Who is Wyze?
Wyze is a high growth, Series B, consumer technology company. Our vision is to make great technology accessible to everyone through our smart home platform. Our aim is to serve everyday people, like me, you, and our friends and families, with too good to be true products and services. We want employees who will be inspired by this and welcome all who will help us build the next amazing chapter at Wyze.
Wyze is home to some of the most innovative products and services in the market. Forbes named us in their America’s Best Startup Employers 2023 list, Time Magazine selected us for their 100 Most Influential Companies of 2022, Fast Company named us as one of the Most Innovative Companies in 2021 and PCMag gave our Cam v3 an Editor’s Choice Award. We disrupted the market with our Wyze Cam v1 and then quickly took over as a market leader in the space. We recently disrupted it again with our revolutionary Cam Plus Pro service. GeekWire calls us a start-up to watch and one of the Pacific Northwest’s next unicorns… and we are just getting started. Our people centric innovative vision is not only present in our products and services, but it is also embedded in the fabric of our company.
We were just listed in the Top 100 Best Places to Work by Built in Seattle, listed as one of their Best Midsize Companies to Work For and awarded as one of their Companies with the Best Benefits. Seattle Business Magazine certified us as a Best Places to Work too! We value the unique life experiences every employee brings to work every day. We are committed to creating an inclusive environment whereby our employees are encouraged to be their authentic whole selves and are rewarded for their impact across the company. Everyone is welcome and empowered to do the best work of their lives.
*This opportunity is onsite in our Kirkland, WA office, based in the Greater Seattle Metropolitan area.
Come join us and make the impossible, possible!
Summary:
Wyze is seeking a talented and dedicated Senior Cyber Security Engineer to join our dynamic and rapidly growing team. As a Cyber Security Engineer at Wyze, you will play a critical role in safeguarding our systems, networks, and data, ensuring the security and privacy of our products and services. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams and be responsible for implementing and maintaining security measures, monitoring for threats, and responding to incidents.
Responsibilities:
- Security Implementation: Design, implement, and maintain security measures for Wyze's systems, networks, and applications. This includes configuring and managing security tools, firewalls, intrusion detection systems, and more.
- Vulnerability Assessment: Conduct regular security assessments and vulnerability testing to identify and remediate potential weaknesses in our infrastructure and applications.
- Security Policies: Develop and enforce security policies, standards, and procedures to ensure compliance with industry best practices and relevant regulations.
- Incident Response: Monitor for security incidents, investigate breaches, and lead the incident response efforts to contain and mitigate security threats.
- Collaboration: Work closely with cross-functional teams, including software developers, DevOps engineers, and IT teams, to integrate security into the software development lifecycle and ensure a proactive security posture.
- Security Research: Stay updated on emerging threats, vulnerabilities, and industry best practices, and provide recommendations to improve our security posture.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, or a related field. Advanced degrees or relevant certifications are a plus.
- Security Assessment and Penetration Testing: Conduct ethical hacking and penetration testing on camera devices and web applications to identify vulnerabilities and security flaws.
- Proven experience in cybersecurity roles, emphasizing embedded systems, network, and application security.
- Security Implementation: Develop and implement robust security measures to protect camera devices, web applications, and data infrastructure from unauthorized access and potential threats.
- Data Management and Query Optimization: Manage and optimize data queries in Snowflake, ensuring data integrity, efficiency, and compliance with data governance standards.
- Knowledge of cybersecurity frameworks and standards such as NIST, ISO 27001, or CIS.
- Proficiency in security tools and technologies, including firewalls, intrusion detection systems, SIEM solutions, and more.
- Strong programming and scripting skills (e.g., Python, Bash).
- Familiarity with cloud security in platforms such as AWS and GCP.
- Relevant certifications such as OSCP, OSWE, or CEH are preferred.
- Exceptional problem-solving skills, attention to detail, and strong communication abilities.
Benefits:
Wyze has a full benefits package through Premera Blue Cross. This includes Medical, Dental, Vision, Basic Life Insurance, Voluntary Life Insurance, EAP, Short-term disability, Long-term disability, FSA, and Daycare FSA. Employee premiums will be paid 100%, and about 67% paid premium for dependents.
- 12 Holidays - 8 set holidays and 4 Floating Holidays for you to use however you choose
- 24 days of PTO every year
- Additional Wyze anniversary vacation days
- Principal 401k Plan - there is no company match at this time
- Rosetta Stone reimbursement if you'd like to learn Mandarin
- $50 a month reimbursed as a technology stipend - taxes apply
Wyze employee product perks: Wyze employees receive an array of our most loved products and services, as well as Wyze software services once they are launched.
Employees also get a chance to participate in our beta program for unreleased products to help make Wyze better for all! Come Join Us!
If this sounds too good to be true and you are ready to be part of #teamwyze, then we want to hear from you!
Please send us a cover letter that showcases some of the outstanding things you can do and how you feel they could apply to our vision and projects here at Wyze! We will ensure individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment.
Please contact us to request accommodation at recruiting@wyze.com. Lastly, and exceptionally important to us: we are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity as well as inclusion here at Wyze. We are fully committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all employees and all applicants for employment. That’s how we do things!
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $120,000.00 - $185,000.00 per year
Work Location: In person
