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title: 'Lead GRC Engineer at Higgsfield'
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# Lead GRC Engineer at Higgsfield 

- **Company:** Higgsfield 
- **Location:** San Francisco Bay Area, United States
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** hybrid
- **Posted:** 2026-08-28
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-11
- **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/higgsfieldai/1ab39fb4-d782-4f71-b218-05899e7a4f7d

## Job description

Why work at Higgsfield AI?

Higgsfield AI is the fastest-scaling generative AI company in history, hitting $500M in annual revenue run rate, 25M+ users worldwide, 6M+ generations per day, and powering 390 of Fortune 500 brands.

We're building at the absolute frontier of AI-powered video creation and next-generation creative tools. Joining Higgsfield means becoming part of a high-impact team shaping the future of AI-native experiences, at a company that isn't just moving fast, but rewriting what fast looks like.

About the role: We’re looking for a Lead GRC Engineer to build the technical foundation of our security and compliance program as Higgsfield scales. This is not a traditional GRC role focused primarily on policies, audits, and evidence collection. We’re looking for a builder who can translate security, privacy, and compliance requirements into technical, automated, and continuously monitored controls. You’ll work closely with Security, Engineering, Privacy, Legal, and other teams to design controls that work for Higgsfield today while building the infrastructure we’ll need several years from now.

## What You’ll Do

Build Controls & Compliance Infrastructure

- Translate security, privacy, and compliance requirements into technical controls, automated checks, and enforcement mechanisms.
- Build pipelines and integrations that aggregate control, asset, identity, and system data across cloud infrastructure, IdP, HRIS, source control, CI/CD, and SaaS applications.
- Turn that data into automated control checks, live monitoring, dashboards, alerts, and audit-ready evidence.
- Build preventative controls and release gates that identify or block security and privacy issues before they reach production.
- Design controls that remain effective as our employees, locations, vendors, systems, infrastructure, and products rapidly change.

Automate Evidence & Continuous Assurance

- Build a unified controls approach where evidence can be collected once and mapped across multiple frameworks and requirements.
- Automate evidence collection, control testing, monitoring, and exception management rather than relying on point-in-time reviews.
- Integrate with systems and controls already owned by Security, Engineering, IT, and other teams rather than creating parallel processes.
- Continuously test whether controls are actually working and detect when they regress or drift.
- Instrument control effectiveness so security and GRC stakeholders can understand risk posture from live data rather than periodic assessments.

Build AI-Native GRC Workflows

- Design agentic and AI-assisted workflows for evidence analysis, control testing, monitoring, and audit-response preparation.
- Apply strong judgment around what can be delegated to AI, what requires human review, and how both should be evidenced.
- Help build the technical evidence base for AI-related certifications and assurance, including areas such as agent activity, evaluations, tool restrictions, and failure modes.
- Partner with Product and Engineering as AI assurance standards and customer expectations continue to evolve.

Requirements:

- 6+ years spanning security, GRC, software engineering, automation engineering, or related technical roles.
- Demonstrated experience translating framework, regulatory, or policy requirements into technical implementations.
- Hands-on experience personally building or automating security and compliance controls.
- Production-grade scripting or programming experience, such as Python, including working with APIs and integrations.
- Strong understanding of frameworks such as SOC 2 and ISO 27001 and what constitutes credible control evidence.
- Ability to distinguish between a control that technically exists and one that is actually effective, enforced, and continuously monitored.
- Experience building in rapidly changing or 0→1 environments without relying on mature infrastructure or large teams.
- Strong judgment around automation, risk, exceptions, enforcement, and engineering velocity.
- Ability to communicate technical controls and evidence clearly to auditors, customer security teams, engineers, and nontechnical stakeholders.

## Compensation & Benefits

- We offer a competitive and thoughtfully structured compensation package designed to align with impact, experience, and long-term growth.
- Base Salary: The anticipated salary range for this role is $220,000 - $280,000, depending on experience, skills, scope, and location.
- Bonus: This role is Bonus eligible and may participate in the Company's discretionary annual bonus program.
- Equity: In addition to cash compensation, employees are eligible to participate in the company’s stock option program and share in Higgsfield’s long-term growth.
- Benefits: We offer a comprehensive benefits package designed to support employees professionally and personally, including medical, dental, and vision insurance, a competitive 401(k) retirement plan with company matching, and additional benefits and perks.
- The opportunity to work on ambitious AI products alongside a highly experienced, fast-moving, and international team.
- Significant ownership, direct impact, and opportunities for professional growth as the company scales.

This is a hybrid role based in the San Francisco Bay Area. Team members are expected to work from our San Francisco office three full days per week, with the remaining days worked remotely and are expected to be available during agreed working hours and to maintain sufficient overlap with the relevant team’s time zone. We value in-person collaboration, active communication, responsiveness, and close partnership across teams. Higgsfield AI is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive team and do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic.

## About Higgsfield 

## Core Business
- **Primary Industry**: AI-powered creative tools / Generative AI for video and image
- **Target Customers**: B2B and B2C – from first-time creators and social media influencers to professional filmmakers, marketing agencies, and Fortune 500 enterprises
- **Mission**: "Make cinematic-quality video and image creation accessible to anyone with an idea." [higgsfield.ai](https://higgsfield.ai/about)

## Products & Services
- **Higgsfield Platform (All-in-One Creative Studio)**: A web-based AI studio that combines proprietary and partner models for text-to-video, image-to-video, storyboarding, and full cinematic production. Includes:
  - **Soul 2.0** – Photorealistic image generation for fashion and editorial.
  - **Soul Cinema** – Cinematic-grade image generation.
  - **Higgsfield DOP** – Cinematic video generation.
  - **Keyframes** – AI storyboard generation.
  - **Cinema Studio** – Professional filmmaking workspace with 1,296 camera lenses, cinematic parameters, and color grading.
  - **Soul ID** – Character consistency system.
  - **Soul HEX** – Color control system.
  - **Reasoning Engine** – Proprietary layer that plans narrative structure, camera logic, and visual consistency before generation.
- **Higgsfield Earn** – Creator monetization program that pays creators for platform work and connects them with professional projects from Fortune 500 agencies, NBA teams, and fashion houses.
- **Enterprise Content** – Campaign production for Fortune 500 agencies.
- **Social Media Content** – Optimized for TikTok, Reels, and Shorts.
- **Product Video Ads** – Click-to-Ad generation from product URLs.
- **Pre-Production & Storyboards** – For directors and agencies.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation**: Over $1.3 billion (unicorn) as of 2025/2026 [higgsfield.ai](https://higgsfield.ai/about)
- **Key Metric**: Total funding reported as $138.25M (conflicting reports: LinkedIn shows $138.25M across multiple rounds; the careers page states "$130M raised in Series A") [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/higgsfield) | [careers.higgsfield.kz](https://careers.higgsfield.kz/)
- **Notable Investors**: Accel, Menlo Ventures, GFT Ventures, AI Capital Partners [higgsfield.ai](https://higgsfield.ai/about)
- **Growth Signals**:
  - 25 million users, 850 million total generations (300 million videos) [higgsfield.ai](https://higgsfield.ai/about)
  - 6 million generations per day (2 million videos per day)
  - Headcount: 193 employees, monthly growth +13.1% [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/higgsfield)
  - Operations in 35 countries; major offices in San Francisco (USA) and Almaty (Kazakhstan)
  - Covered by Reuters, Forbes, TechCrunch, Adweek, and OpenAI

## Competitive Advantages
- **Proprietary Cinematic Logic Layer**: A reasoning engine that plans narrative, camera motion, and visual consistency before any generation – differentiating from simpler text-to-video tools.
- **Full-Stack AI Infrastructure**: Combines in-house models (Soul series, DOP, Cinema Studio) with partner models (Sora 2, Kling 3.0, Veo 3.1) under one platform.
- **Creator-First DNA**: 40% of the team are filmmakers, producers, and creatives who shape the product roadmap.
- **Monetization Engine (Higgsfield Earn)**: Direct payouts and professional project matching create a self-reinforcing creator ecosystem.
- **Scale & Speed**: 200+ releases since launch; weekly shipping cadence.

## Strategic Focus
- Democratizing professional-grade video creation for all skill levels.
- Expanding enterprise and agency partnerships (Fortune 500 agencies already onboard).
- Deepening creator monetization and community-driven product development.
- Scaling the platform’s reasoning engine and model orchestration capabilities.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: "Built by creators, shaped by community" – a blend of ML engineers and award-winning filmmakers working in a tight feedback loop.
- **Growth Trajectory**: Unicorn status with 13% monthly headcount growth; positioned as a "next decacorn" by the company.
- **Hiring Speed**: Full process from first conversation to offer takes 1–2 weeks [careers.higgsfield.kz](https://careers.higgsfield.kz/)
- **Global Team**: Employees in 35 countries; office hubs in San Francisco and Almaty (Kazakhstan). Remote/hybrid policy not explicitly stated, but the distributed nature suggests flexibility.
- **Notable Perks**: Opportunity to work on cutting-edge AI video models, direct impact on a platform used by 25M creators, and the chance to join a unicorn in its early scaling phase.
- **Engineering Focus**: Strong emphasis on ML, backend engineering, and data annotation; top engineers from Central Asia are a key talent pool.

## Sources
1. [higgsfield.ai – About page](https://higgsfield.ai/about)
2. [higgsfield.ai – Homepage schema](https://higgsfield.ai/)
3. [LinkedIn – Higgsfield AI company page](https://www.linkedin.com/company/higgsfield)
4. [careers.higgsfield.kz – Careers page](https://careers.higgsfield.kz/)
5. [getlatka.com – Higgsfield AI profile](https://getlatka.com/companies/higgsfield.ai)
6. [jobs.ashbyhq.com – Higgsfield AI careers (provided by user)](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/higgsfieldai)

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