About Obsidian Security
Obsidian Security is the leading SaaS security platform, trusted by global enterprises such as Snowflake, T‑Mobile, and Algolia. We protect over 200 organizations across North America, Europe, the Middle East, Southeast Asia, Australia, and New Zealand, including many of the world’s largest Fortune 1000 and Global 2000 companies. Founded in 2017 and backed by top investors like Greylock, Obsidian was built to close a critical gap: securing SaaS apps where business happens—Microsoft 365, Salesforce, and hundreds more. The company offers a complete SaaS security platform to reduce risk, detect and respond to threats, and prevent breaches at the source. Obsidian was built by leaders from CrowdStrike, Okta, Cylance, and Carbon Black, and it is now transforming how SaaS is secured.
About the Role
We’re hiring Security Data Engineers to join our Manchester team and work at the heart of our SaaS and AI security platform. This is a data‑engineering first role — you’ll spend most of your time building and maintaining the data pipelines that power Obsidian’s detection and analytics capabilities.
The role sits at the intersection of technical data engineering and security. A strong data engineer who is curious about how modern SaaS and AI platforms work, and what makes them risky, is what we’re looking for.
What you’ll do
- Build and maintain data retrieval integrations across major SaaS and AI platforms — connecting to APIs, handling auth flows, and ensuring reliable telemetry ingestion.
- Design and develop dbt models in SQL on Clickhouse and Databricks, transforming raw platform data into clean, structured datasets ready for analysis.
- Build rule‑based checks to identify risky configurations and unusual activity patterns across SaaS and AI platforms, translating security insight into logic.
- Develop a working understanding of how SaaS and AI platforms are structured and where security risks emerge, to inform what data we collect and what we look for.
- Debug data quality and detection issues in customer environments, working closely with the wider engineering and customer success teams.
What we’re looking for
Requirements
- 4+ years of hands‑on data engineering experience, including dbt and SQL.
- Strong SQL proficiency, comfortable writing complex data models and transformations from scratch.
- Experience building or maintaining data pipelines that process high‑volume event or log data.
- Comfortable working with REST APIs and integrating data from third‑party platforms.
- Python proficiency for scripting, data manipulation, and pipeline logic.
- Some exposure to security concepts — enough to understand what “risky” looks like in a SaaS or cloud context.
- Exposure can come from working in a security company, cloud engineering, compliance, or personal interest.
Nice to have
- Hands‑on experience with Clickhouse or Databricks.
- Familiarity with SaaS platforms such as Google Workspace, Microsoft 365, Salesforce, or Okta from any angle (admin, engineering, or security).
- Understanding of identity and authentication concepts: OAuth, SAML, SSO, and directory services.
- Experience working with security telemetry — audit logs, API event streams, or similar.
- Interest in AI/LLM platforms and how they introduce new security considerations.
- Work on a genuinely novel problem — securing SaaS and AI platforms is one of the fastest‑moving areas in enterprise security.
- Become a domain expert by learning from the industry’s leading SaaS security team.
- Ideas move fast here — you’ll go from concept to customer impact in weeks, not quarters.
- Work for a Silicon Valley‑headquartered company from Manchester in a hybrid setting with a high‑level global product.
- Join a team that values engineering craft and gives you the space to do the work properly.
Employee Benefits
Our competitive benefits packages are designed to support employees’ well‑being, both at work and at home. US‑based employees enjoy:
- Competitive compensation with equity and 401(k).
- Comprehensive healthcare with dental and vision coverage.
- Flexible paid time off and paid holiday time off.
- 12 weeks of new parent or family leave.
- Personal and professional development resources.
Pay Transparency
Base pay is a guideline and will vary based on location and experience. In addition to a competitive base salary, this position is eligible for equity awards and may be eligible for sales commission or incentive compensation.
Equal‑Opportunity Statement
At Obsidian, we are proud to be an equal‑opportunity employer. We value diversity and hire for talent, passion, and compassion. In compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be required to submit satisfactory proof of identity and legal authorization. If you have a need that requires accommodation, please contact accommodations@obsidiansecurity.com.
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