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title: 'Principal Solutions Engineer - APAC at Obsidian Security'
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# Principal Solutions Engineer - APAC at Obsidian Security

- **Company:** Obsidian Security
- **Location:** Remote
- **Compensation:** $228k–$286k
- **Work type:** remote
- **Posted:** 2026-09-14
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-14
- **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/obsidiansecurity/jobs/5286170008

## Job description

Obsidian Security is the leading SaaS security platform, trusted by global enterprises like Snowflake, T-Mobile, and Algolia. We protect 200+ organizations across North America, Europe, the Middle East, Southeast Asia, Australia, and New Zealand, including many of the world’s largest Fortune 1000 and Global 2000 companies.

Founded in 2017 and backed by top investors like Greylock, Obsidian was built to close a critical gap: securing SaaS apps where business happens—Microsoft 365, Salesforce, and hundreds more. The company does this by offering a complete SaaS security platform to reduce risk, detect and respond to threats, and prevent breaches at the source. Obsidian was built by leaders who redefined endpoint and identity security at CrowdStrike, Okta, Cylance, and Carbon Black. Now, they’re transforming how SaaS is secured.

With AI driving rapid SaaS growth and complexity, agentic AI tools gain privileged access to sensitive data through integrations, creating new risks most security tools miss. Obsidian uniquely detects anomalous OAuth token activity and manages integration risks. Major announcements are on the horizon. Recognizing that SaaS security needs to evolve, Obsidian enables growing organizations to start with a lightweight, prevention-focused browser extension and expand coverage over time.

With global momentum, a growing partner ecosystem including SentinelOne, Databricks, and Google Cloud, and a major fundraise ahead, Obsidian is scaling rapidly toward long-term growth and IPO readiness.

About the Team: We're looking for high energy and ambitious individuals to join our customer-facing teams. You will be the tip of the spear for our technical engagement and will be an ambassador for our company, people, and technology.

About the Role: We are hiring a talented Principal Sales Engineer to join our team. If you're excited to be part of a winning team, Obsidian Security is a great place to make an impact. A Principal Sales Engineer is responsible for actively driving and managing the technical evaluation stage of the sales process and mentoring and building the team. You will work with the sales team to technically advise on the sales of Obsidian solutions and is a subject matter expert on SaaS security challenges and solutions. It is the Principal Sales Engineer's responsibility to partner with prospects in a technical and educational capacity throughout the sales cycle and be the advocate for the customer back to product management and engineering. You will work closely with the leadership team to build out the rest of the extended team in the respective regions. The ideal candidate is aggressive, collaborative, and knowledgeable, has worked in an offensive or defensive cybersecurity role, and has strong software engineering abilities.

- Prepare and deliver technical presentations explaining Obsidian solutions to prospective and existing customers.
- Partner internally and externally to assess security needs and to determine requirements and alignment of Obsidian solutions to prospect pain points.
- Conduct solution proof-of-value engagements to obtain technical wins.
- Conduct field reconnaissance to provide feedback and insights to product management and engineering.

Qualifications for Principal Sales Engineer:

- A strong blend of communication abilities and technical skills to be the field-facing technical ambassador for Obsidian
- Expert-level knowledge of cybersecurity, especially Cloud and SaaS security concerns
- Experience interacting with APIs, integrations, and middle-ware
- Competitive and market intelligence reconnaissance abilities
- Understanding of routes to market and ability to represent Obsidian with a wide variety of partnerships
- Experience with cybersecurity solution stacks and how Obsidian is complementary or competitive
- Presentation skills for crafting and delivering thought-leadership presentations at security conferences and webinars
- Willingness to travel depending on customer opportunities and role
- A strong commitment to the Obsidian Code:
- Customers Win, We Win.
- One Obsidian, One Score.
- Do Great Things Together.
- Everyone is a Pioneer.

Employee Benefits

Our competitive benefits packages are designed to support our employees' well-being, both at work and at home.  Our US based employees enjoy:

- Competitive compensation with equity and 401k
- Comprehensive healthcare with dental and vision coverage
- Flexible paid time off and paid holiday time off
- 12 weeks of new parent or family leave
- Personal and professional development resources

For more details on our US benefits, or for information on our international benefits, please see [here](https://app.rippling.com/benefits/preview/76xr7qaxl1xvkd3z).

Pay Transparancy

Please note that the base pay range is a guideline and for candidates who receive an offer, the base pay will vary based on factors such as work location, as well as the knowledge, skills and experience of the candidate. In addition to a competitive base salary, this position is eligible for equity awards and may be eligible for sales commission or incentive compensation based on the role or function within the company.

At Obsidian, we are proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. We value diversity and hire for talent, passion, and compassion. In compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be required to submit satisfactory proof of identity and legal authorization.  If you have a need that requires accommodation, please contact accommodations@obsidiansecurity.com

Information collected and processed as part of any job applications you choose to submit is subject to Obsidian’s [Applicant Privacy Policy](https://www.obsidiansecurity.com/privacy-policy/).

Base Salary Range $228,000—$286,000 AUD

## About Obsidian Security

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Obsidian Security provides an end-to-end AI and SaaS security platform that gives enterprises continuous visibility, runtime guardrails, and audit-ready evidence across human, agentic, and non-human activity.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Series B)
- **Headquarters**: Palo Alto, California, USA
- **Founded**: 2017
- **Founders**: Glenn Chisholm (Co-Founder & CTO) and other co-founders including Brian Murphy (Co-Founder & Chief AI Officer)

## Core Business
- **Primary industry/industries**: Cybersecurity (SaaS Security Posture Management, AI Security Posture Management, Identity Threat Detection and Response)
- **Target customers**: B2B, Enterprise – Fortune 1000 and Global 2000 companies (e.g., Snowflake, T-Mobile, Pure Storage) across financial services, telecommunications, healthcare, manufacturing, hospitality, and entertainment.
- **Mission statement**: “Be the trust layer for enterprise AI adoption – enabling every organization to embrace the power of SaaS and AI without fear, confusion, or compromise.”

## Products & Services
- **SaaS Security Posture Management (SSPM)**: Unified visibility into misconfigurations, access drift, and compliance gaps across third-party enterprise applications (Salesforce, Workday, Microsoft 365, ServiceNow, etc.).
- **AI Security Posture Management (AISPM)**: Full visibility into every AI agent and GenAI application in the environment, including access, behavior, and data exposure.
- **Identity Threat Detection and Response (ITDR)**: Runtime detection of threats across humans, connected apps, and AI agents, with response capabilities to prevent incidents.
- **SaaS Supply Chain Resilience**: Reduces risky integrations, detects third-party threats early, and contains blast radius from vendor breaches.
- **Self-learning AI + Knowledge Graph**: Real-time, normalized mapping of every identity, access event, activity, and risk across the entire SaaS and AI estate.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not disclosed (private)
- **Key Metric**: Total Funding – **$90M (Series B)** raised from top investors.
- **Notable Investors/Partners**:
  - Investors: Greylock Partners, Norwest Venture Partners, IVP, GV (Google Ventures), Menlo Ventures, SYN Ventures, Wing Venture Capital.
  - Board members include Venky Ganesan (Menlo Ventures), Asheem Chandna (Greylock), Gaurav Garg (Wing Venture Capital).
  - Ecosystem partners: SentinelOne, Databricks, Google Cloud.
- **Growth Signals**:
  - Protects more than **200 organizations** across North America, Europe, Middle East, Southeast Asia, Australia, and New Zealand.
  - Customer roster includes **2 of top 3 financial services firms**, **3 of top 5 telecom carriers**, **6 of top 10 hospitality/entertainment companies**, **7 of top 10 manufacturers**, **10 of top 12 healthcare providers**.
  - Expanded from SaaS security to AI security in 2025; strong global momentum and a new fundraise on the horizon.
  - Headcount likely growing (34 open positions as of search date).

## Competitive Advantages
- **Network Effects**: Every live customer threat and signal feeds a shared model, sharpening detections across all customers before they become incidents.
- **Knowledge Graph Technology**: Unified, normalized, real-time mapping of all identities, access events, and risks across the entire SaaS and AI estate – a data foundation competitors lack.
- **SaaS-native & AI-native**: Purpose-built for environments where data lives in third-party apps and AI agents, not behind a firewall.
- **Team Expertise**: Leadership team includes category-defining security veterans from CrowdStrike, Okta, Cylance, and Carbon Black.

## Strategic Focus
- **Scaling globally** with growing partner ecosystem and a major fundraise expected.
- **Deepening AI Security** as enterprises connect AI tools and agents to sensitive data.
- **Expanding coverage** across non-human identities (service accounts, API tokens, AI agents) which now outnumber human identities in enterprise application estates.
- **Continuing to build the "trust layer"** that enables safe AI adoption at scale.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: Described as a passionate team “optimizing for impact” by solving big cybersecurity challenges. Values include customer obsession, ownership, delivery excellence, and data ethics (the “Obsidian C.O.D.E.”).
- **Remote/Hybrid/Office**: Headquarters in Palo Alto, CA. Many roles appear location-specific (e.g., Principal Product Security Engineer, Staff Enterprise Security Engineer – Palo Alto). Expected hybrid/on-site presence.
- **Notable Benefits** (US employees):
  - Competitive compensation with equity and 401k.
  - Comprehensive healthcare (medical, dental, vision).
  - 12 weeks of new parent or family leave.
  - Flexible paid time off and paid holiday time off.
  - Personal and professional development resources.
- **Growth Opportunity**: Highly funded, fast-growing cybersecurity startup backed by top-tier VCs; opportunity to shape a new category (SaaS+AI security) while working with elite enterprise customers.

## Sources
1. [Obsidian Security – Company Website](https://www.obsidiansecurity.com/)
2. [Obsidian Security – Who We Are](https://www.obsidiansecurity.com/company)
3. [Obsidian Security – Careers](https://www.obsidiansecurity.com/careers)
4. [Obsidian Security – Job Board (Greenhouse)](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/obsidiansecurity)
5. [Obsidian Security – LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/obsidiansecurity)

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