--- title: 'Director of Information Security at Constructor' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/director-of-information-security-constructor-emea-3qbt89fc9ne7' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-09-11' --- # Director of Information Security at Constructor - **Company:** Constructor - **Location:** EMEA - **Employment:** full-time - **Work type:** remote - **Posted:** 2026-09-01 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-11 - **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/constructor/7b12d42d-330e-4e25-b80d-40639709e878 ## Job description ## About You As Director of Information Security, you will own Constructor's security program end-to-end — protecting our platform, our customers' data, and our team. You'll report to the CIO and serve as the company's senior security leader, responsible for everything from compliance frameworks and incident response to hands-on prospect engagements and internal policy. This is a high-autonomy role where you'll shape strategy and execute it yourself in a lean, engineering-driven organization. ## About Us Constructor is the only search and product discovery platform tailor-made for enterprise ecommerce where conversions matter. Constructor's AI-first solutions make it easier for shoppers to discover products they want to buy and for ecommerce teams to deliver highly personalized experiences that drive impressive results. Optimizing specifically for ecommerce metrics like revenue, conversion rate and profit, Constructor generates consistent $10M+ lifts for some of the biggest brands in ecommerce, such as Sephora, Petco, home24, Maxeda Brands, Birkenstock and The Very Group. Constructor is a U.S. based company that was founded in 2015 by Eli Finkelshteyn and Dan McCormick. ## About the Position The Director of Information Security’s responsibilities will include: - Customer trust & sales enablement — Answer prospect security questions, review and finalize security questionnaires, and meet directly with prospects and customers to represent Constructor's security posture - Compliance & audit — Own SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001 certification programs, manage external auditors, maintain controls, and ensure continuous compliance - Incident response — Own all security incidents from detection through resolution and post-mortem; maintain and improve the incident response plan - Risk management — Conduct ongoing risk assessments, maintain the risk register, and present risk posture to leadership and the board - Access governance — Run quarterly access reviews across all systems; ensure least-privilege principles are enforced - Internal advisory — Field "Can I use this?" questions from employees evaluating new tools, vendors, and workflows - AI governance — Define and maintain guardrails for internal AI use, balancing productivity with data protection - Security exercises — Plan and execute tabletop exercises, simulated incidents, and red/purple team engagements - DLP & insider threat — Oversee the data loss prevention program, triage alerts, and refine policies - Vendor security — Review third-party vendor security posture and manage the vendor risk assessment process - Security awareness — Maintain the employee security training program and foster a security-conscious culture - Infrastructure security partnership — Collaborate with Platform Engineering on cloud security posture (AWS), container security, and vulnerability management ## Requirements - 5+ years of experience in information security, with at least 2 years in a senior or leadership role - 2+ years hands-on experience in a DevOps or Platform Engineering role - Proficiency with AI tools like Claude Code - Deep familiarity with compliance frameworks (SOC 2, ISO 27001, GDPR, CCPA) - Experience owning incident response end-to-end in a SaaS or cloud-native environment - Comfortable in customer-facing settings — you can clearly articulate security posture to enterprise prospects - Hands-on experience with identity management (Okta or similar), MDM, DLP, and cloud security tooling - Strong understanding of application security in a modern stack - Excellent English written communication — you'll author policies, questionnaire responses, and board-level summaries - Ability to operate independently with minimal oversight in a fully remote culture - Location - Ideally Croatia as this is where the wider team is based, or in Europe. ## Benefits - 🏝️ Unlimited vacation time -we strongly encourage all of our employees take at least 3 weeks per year - 💰 A competitive compensation package including stock options - 🌎 Fully remote team - choose where you live - 🛋️ Work from home stipend! We want you to have the resources you need to set up your home office - 💻 Apple laptops provided for new employees - 🧑‍🎓 Training and development budget for every employee, refreshed each year - 👪 Parental leave for qualified employees - 🧠 Work with smart people who will help you grow and make a meaningful impact Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at Constructor At [Constructor.io](http://Constructor.io) we are committed to cultivating a work environment that is diverse, equitable, and inclusive. As an equal opportunity employer, we welcome individuals of all backgrounds and provide equal opportunities to all applicants regardless of their education, diversity of opinion, race, color, religion, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, veteran status or affiliation in any other protected group. Studies have shown that women and people of color may be less likely to apply for jobs unless they meet every one of the qualifications listed. Our primary interest is in finding the best candidate for the job. We encourage you to apply even if you don’t meet all of our listed qualifications. ## About Constructor ## Core Business - **Primary industry**: AI-powered ecommerce search and product discovery (SaaS) - **Target customers**: B2B, enterprise ecommerce brands, retailers, distributors, and marketplaces - **Mission/purpose**: To automate the rich complexity required for a modern search experience behind a simple, elegant SaaS solution, helping shoppers find what they want to buy using natural language and AI. ## Products & Services - **AI Shopping Agent**: Natural language conversational agent that helps shoppers discover products and answer questions. - **Search & Browse**: Personalized search and category browsing with reinforcement learning. - **Recommendations**: Product recommendations for onsite, email, SMS, and mobile notifications. - **Retail Media**: Sponsored products and ads that don’t sacrifice customer experience. - **Merchandiser Controls**: Tools for merchants to manage rankings, promotions, and experiments. - **Insights & Automations**: Dashboards, reports, and automated attribute enrichment using GenAI. - **Answer Engine Assistants (Beta)**: Integration with ChatGPT and other answer engines for offsite discovery. - **Merchant Intelligence Agent (Beta)**: Research and fix ranking issues. - **Product Insights Agent**: Generate personalized product questions to help shoppers buy with confidence. - **Collections**: Dynamic, curated product pages. - **In-Store**: Extend online intelligence to physical stores. ## Market Standing - **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not disclosed (private) - **Key Metric**: $40.0M annual revenue (LinkedIn estimate); $86.1M total funding across 4 rounds - **Notable Investors/Partners**: Not named in provided sources, but clients include Sephora, Under Armour, Petco, and many others. - **Growth Signals**: - 336 employees (LinkedIn) / 375+ team members (company site), +48% YoY headcount growth - 400+ billion requests powered per year - 98.5% average client retention rate over the last three years - Named a Leader in Forrester Wave (Commerce Search & Product Discovery, Q3 2025), Gartner Magic Quadrant (Search & Product Discovery, 2025), and IDC MarketScape - Top rated on G2 Crowd and Gartner Peer Reviews (4.9 and 4.8 respectively) - 94% team member retention rate ## Competitive Advantages - **AI-native from day one**: Built on clickstream data and advanced AI, not bolted onto legacy keyword search. - **Reinforcement learning across touchpoints**: Every interaction (search, browse, agent) makes the system smarter. - **API-first, headless, composable, platform-agnostic**: Easy integration with any tech stack. - **Ecommerce-specific optimization**: Sole focus on commerce metrics (revenue, conversion, profit), consistently delivering $10M+ revenue lifts for customers. - **Only vendor named a Leader by three independent analyst firms (Forrester, Gartner, IDC)**. ## Strategic Focus - **AI agents and reasoning**: Expanding AI Shopping Agents, Answer Engine Assistants, and Merchant Intelligence Agents. - **Offsite discovery**: Enabling discovery via email, SMS, and answer engines like ChatGPT. - **In-store integration**: Extending online intelligence to physical retail. - **Continued investment in personalization and automation** to reduce setup time (8 weeks or less). ## Why Work Here - **Culture**: Remote-first, 100% remote – choose where you live. Collaborative, empathetic, and problem-solving environment. Rated top 5% on RepVue and a Will Reed Top 100 award recipient. - **Benefits**: - Company pays 99% of medical, dental, and vision premiums for US team members. - Unlimited PTO and vacation time (minimum 3 mandatory weeks off per year). - Paid parental leave. - Yearly Remote Work Stipend + one-time $500 New Hire Setup Stipend. - Yearly Learning & Development $500 Stipend. - Stock options for every team member. - Company-issued Apple laptop. - **Growth**: Fast-growing startup with opportunities to work on challenging AI/ML problems used by millions of shoppers. Mentorship, autonomy, and career development. - **Diversity & Inclusion**: Committed to DEI with an internal ERG. - **Team**: 94% retention rate; described as collaborative, brilliant people who enjoy solving hard problems. ## Sources 1. [Constructor Careers Page](https://constructor.com/about/careers) 2. [Constructor Main Website](https://constructor.com/) 3. [Constructor LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/constructor-io) 4. [Constructor About Page](https://constructor.com/about) 5. [CB Insights Company Profile](https://www.cbinsights.com/company/constructorio) (used for funding and revenue data, though not directly cited in text – revenue from LinkedIn) ## Other roles at Constructor - [Staff Product Manager: Product Discovery Engine](https://feeny.ai/job/staff-product-manager-product-discovery-engine-constructor-remote-gb8a7v1gkqah) - [Customer Success Enablement Manager](https://feeny.ai/job/customer-success-enablement-manager-constructor-amer-pvkxtwm1yxws) — AMER - [Senior Customer Success Manager - Nordics](https://feeny.ai/job/senior-customer-success-manager-nordics-constructor-sweden-q7mbnfe85d9b) — Sweden - [Sr. Customer Success Manager (French Speaking)](https://feeny.ai/job/sr-customer-success-manager-french-speaking-constructor-france-n0809w6gb2v2) — France - [FullStack Engineer - Prospect UI Solutions](https://feeny.ai/job/fullstack-engineer-prospect-ui-solutions-constructor-remote-g6jgr2q79412) - [Account Manager, DACH](https://feeny.ai/job/account-manager-dach-constructor-emea-wc72h030b83v) — EMEA - [Technical Support Engineer](https://feeny.ai/job/technical-support-engineer-constructor-emea-fxdcvm2eq3fa) — EMEA - [Engineering Manager - Customer Developer Experience](https://feeny.ai/job/engineering-manager-customer-developer-experience-constructor-remote-v1y9wfa27acx) - [Engineering Manager: Agentic Integrations](https://feeny.ai/job/engineering-manager-agentic-integrations-constructor-remote-s5hw0am1dwnx) - [Platform Engineer: Platform Enablement](https://feeny.ai/job/platform-engineer-platform-enablement-constructor-remote-jn4v11cxmpw1)