Head of Security

About Code Metal

Code Metal is redefining code translation for mission-critical industries, helping defense partners move more quickly and reliably from algorithm to silicon. Our platform accelerates deployment of DSP, RF, communications, and embedded signal processing algorithms onto heterogeneous compute targets, including GPUs, FPGAs, ASICs, and edge SoCs. We also support automotive, aerospace, and semiconductor partners deploying complex algorithms onto constrained hardware with speed and rigor.

About the Role

Code Metal is looking for a Head of Security to lead, mature, and scale our existing security program as the company grows.

This person will own security strategy and technical direction across our products, offerings, infrastructure, corporate systems, and development environments. You will work closely with engineering, IT, legal, compliance, our FSO, and company leadership to ensure our security posture meets the needs of defense, government, and enterprise customers.

This is a senior leadership role for someone who is technically strong, comfortable making risk-based decisions, and able to operate effectively with engineers, executives, customers, and government partners.

Requirements

• 10+ years of cybersecurity and compliance experience with meaningful security leadership responsibility.

• Broad technical depth across product, cloud, infrastructure, and enterprise security.

• Experience owning or significantly maturing security programs within highly technical organizations.

• Strong understanding of security architecture, risk management, security operations, privacy and compliance requirement and incident response.

• Experience working closely with engineering organizations and influencing technical decisions.

• Strong judgment and the ability to communicate security risks and priorities to technical and non-technical audiences.

• U.S. citizenship and ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government security clearance.

Nice to Haves

• Experience supporting defense, government, or other highly regulated customers.

• Experience with CUI, classified systems, SCIFs, or other high-assurance environments.

• Experience with moving into new markets and jurisdictions and understanding the compliance requirements for new regions.

• Familiarity with relevant government and industry security frameworks, such as NIST 800-171, CMMC, SOC 2, ISO 27001, GDPR or EU AI.

• Experience securing modern cloud-native and AI-enabled products.

• Active U.S. government security clearance.

Responsibilities

• Own and evolve Code Metal's cybersecurity strategy, priorities, and roadmap.

• Lead security across our products, infrastructure, corporate systems, and development environments.

• Partner with engineering teams to establish practical security architecture, standards, and controls.

• Oversee core security operations, including identity and access management, vulnerability management, monitoring, and incident response.

• Lead product security and ensure security is integrated throughout the software development lifecycle.

• Own the security aspects of regulatory, compliance, and customer requirements.

• Partner with our FSO and technical teams on cybersecurity requirements for CUI and classified environments.

• Partner with Legal, the FSO, and Operations to translate regulatory, contractual, and customer security requirements (CMMC, DFARS/NIST 800-171, and customer flowdowns) into technical controls, and coordinate on compliance obligations for new business initiatives, products, and environments.

• Represent Code Metal's security posture with leadership, customers, government partners, auditors, and other external stakeholders.

• Lead and develop the security organization and its capabilities as Code Metal grows.

Benefits

• Pay depends on experience, but we strive to be at the upper end of the salary range

• Health care plan with 100% premium coverage, including medical, dental, and vision

• 401k with 5% matching

• Paid Time Off (uncapped vacation, plus sick and public holidays)

• Flexible hybrid or remote work arrangement

• Relocation assistance for qualifying employees

Wage Transparency - The salary range for this role is not a guarantee of compensation or salary, as the final offer amount may vary based on factors including, but not limited to, individual proficiency, skills, experience, and location.

We are an equal opportunity employer. US Citizenship may be required for certain project assignments involving security clearance.

Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.