Information Security Engineer

At Algolia, we’re proud to be a pioneer and market leader in AI Search, empowering 17,000+ businesses to deliver blazing-fast, predictive search and browse experiences at internet scale. Every week, we power over 30 billion search requests — four times more than Microsoft Bing, Yahoo, Baidu, Yandex, and DuckDuckGo combined.

In 2021, we raised $150 million in Series D funding, quadrupling our valuation to $2.25 billion. This strong foundation enables us to keep investing in our market-leading platform and serving incredible customers like Under Armour, PetSmart, Stripe, Gymshark, and Walgreens.

At Algolia, Information Security is built into everything we do. It is not an afterthought; it’s a core design and operational principle. Our Information Security team ensures that trust, privacy, and resilience are embedded throughout our infrastructure, products, and internal processes.

As Algolia continues to expand globally, we are growing our Information Security team to match that scale. We are seeking a pragmatic, technically strong, and collaborative information security engineer to strengthen our Information Security posture and enable the company to innovate securely and confidently.

What You’ll Do

Design and automate controls, detection mechanisms, and tooling to improve the Information Security of Algolia’s infrastructure and products

Research, evaluate, and recommend new Information Security technologies, techniques, and frameworks

Design, implement, and maintain information security monitoring and remediation systems that move the needle in protecting Algolia’s customers’ data, and protecting Algolia’s systems and data

Partner with engineering and product teams to integrate Information Security into new features, systems, and development pipelines

Contribute to improving Information Security standards, processes, and best practices across the company

Conduct Information Security risk assessments and threat models of core systems, services, and th