--- title: 'Solutions Consultant at Adaptive Security' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/solutions-consultant-adaptive-security-new-york-g4sqn939r8rp' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-09-08' --- # Solutions Consultant at Adaptive Security - **Company:** Adaptive Security - **Location:** New York, NY - **Employment:** full-time - **Work type:** onsite - **Posted:** 2026-09-08 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-08 - **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/adaptivesecurity/ae929ab3-1f19-4ef5-86b7-9fd57906b00a ## Job description ## About Adaptive Adaptive is a cybersecurity startup on a mission to stop AI-powered cyberattacks. In December 2025, the company announced an $81M Series B led by NVIDIA and Bain Capital Ventures, with participation from Capital One Ventures, Citi Ventures, and continued support from Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), the OpenAI Startup Fund, and Abstract Ventures. The round marked NVIDIA’s first AI cybersecurity investment. Adaptive was founded by Brian Long and Andrew Jones, repeat entrepreneurs who have built and scaled category-defining companies. Brian and Andrew previously co-founded Attentive, which grew to more than $500M in annual revenue and a $10B+ valuation, and TapCommerce, which was acquired by Twitter. Together, they bring deep experience building high-growth, product-led businesses at massive scale as Adaptive builds the security layer for the AI era. Trusted by leading banks, technology companies, and healthcare organizations, Adaptive protects teams from emerging threats like deepfakes, smishing, and AI-powered voice scams. With rapid enterprise adoption and a $200B+ market ahead, the company is just getting started. ## The Role We're looking for a Solutions Consultant to serve as the technical backbone of our pre-sales process. You'll partner closely with Account Executives to field technical questions from prospects, run proof-of-concept evaluations, and act as the trusted technical voice throughout the deal cycle. This is a high-ownership role for someone who can move fluidly between technical conversations and hands-on prospect support, and who wants to shape how a fast-growing security company sells to its most sophisticated buyers. ## Responsibilities - Run proof-of-concept evaluations for prospects considering whether to purchase Adaptive products, including providing hands-on technical support - Serve as the technical liaison between prospects and internal Engineering and Product teams, surfacing requirements and feedback that shape the roadmap and escalating any issues as needed - Conduct technical calls with prospects - answering product and technical questions for accounts not running a POC - Partner with internal teams (Product, Design, Leadership) to continuously improve the prospect experience, tools, and processes. - Strive to exceed prospect expectations in response quality, timeliness, and overall satisfaction, ensuring their evaluations are successful ## Qualifications - 3-5 years of experience in Solutions Consulting, Customer Success, Sales Engineering, or a similar customer-facing technical role, ideally at a SaaS or cybersecurity company - Strong technical fluency with the ability to speak credibly to security, IT, and technical buyers - Comfort running structured evaluations (POCs), including managing timelines and prospect expectations - Ability to troubleshoot and work with Engineering to solve problems - Exceptional organizational, project management, and time management skills - Strong presentation, communication, and written skills - A proactive, adaptable mindset with comfort operating in a fast-paced, high-growth startup environment ## What We Offer - The opportunity to define and standardize the customer experience from day one, ensuring your work directly shapes how we scale. - A supportive, inclusive environment where every team member’s contribution is valued. - A culture that promotes continuous learning and growth, with access to resources and mentorship to advance your skills and career. - The chance to work on challenging products that will impact millions of people. ## Compensation & Benefits - Competitive compensation and a fantastic office atmosphere. - Premium healthcare and wellness benefits. - Catered lunch in the NYC office, Monday - Friday. Environment - This role is located in New York City, requiring the candidate to work onsite five days a week. - You’ll be part of a highly collaborative team that values real-time communication and hands-on problem solving. Ready to Apply? If you are eager to apply your skills in a dynamic, collaborative environment, and are passionate about building robust onboarding and support systems, we would love to hear from you. Join us in defining how our company scales, and become a cornerstone of our customers’ success. ## About Adaptive Security ## Company Overview - **One-liner**: Adaptive Security is a next-generation security awareness and AI phishing simulation platform that protects organizations from AI-powered threats such as deepfakes, vishing, smishing, and spear phishing. - **Entity Type**: Private (Series B; total funding $145M+) - **Headquarters**: New York, New York, United States (also offices in Los Angeles and San Francisco) - **Founded**: 2024 - **Founders**: Brian Long and Andrew Jones ## Core Business - **Primary industry**: Computer and Network Security (security awareness training and human risk monitoring) - **Target customers**: B2B, serving enterprises and SMBs (700+ customers including Figma, Major League Baseball, PayPal, and Plaid) - **Mission**: “Redefining what it means to protect organizations in the age of AI” – building a next-generation security platform to meet AI-driven threats ## Products & Services - **Security Awareness Training Platform**: Interactive, scenario-based modules that build real-world skills in security, compliance, and AI-driven threats. Training can be personalized to each employee and includes hyper-realistic AI executive deepfakes and company OSINT. - **Phishing Simulations (Email, SMS, Voice)**: Multi-channel simulations powered by AI and OSINT, including custom AI personas and spear phishing campaigns that mirror real attacker techniques. Voice phishing (vishing) is supported with recent upgrades. - **Phish Reporting Button with AI-Powered Triage**: Employees can flag suspicious messages while AI handles triage at scale. - **Dynamic Risk Scoring**: Quantifies individual and organizational risk using real user behavior. - **Executive Exposure Monitoring**: Identifies risks through OSINT analysis that require immediate attention. - **AI Content Creator**: Allows admins to customize any training module in seconds using natural language. - **Integrations**: Seamless connections with existing tech stacks (e.g., SIEM, HR platforms). ## Market Standing - **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly disclosed - **Key Metric**: Total funding of **$145M+**, with a $55M Series A in May 2025 led by Andreessen Horowitz and OpenAI Startup Fund, followed by a Series B led by Bain Capital Ventures (amount undisclosed) - **Notable Investors**: NVIDIA, OpenAI, Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), Bain Capital Ventures - **Growth Signals**: - Headcount grew from 36 to ~200 in one year (+224.7% YoY) - Operates in 7 countries (US, UK, Australia, Canada, Chile, Brazil, Bangladesh) - Average product rating of 4.9/5 stars with a Net Promoter Score of 94 - Customers include well-known brands such as Figma, PayPal, Plaid, and Major League Baseball ## Competitive Advantages - **AI-native platform**: Built from the ground up to address AI-powered threats rather than adapting legacy tools. - **Hyper-realistic simulations**: Uses publicly available OSINT and deepfakes of a company’s own executives to create the most convincing phishing tests. - **Personalized risk remediation**: Automatically launches custom training and simulations based on each employee’s risk profile. - **Founder expertise**: Co-founders previously built Attentive (SMS marketing platform worth hundreds of millions) and TapCommerce (acquired by Twitter), giving them deep experience in personalization and scaling software. ## Strategic Focus - Continuing to expand the platform’s capabilities for AI-driven threat detection and response (e.g., voice phishing, deepfake detection). - Scaling globally – already active in 7 countries with plans to grow further. - Deepening integrations with enterprise security stacks and HR platforms. - Hiring aggressively across engineering, sales, customer success, and machine learning roles. ## Why Work Here - **Culture**: Emphasizes “Human-First, Always” and “Move Faster than Threats.” The team is described as engineers, operators, former founders, and security practitioners who have built products in high-stakes environments. - **Work model**: Offices in New York (HQ), Los Angeles, and San Francisco. Likely hybrid/flexible (company culture page mentions “how we work” but does not mandate full remote – candidates can check specific roles). - **Benefits**: - Competitive salary + meaningful equity - 100% covered medical, dental & vision - Unlimited PTO - Unlimited budget for workstation + learning - Snacks, drinks & catered meals - Commuter benefit - **Engineering culture**: Focus on builders – speed is a core value (“Attackers iterate daily. So do we.”). Team includes senior engineers and machine learning specialists. - **Growth**: Explosive headcount growth (200+ employees in ~18 months) signals a fast-scaling environment with career advancement opportunities. ## Sources 1. [adaptivesecurity.com](https://www.adaptivesecurity.com/) 2. [adaptivesecurity.com/careers](https://www.adaptivesecurity.com/careers) 3. [adaptivesecurity.com/about](https://www.adaptivesecurity.com/about) 4. [linkedin.com/company/adaptivesecurity](https://www.linkedin.com/company/adaptivesecurity) 5. 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