Principal Security Engineer
The Role
You will be the foundational technical pillar for security at Candid Health. As our first Principal Security Engineer, you won't just be managing a compliance checklist—you will architect, build, and scale the technical systems that protect our customers and their patients.
Operating as a high-influence individual contributor, you will partner directly with Engineering and Product leadership to ensure we ship features rapidly while maintaining an ironclad promise of data integrity. This is a role for a heavy-hitting technical leader who wants to set the security blueprint for a fast-growing health-tech platform.
What You’ll Do
Architect and Guide the Security Landscape: Serve as the ultimate technical authority for security at Candid. While you won’t be managing HR lines, you will set the technical bar, mentor engineers, and help scale a world-class security engineering culture.
Design the Enterprise-Grade Roadmap: Lead the technical transition from a foundational security posture to a best-in-class, resilient enterprise architecture capable of defending complex healthcare data workflows.
Drive Strategy at the Leadership Level: Act as the subject matter expert who transl
