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Senior Security Engineer, GRC Automation
Role at a glance
- Category
- Governance
- Work arrangement
- Remote
- Location
- Canada
- Salary range
- $153,000
- Posted
- Jun 20, 2026
1Password is hiring a Senior Security Engineer, GRC Automation in Canada. This is a Governance role in the governance, risk, and compliance field, with a posted range of $153,000. Review the full details below and apply directly with 1Password.
1Password is growing. We’ve surpassed $400M in ARR and we’re continuing to accelerate, earning a spot on the Forbes Cloud 100 for four years in a row and teaming up with iconic partners like Oracle Red Bull Racing. About 1Password At 1Password, we’re building the foundation for a safe, productive digital future. Our mission is to unleash employee productivity without compromising security by ensuring every identity is authentic, every application sign-in is secure, and every device is trusted. We innovated the market-leading enterprise password manager and pioneered Unified Access Management, a new cybersecurity category built for the way people and AI agents work today. As one of the most loved brands in cybersecurity, we take a human-centric approach in everything from product strategy to user experience. Over 180,000 businesses, from Fortune 100 leaders to the world’s most innovative AI companies, trust 1Password to help their teams securely adopt the SaaS and AI tools they need to do their best work. If you're excited about the opportunity to contribute to the digital safety of millions, to work alongside a team of curious, driven individuals, and to solve hard problems in a fast-paced, dynamic environment, then we want to hear from you. Come join us and help shape a safer, simpler digital future. Trust is earned — and we’re building the systems to earn it at scale. 1Password is looking for a Senior Security Engineer – GRC Automation to design and implement automation, dashboards, and integrations that power our Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) operations. You’ll partner directly with the Senior Manager of GRC to build automation that scales our security and privacy commitments — from audit readiness and policy enforcement to customer trust workflows. A key focus for this role will be operationalizing and expanding our GRC platform (Drata), building AI-assisted workflows that automate evidence collection, control monitoring, and vendor risk — and owning the delivery of those projects from scoping through go-live. This is a hands-on technical role for someone who’s passionate about making GRC repeatable, visible, and built into how the company works. It sits at the intersection of security engineering, compliance, and platform operations — ideal for someone with a solutions engineering, DevSecOps, or GRC practitioner background who thrives in high-context, high-impact environments. You won't just build things — you'll also be in the room with
Full responsibilities and requirements are on 1Password's application page.
Apply for this role →Location and market context
This is a remote governance role, so it draws from a national talent pool rather than a single metro. Remote governance and compliance roles reward candidates who can show they work effectively across time zones and distributed legal, security, and product teams. Confirm any residency, travel, or occasional-onsite expectations directly with 1Password.
About governance roles
Governance roles design the structures, policies, and oversight that keep complex programs accountable, coordinating across legal, risk, compliance, and technology. Roles like this one are typically evaluated against frameworks such as governance frameworks, policy standards, and oversight and reporting practices.
How to position yourself for this governance role
Strong candidates emphasize policy and standard-setting, committee and stakeholder coordination, oversight reporting, and translating strategy into durable operating structures. In your resume and outreach, tie your experience to how 1Password would apply governance frameworks, policy standards, and oversight and reporting practices, and lead with concrete outcomes rather than duties.
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