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# Content Writer at UpGuard Inc.

- **Company:** UpGuard Inc.
- **Location:** Johannesburg, South Africa
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** remote
- **Posted:** 2026-10-10
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-10-13
- **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/upguard/03f5d93b-47c3-430a-9611-33f6079b9d9b

## Job description

Who are we? At UpGuard, we are replacing manual security bottlenecks with AI-driven precision. Fresh off a US$75M Series C, we are scaling our infrastructure to process 100 billion risk signals daily. This isn’t just growth; it’s a total reimagining of how the world manages cyber risk.

We build the Cyber Risk Posture Management (CRPM) platform that security teams actually love. By integrating security ratings, threat intel, and agentic AI, we empower organisations to stay ahead of an ever evolving attack surface.

We aren’t just building another tool; we’re defining a category. We provide the autonomy to ship world-class technology and the resources to do it at a global scale.

Where does this role fit in? You’ll be a key member of UpGuard’s Growth Squad, focused on driving organic growth. Based in South Africa and reporting to the Content Writer Manager, you’ll write high-quality content that answers the real questions our prospects and customers are asking, from in-depth articles to comparison and competitor pages on our website. How people find answers has changed dramatically with the rise of LLMs and AI search engines, and this role is central to making sure UpGuard shows up with content that’s genuinely helpful and conveys authority and trust. Working closely with the Growth Marketing team, you’ll turn research and briefs into accurate, authoritative content, and keep our existing content fresh and competitive.

What will you do?

- Answer the questions that matter: Write high-quality, genuinely useful content that answers the real questions our prospects and customers are asking, whether they find it through a search engine or an AI assistant.
- Make complex topics clear: Turn cybersecurity and risk concepts into content that’s accurate, insightful, and a pleasure to read.
- Keep our content at its best: Refresh and improve existing articles and pages so they stay accurate, current, and genuinely helpful.
- Help buyers make informed decisions: Write and maintain comparison and competitor pages that are accurate, fair, and persuasive.
- Own your work from draft to live: Publish and format your content in our CMS, including headings, metadata, internal links, and image alt text.
- See the impact of your work: Work with the Growth Marketing team to review how your content performs and use those insights to make the next piece even better.
- Maintain Voice and Tone: Ensure every piece of content adheres strictly to the UpGuard brand Voice and Tone.

What will you bring?

- 3+ years of professional content writing experience, including writing content optimized for search, ideally within the B2B SaaS or Cybersecurity domain.
- A portfolio of content you’ve written that answers real audience questions, such as long-form articles, comparison pages, or other search-focused content.
- A solid understanding of SEO and how it’s evolving with AI search, including search intent, keyword usage, content structure, internal linking, and metadata.
- Hands-on experience uploading and formatting content via a website CMS.
- Demonstrated ability to translate complex technical or risk management concepts into clear, engaging and authoritative content.
- Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, with an unwavering commitment to editorial quality, consistency and accuracy.
- Proven ability to manage multiple pieces of content at once in a fast-paced environment, working from briefs with a high level of independence.
- Strong collaborative spirit, capable of working effectively with web, growth and creative teams.
- Fluency in English (verbal and written), our primary working language, with a base of operations in South Africa.

What will give you an edge?

- Experience writing content that drives measurable traffic and leads for a business.
- A background in cybersecurity, vendor risk, or third-party risk management.
- Confidence using AI tools in your writing process, including refining and elevating AI-generated drafts into accurate, high-quality, human content.

What's in it for you?

- Monthly Lifestyle subsidy: Use this for financial, physical, and mental well-being
- WFH set-up allowance: To ensure you have the right environment to work in, we will help you get set up within your first 3 months at UpGuard
- $1500 USD annual Learning & Development allowance: To support your career development, all team members will be able to expense development opportunities against this allowance
- Annual leave: PTO plus two additional UpGuardian leave days to give you time to recharge your batteries.
- 18 weeks paid Parental Leave: Irrespective of parenting role
- Personal Leave Allowance: This includes sick & carer’s leave
- Fully remote working environment: While we have physical offices in Sydney & Hobart, we do not mandate compulsory attendance
- Top-spec hardware: All team members will be provided with top-spec laptops for their role
- Generative AI subsidy: UpGuard provides paid subscriptions for all team members to access generative AI tools to support their work

UpGuard is a Certified Great Place to Work® in the US, Australia, UK and India, establishing its position as a leading global technology employer. 99% of team members agree that UpGuard is a great place to work! Apply now to find out why!

As an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer, qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender perception or identity, national origin, age, marital status, protected veteran status, or disability status.

Please Note: Not all roles can be performed from the United States. Please check your specific job listing to confirm its advertised location. If the role you are applying for is listed as based in the US, we are currently only able to support hiring in the following locations: CA, CO, FL, IL, MA, MD, MO, OR, PA, TX, WA, and DC.

Before starting work with us, you will need to undertake a national police history check and reference checks.

## About UpGuard Inc.

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: UpGuard is an AI-powered Cyber Risk Posture Management (CRPM) platform that helps organizations monitor, assess, and reduce cybersecurity risks across their vendors, attack surface, and workforce.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Venture-backed, total funding $122.4M)
- **Headquarters**: Mountain View, California, United States (also offices in Sydney and Hobart, Australia)
- **Founded**: 2012
- **Founders**: Daniel Bradbury (Co-Founder & CEO), Mike Baukes (Co-Founder)

## Core Business
- **Primary industry/industries**: Cybersecurity, Risk Management, Third-Party Risk Management
- **Target customers**: B2B – mid-market to enterprise, with strong presence in financial services, technology, and healthcare
- **Mission or purpose statement**: “Protecting the world’s data” and helping companies assess, measure, and reduce cybersecurity risks to make the internet safer

## Products & Services
- **Vendor Risk Management**: Continuous vendor monitoring, 360-degree assessments, and AI-powered workflows for third-party risk.
- **Attack Surface Management**: Real-time visibility into an organization’s digital footprint with threat detection and posture improvement.
- **User Risk Management**: Tools to secure the workforce, track human risk, and enable safe AI adoption.
- **Trust Management (Trust Exchange)**: AI‑driven questionnaire automation and a public Trust Page to accelerate deal closure.
- **Risk Automations**: API‑driven workflows connecting the risk stack for automated discovery, notification, and remediation.
- **Breach Risk**: Breach detection and risk scoring for proactive defense.

All products are part of the unified **Cyber Risk Posture Management (CRPM)** platform.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not disclosed (private company)
- **Key Metric**: Total funding of $122.4M across 8 rounds (per LinkedIn). Annual revenue is not publicly reported; the company states it is profitable.
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Not publicly detailed in available sources; venture-backed.
- **Growth Signals**:
  - Headcount: 293 employees (+28.3% YoY, +82 people)
  - Active job postings: 59 (yearly trend +210.5%)
  - Trusted by 45,000+ companies worldwide, including NYSE, PagerDuty, IAG, and Hopin
  - Recognized as a **Great Place to Work** (97% of employees say it’s a great place to work) and named #69 on Fortune Best Workplaces in the Bay Area™ 2024 (Small and Medium)
  - Cyber research regularly cited by The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, and The Washington Post

## Competitive Advantages
- **Unified CRPM platform** that spans vendor risk, attack surface, and human risk – a single view of cyber posture.
- **Continuous, AI-powered detection and prioritization** – moves beyond point-in-time assessments to real-time risk visibility.
- **Trusted scale** – 45,000+ customers, including well-known enterprises, and a reputation backed by independent media citations.
- **Profitable and venture-backed** – provides financial stability while enabling continued investment in product and talent.

## Strategic Focus
- Building an **AI Risk Operations Center** that connects all risk domains (vendors, attack surface, workforce) into one posture loop.
- Expanding **Human Risk Management** capabilities to help customers adopt AI safely.
- Scaling the global team (remote and office locations) to meet growing demand and take on high-impact projects.
- Accelerating **trust automation** (questionnaires, Trust Pages) to shorten sales cycles and improve customer transparency.

## Why Work Here
- **Great Place to Work Certified** – 97% employee satisfaction rating, with management praised for honesty and ethical practices.
- **Flexible work arrangements** – distributed global team with remote/hybrid options; offices in Mountain View, Sydney, and Hobart.
- **Meaningful benefits** – free lunches, gym reimbursement, health/dental/vision, 401(k) (US employees), and no “fluff” like ping-pong tables.
- **High-impact work** – “bandwidth-constrained” environment means new hires get significant responsibility and autonomy on projects that protect real people’s data.
- **Values-driven culture**: transparency, autonomy, curiosity, and the company mantra “Don’t #!&$ the customer.”
- **Growth trajectory** – profitable, venture-backed, and scaling fast with thousands of customers and a growing engineering and GTM team.

## Sources
1. [UpGuard Homepage](https://www.upguard.com/)
2. [UpGuard About Page](https://www.upguard.com/about)
3. [UpGuard Careers Page](https://www.upguard.com/careers)
4. [Great Place to Work – UpGuard Profile](https://www.greatplacetowork.com/en/certified-company/144000844)
5. [LinkedIn – UpGuard Company Page](https://www.linkedin.com/company/upguard)

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