Senior Product Security Architect

Gong harnesses the power of AI to transform how revenue teams win. The Gong Revenue AI Operating System unifies data, insights, and workflows into a single, trusted system that observes, guides, and acts alongside the world’s most successful revenue teams. Powered by the Gong Revenue Graph, AI-powered intelligence, specialized agents, and trusted applications, Gong helps more than 5,000 companies around the world deeply understand their teams and customers, automate critical sales workflows, and close more deals with less effort. For more information, visit www.gong.io. At Gong, you will join a company built on innovative products, ambitious goals, and passionate people. We are shaping the future of revenue intelligence and we want people who are excited to build what comes next. You will work with a team that dreams big, moves fast, and cares deeply about the craft and about each other. Here, transparency and trust are core to how we operate, and every person has the opportunity to make a visible impact. If you want to grow, stretch, and do work that truly matters, Gong is the place to do the best work of your career. As a Product Security Architect, you will shape how security is built, not just review it. You’ll work closely with engineering to influence architecture, guide design decisions, and ensure security is embedded across Gong’s platform from the earliest stages where decisions matter most, not just where they are validated. You’ll take on complex, real-world challenges across cloud-native systems and AI-driven features, where security must evolve alongside scale and speed. This role is not about checklists or gatekeeping, but about applying strong technical judgment, making pragmatic trade-offs, and enabling teams to build secure systems by design. If you’re looking to have a meaningful impact on a real product, collaborate with high-caliber engineering teams, and help define modern product security at scale, you’ll find this role both challenging and rewarding. What Makes This Role Unique at Gong A product where security decisions truly matter - Gong processes and analyzes highly sensitive customer conversations at scale, creating unique challenges around data protection, privacy, and trust. AI is core to the product, not a side project - You’ll work in an environment where AI/ML is deeply embedded, addressing real-world security challenges that go beyond traditional application security. A platform operating at a meaningful scale - You’ll deal with high-volume data, distributed systems, and production environments where security decisions have immediate and visible impact. The opportunity to shape a growing security domain - Product security at Gong is still evolving, giving you the ability to influence direction, introduce new ideas, and build things the right way. A culture that values practical, engineering-driven security - Security is approached with a focus on real risk and practical solutions, not just compliance or process. High ownership with room to grow - You’ll have the autonomy to take initiative, drive changes, and expand your impact as the company and platform continue to scale. What You’ll Do Shape security architecture where it matters most, partner with engineers early in the design phase to influence system architecture, define secure patterns, and make critical decisions before code is written Work hands-on with engineering teams to secure real systems review designs, dive into code and PRs when needed, and build small tools or proofs-of-concept to validate security assumptions Lead threat modeling and deep design reviews identify trust boundaries, abuse cases, and high-impact attack paths, and ensure controls hold up in real production environments Own security design for authentication, authorization, and APIs, including identity flows (OAuth/OIDC), session management, and multi-tenant access control Take ownership of complex security challenges across cloud-native, distributed, and AI-driven systems, where trade-offs are not obvious and solutions require both depth and pragmatism Drive secure-by-design practices at scale, build guardrails, reusable patterns, and reference architectures that make secure implementation the default Secure AI/ML features in production address risks such as prompt injection, data poisoning, model misuse, and data exposure in collaboration with AI teams Strengthen the software supply chain and CI/CD security to improve how dependencies, build pipelines, and artifacts are secured and validated Embed security into developer workflows, integrate SAST, DAST, SCA, IaC scanning, and secrets detection in a way that is effective and adopted Partner on high-severity vulnerabilities and incidents to drive root cause analysis, remediation, and long-term fixes that improve system resilience Raise the security bar across engineering mentor developers, influence design culture, and drive strong ownership of security What You Bring 8+ years of experience in Product Security, Application Security, or Security Architecture Strong software engineering foundation with the ability to read code (e.g., Java, Python, JavaScript/TypeScript, React or similar), review PRs, and understand systems end-to-end. Deep understanding of application security principles (OWASP Top 10, secure design, common vulnerability classes) Experience securing cloud-native SaaS environments (AWS, GCP, and/or Azure), including containers and Kubernetes Strong knowledge of authentication and authorization systems, including OAuth2, OIDC, SAML, and secure API design Hands-on experience integrating security into CI/CD pipelines and developer workflows (SAST, DAST, SCA, secrets, IaC scanning) Experience with threat modeling and risk assessment methodologies Ability to analyze vulnerabilities end-to-end from code to architecture to production impact Strong communication skills and ability to influence engineering decisions without authority Ability to work closely with developers and influence engineering decisions Strong communication skills with both technical and business stakeholders A pragmatic approach balancing security, usability, and speed Advantages: Experience securing AI/ML or LLM-based systems Experience with software supply chain security Experience in high-scale SaaS environments What makes the Security department at Gong unique? Here at Gong, we trust and empower our employees with ownership to solve complex problems, make the right decisions, and build the best products that create radical impact. We call it “Own. Solve. Impact.” Our security team is at the forefront of a monumental shift in implementing processes. Instead of simply saying "no," we embrace the mindset of "let's explore how we can make it work." Our security team brings a wealth of backgrounds, experience, and wisdom to the table. Which means that age comes before security, or is it the other way around? If you are curious to discover Gong's wonderful and challenging world, what are you waiting for? Don’t delay - fill in your application details. Who knows, maybe there’s a Gongster in you! We encourage our employees to express their personality and identity (whether gender, ethnic, religious, or sexual), and we ensure fairness and equal opportunities. We follow a hybrid working model that combines working from home, on the go, or at the office. This allows us: flexibility, autonomy, positive work relationships, and effective work habits. If these considerations are important to you when choosing a workplace, we'd love to see you with us. To review Gong's privacy policy, visit www.gong.io/privacy-policy/ for more details. #LI-TD1