Disruptive
Care
Consumer
Connection &Senior Security Engineer
Bumble
Software Engineering
Austin, TX, USA
Posted on Aug 16, 2025
Inclusion at Bumble Inc.
Bumble Inc. is an equal opportunity employer and we strongly encourage people of all ages, colour, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and non-binary people, veterans, parents, people with disabilities, and neurodivergent people to apply. We're happy to make any reasonable adjustments that will help you feel more confident throughout the process, please don't hesitate to let us know how we can help.
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At Bumble Inc., we’re on a mission to build the most trusted, safe, and secure dating experience in the world. Our Security team plays a critical role in that mission - working around the clock and across time zones to protect our members and our company. We believe security is best achieved through collaboration, scale, and diverse thinking. That’s why we’re continuing to build a global, inclusive team of engineers who solve real-world problems with creativity and precision.
As a Senior Security Engineer, you’ll be shaping how Bumble protects its hybrid environments - from corporate networks to production infrastructure. You’ll develop scalable, custom security tooling and collaborate across disciplines to ensure that security is embedded in everything we build.
What You'll Do
- Design and build custom security tooling to monitor, detect, and mitigate threats across the enterprise environment
- Lead security engineering projects spanning both on-prem and cloud systems
- Work directly in our global 24/7/365 Security Operations team, contributing to and supporting the on-call rotation
- Integrate with engineering and IT teams to strengthen system and network security controls
- Contribute to and extend our internal security automation platforms and pipelines
- Play a key role in major incident response and post-incident improvement
- Advocate for security-by-design and influence secure development practices across the organization
- Mentor team members and foster a culture of shared learning and continuous improvement
Must have:
- Deep understanding of host, network, and identity security in both Windows and Linux ecosystems
- Deep understanding of security hybrid architectures (i.e. on-premise and cloud platforms)
- Strong skills in scripting or software development (e.g., Python, Go, or similar)
- Experience responding to and leading technical aspects of security incidents
- Familiarity with detection engineering and modern security tooling (SIEM, EDR, SOAR)
Nice to have:
- Experience building or extending internal security tools
- Background in automation or infrastructure security
- Comfortable working in globally distributed teams and asynchronous environments
- Familiarity with infrastructure-as-code and cloud automation
Global Benefits
- Maven Fertility: $10,000 lifetime benefit for fertility, adoption, abortion care, and more.
- 26 Weeks Parental Leave: For both primary and secondary caregivers.
- Family & Compassionate Leave: Inclusive of domestic violence recovery.
- Unlimited Paid Time Off: Take the time you need.
- Company-wide Week Off: Annual collective rest for the entire company.
- Focus Fridays: No meetings, emails, or deadlines—just deep work.
Apologies, we are not able to provide visa sponsorship for this role.
About Us
Bumble Inc. is the parent company of Bumble, Badoo, Bumble For Friends, and Geneva. The Bumble platform enables people to build healthy and equitable relationships, through Kind Connections. Founded by Whitney Wolfe Herd in 2014, Bumble was one of the first dating apps built with women at the center and connects people across dating (Bumble Date), friendship (Bumble For Friends) and professional networking (Bumble Bizz). Badoo, which was founded in 2006, is one of the pioneers of web and mobile dating products. Bumble For Friends is a friendship app where people in all stages of life can meet people nearby and create meaningful platonic connections. Geneva is a group and community app for people to connect based on shared interests.