI automates the most painful bottleneck in the enterprise: security and privacy reviews. We help security teams complete high-quality threat models, privacy impact assessments, and vendor risk evaluations in minutes instead of weeks.

We’re live with Fortune 500s and global brands including Rivian, Ericsson, HID Global, Affirm, Webflow, and Okta. We’ve reviewed thousands of security-critical products, from badge scanners to stablecoin platforms to autonomous driving features.

Backed by Y Combinator, Basis Set Ventures, Crosspoint Capital, Argon Ventures, and Ritual Capital. Selected as a Top 10 Finalist for the RSAC 2026 Innovation Sandbox Contest. Advised by former CISOs of Amplitude and OKX, the former CEO of Reddit, and the former CPO of Brex.

We are early. We are deeply technical. We are building alongside real practitioners, and we want a real practitioner who loves working with customers to help.

Why This Role Exists

Our customers are Fortune 500s and global brands operating inside complex, highly regulated security environments. They need someone who can:

Understand real security workflows across threat modeling, privacy, and vendor risk

Integrate Clearly AI into those workflows alongside Jira, ServiceNow, Confluence, and GitHub

Drive disciplined implementation from contract to production

Translate deployment friction into shipped product improvements

This role exists to ensure customers deploy Clearly AI deeply, correctly, and measurably.

What You’ll Own

  • Technical Deployment & Production Adoption

Lead end-to-end onboarding from signed contract → operational production usage

Integrate Clearly AI into enterprise systems (Jira, ServiceNow, Confluence, GitHub, etc.)

Configure review workflows aligned to each customer’s security processes

Drive implementation timelines and ensure milestones are met

Move customers from pilot → embedded operational usage

  • Implementation Project Management

Run structured weekly and monthly customer syncs

Maintain clear agendas, owners, and next steps

Track blockers and technical dependencies

Coordinate closely with engineering on integration requirements

Ensure nothing drifts between calls

  • Security Workflow Optimization

Operate inside real threat modeling, DPIA, and vendor risk workflows

Identify automation opportunities within existing processes

Help reduce review cycle time and operational backlog

Ensure product usage maps to measurable security outcomes

  • Product Feedback & Engineering Collaboration

Conduct structured deployment reviews

Translate workflow friction into actionable feature requests

Log and manage feedback clearly in Linear

Collaborate directly with engineering on requirements and edge cases

Close the loop with customers when improvements ship

  • Support & Process Infrastructure

Help triage inbound customer support issues

Identify recurring patterns in bugs or workflow friction

Build lightweight processes for tracking blockers and feature requests

Create documentation and onboarding playbooks

What This Role Is NOT

Not a traditional SaaS Customer Success Manager

Not primarily an executive relationship role

Not a quota-carrying sales position

Not a broad CS team builder

What We’re Looking For

Required

2+ years in GRC, privacy, or security engineering or as a security consultant

Hands-on experience with threat modeling, vendor risk assessments, or privacy reviews

Experience implementing security tools into enterprise workflows, setting up integrations, and configuring tooling

Strong cross-functional project management skills

Ability to speak the language of security practitioners (STRIDE, DPIA, TPRM, CVE, etc.)

Experience working closely with Product and Engineering teams

Ability to debug customer issues to identify root causes

Strongly Preferred

Prior experience as a forward deployed engineer or security consultant

Deep familiarity with modern security workflows (AppSec reviews, privacy programs, vendor risk programs)

Experience

What they ask for

Information SecuritySoftware Security

About Clearly AI

Clearly AI automates security and privacy reviews with AI. We performed hundreds of reviews at Amazon and Moveworks and now we're building the product we wish we had. Our users complete reviews in minutes instead of days. Emily and Joe are technical co-founders and senior engineers. We met in 2019 while working on an Alexa security review.

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