Security & Compliance Lead

About PlayPower Labs PlayPower Labs builds software for leading EdTech companies that serve millions of learners. We help our clients solve hard product and engineering problems so they can deliver better learner experiences through advanced technology, thoughtful design, and reliable execution. We’ve been fully remote since before COVID and plan to stay remote. We are US-based, with a development center in Gandhinagar, India. What We Believe We believe technology is a force multiplier for education. Great software can make learning more engaging, effective, personalized, and accessible for millions of learners worldwide. The future of education will be shaped by advanced online learning, AI, and education data, and we want to help build that future. Education data combined with AI is opening up new ways to create adaptive, personalized learning experiences. We’re here to turn those opportunities into real products that learners, educators, and EdTech companies can actually use. The Role We’re looking for someone security-minded, product-aware, and high-energy enough to build the security function without turning it into a paperwork factory. You’ll own security and compliance across product, cloud, engineering workflows, AI tools, agents, MCPs, vendors, and internal processes. The goal is simple: help us move fast, ship safely, and build trust without slowing the team down for no reason. This is for someone who can create practical guardrails, spot real risks, and make security feel like an advantage, not a blocker. What You’ll Do Own security and compliance across product, engineering, cloud, vendors, and internal systems. Build practical security controls around auth, access, secrets, data privacy, infrastructure, and deployments. Create safe usage guidelines for AI tools, agents, MCP servers, tool calling, and automation workflows. Run vulnerability management, security reviews, risk assessments, and incident response planning. Drive compliance readiness for fram