Full-Time

Security Analyst - Governance, Risk, and Compliance

Posted on 4/21/2022

LaunchDarkly

LaunchDarkly

501-1,000 employees

DevOps feature management and experimentation platform

No salary listed

Remote

Required Skills
Git
AWS
Confluence
Requirements
  • Demonstrated interest in cybersecurity and privacy
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Experience working on collaborative projects
  • Familiarity with modern cloud-based SaaS organizations - we're almost entirely AWS and Mac OS-based
  • Basic knowledge of software development and architecture
  • Information security experience at an organization with significant compliance requirements
  • Familiarity with security standards (SOC 2, ISO 27001, FedRAMP) as well as privacy laws (CCPA and GDPR)
  • CCSP, PCI QSA, CISSP, or CISA certifications
  • Familiarity with LaunchDarkly's collaboration tools like Confluence, Slack, and Github
Responsibilities
  • Collaborate with stakeholders to operate security controls that comprise the LaunchDarkly GRC program
  • Use technology to automate compliance activities like gathering evidence and verifying controls
  • Operationalize the health of the program by tracking metrics based on quantitative and qualitative data
  • Drive progress towards results for GRC-related continuous improvement projects
  • Contribute to documentation for security standards, policies, and processes
  • Support audits and assessments with internal and external stakeholders
  • Work with product and infrastructure delivery teams on engineering projects related to GRC requirements

LaunchDarkly provides a feature management platform for developers in the DevOps space. It helps teams control and automate features in their software so they can ship code safely, run experiments themselves, deliver personalized experiences, and revert feature behavior without changing code. The platform typically runs as a subscription service that integrates into development workflows to reduce risk, speed up releases, and maximize the impact of each software feature. Its differentiation comes from a developer-first approach that emphasizes in-production feature flags, self-serve experimentation, and targeting options to improve reliability and productivity. Overall, LaunchDarkly aims to help customers innovate faster, automate and de-risk software releases, lower delivery costs, and boost the business impact of features.

Company Size

501-1,000

Company Stage

Series D

Total Funding

$330.3M

Headquarters

Oakland, California

Founded

2014

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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • Snowflake Native App distribution keeps experiment data inside customer accounts.[1]
  • Warehouse-native experimentation reduces analytics friction for Snowflake-standardized enterprise teams.[1]
  • Guarded releases and runtime control align with AI agents and AI SDLC workflows.[4]

What critics are saying

  • Cloud incumbents bundle feature management into broader contracts and undercut standalone pricing.
  • AI-agent runtime control is crowded; hyperscalers can copy guardrails and win distribution.
  • Observability and analytics acquisitions create product sprawl and margin pressure if adoption slows.

What makes LaunchDarkly unique

  • Feature management decouples deploys from releases using runtime flag evaluation.[2][5]
  • AgentControl extends LaunchDarkly into AI-agent runtime governance with sub-200-millisecond propagation.[4]
  • Highlight adds observability, while Houseware adds warehouse-native product analytics.[4]

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Benefits

Flexible work environment - Making an inclusive space for everyone means recognizing we all have our own individual working styles and needs.

Health and wellness - LaunchDarkly offers full coverage with health, dental, and vision plans for you and your dependents.

Salary and options - We're all in this together. LaunchDarkly offers competitive pay, equity, and the option to participate in a 401(k) program.

Learn and grow - We love to see our own continue to grow their skill sets—whether that's taking a class or attending a conference.

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