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# Technical Lead (774) at Protegrity

- **Company:** Protegrity
- **Location:** Navi Mumbai, India
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** hybrid
- **Posted:** 2025-11-21
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-10
- **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/protegrity/8b0a058b-76dd-420b-b726-1afcbc9e364e/application

**Skills:** Python, Linux, Microservices Architecture, Docker, Kubernetes, AWS, GCP, Azure, Software Design, Debugging, Troubleshooting, Code Review, Software Performance Tuning, NIST Standards, OWASP, PCI-DSS, DevOps, CI/CD, Software Test Automation, Cryptography

> The Technical Lead will guide the development of the Protegrity platform, ensuring adherence to architectural standards and providing expert technical leadership. This role involves collaborating with architects and senior engineers to design, implement, and uphold best practices in microservices architecture, cloud...

## Job description

At Protegrity, we lead innovation by using AI and quantum-resistant cryptography to transform data protection across cloud-native, hybrid, on-premises, and open source environments. We leverage advanced cryptographic methods such as tokenization, format-preserving encryption, and quantum-resilient techniques to protect sensitive data. As a global leader in data security, our mission is to ensure that data isn’t just valuable but also usable, trusted, and safe.

Protegrity offers the opportunity to work at the intersection of innovation and collaboration, with the ability to make a meaningful impact on the industry while working alongside some of the brightest minds. Together, we are redefining how the world safeguards data, enabling organizations to thrive in a GenAI era where data is the ultimate currency. If you're ready to shape the future of data security, Protegrity is the place for you.

Protegrity is seeking a passionate and talented Technical Lead to join our team.

We need people who recognize the opportunity, can plan effectively, take action and execute in the enterprise marketplace with our intuitive, diverse, and future-forward global teams. So, are you up for collaborating with the best in data security?

Join us on this journey and make an impact with one of the top 25 global software providers. We look forward to making our world become a better place with you on our team.

## Role Overview

- You are a dedicated and accomplished Technical Lead invited to join our team. In this role, you will assume responsibility for guiding the development of the Protegrity platform, ensuring strict adherence to architectural standards, and providing expert technical leadership across multiple teams. Success in this capacity requires exceptional collaboration with architects and senior engineers, as well as the ability to advocate for innovative design principles and foster a culture of technical excellence throughout our product teams.
- This position is ideally suited for experienced professionals who excel at developing robust technological solutions and are motivated to oversee the complete end-to-end product delivery lifecycle.
- Eligible candidates should possess a minimum of six years of relevant experience in the design, development, and integration of application software, including a proven track record of leading technical teams. Applicants are expected to demonstrate versatility in programming, exhibit comprehensive knowledge of software design concepts, and remain informed about the latest advancements in technology.

## What You’ll Do

- Leverage advanced technical leadership capabilities and substantial industry experience to design, implement, and uphold best practices, offering trusted counsel to promote sustainable, long-term growth while cultivating highly credible relationships with all stakeholders.
- Remain at the forefront of industry and technological best practices and trends, with specific expertise in microservices architecture, Docker, Kubernetes, and other cloud technologies like AWS, GCP, Azure, to deliver value-added solutions.
- Adaptability to learn and enhance skills in the domain of data security alongside the product’s technical environment (Linux, hardware etc.)
- Participate in development and implementation of product specifications in conjunction with Product Management.
- Pay attention to feasibility, system/feature integration and performance expectations.
- Work with stakeholders in the company (E.g. Product Management, Architects, Engineers; but not limited to) to determine needs of new product features, releases and overall platform.
- Participate in all phases of technology development of a product release.
- Mentor and Collaborate with Product teams implementing releases in accordance with the architecture.
- Adhere to the requirements and guidelines for process, quality, security etc.
- Participating in Agile practices of the team/organization as a team player.
- Demonstrates teamwork and interpersonal skills.

## What You’ll Need

- 6+ years of post-bachelor’s degree experience in software development.
- 6+ years of experience in designing, developing, testing, and integrating application software using Python and Linux, with demonstrated proficiency in microservices architecture and hands-on experience with containerisation technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes.
- Knowledge of Public Cloud technologies like AWS/GCP/Azure.
- Should be strong at debugging, troubleshooting, profiling own’s code as well as reviewing that of peers.
- Sufficient knowledge of office productivity tools to represent formal exchange of technical content communication especially architecture and design.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills along with good rapport and collaboration with teammates.
- Background to computer science and systems
- Proficient in Python programming, with expertise in Microservices Architecture, Docker, and Kubernetes.
- Experience with AWS, GCP, or Azure public cloud platforms
- Skilled in application design and architecture.

## Nice to have

- Knowledge of software performance measurement and tuning
- Understanding of software security requirements and associated standards like NIST, OWASP, PCI-DSS etc.
- Has gone through a devops cycle, CI/CD pipelines and software test automations.
- Knowledge of cryptography and cryptographic algorithms
- Knowhows of Agile process for product delivery.

Should you accept this position, you will be required to consent to and successfully complete a background investigation. This may include, subject to local laws, verification of extended education and additional criminal and civil checks.

We offer a competitive salary and comprehensive benefits with generous vacation and holiday time off. All employees are also provided access to ongoing learning & development.

Ensuring a diverse and inclusive workplace is our priority. We are committed to an environment of acceptance where you are free to bring your full self to work. All qualified applicants and current employees will not be discriminated against on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability or veteran status.

Please reference Section 12: Supplemental Notice for Job Applicants in our [Privacy Policy](https://www.protegrity.com/privacy-policy) to inform you of the categories of personal information that we collect from individuals who inquire about and/or apply to work for Protegrity USA, Inc., or its parent company, subsidiaries or affiliates, and the purposes for which we use such personal information.

## About Protegrity

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Protegrity provides a unified data-centric security platform that enables enterprises to protect sensitive data across clouds, analytics, and AI while staying compliant.
- **Entity Type**: Private (funding stage not publicly disclosed)
- **Headquarters**: Stamford, Connecticut, United States
- **Founded**: 1996
- **Founders**: Not publicly available

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: Computer and Network Security / Data Protection
- **Target customers**: B2B – large enterprises across regulated industries (finance, healthcare, tech)
- **Mission or purpose statement**: "Protect the world’s most sensitive data wherever it resides" and "Activate Data. Secure Knowledge. Trust AI." (from protegrity.com)

## Products & Services
- **ProtegrityAI Enterprise Edition**: Centralized data protection for hybrid environments – includes discovery, governance, protection (tokenization, encryption, masking), privacy (anonymization, synthetic data), and semantic guardrails for AI. [protegrity.com/product]
- **ProtegrityAI Team Edition**: Deployed for departmental workloads with data-level protection and policy controls for faster, safer innovation. [protegrity.com/product]
- **ProtegrityAI Developer Edition**: Drop-in APIs for notebooks, CI/CD, and pipelines to protect real data during build/test with guardrails for prompts and outputs. [protegrity.com/product]
- **Additional offerings**: Secure Agents, Secure Inferencing, Compliance controls, Quantum-resilient data protection. [protegrity.com]

## Market Standing
- **Valuation / Market Cap**: Not disclosed
- **Key Metric**: Annual Revenue – USD 74.5M (LinkedIn estimate)
- **Notable Investors / Partners**: Not publicly available (parent company is Xcelera Inc. per LinkedIn)
- **Growth Signals**: 
  - Headcount: 263 employees (‑0.8% YoY) [LinkedIn]
  - Operates in 15 countries including India, UK, Portugal, Sweden, Singapore [LinkedIn]
  - Over 120 patents granted/pending, 20+ years in data security [protegrity.com/about-us/our-company]
  - LinkedIn followers: 28,513 (+6.4% yearly) [LinkedIn]

## Competitive Advantages
- **Data-centric protection** that works consistently across clouds, data platforms, models, and analytics – not tied to a single infrastructure.
- **Over 120 patents** and a two‑decade track record of innovation in data privacy/security.
- **Integrated AI security** – protects data at the layer before AI interacts with it (retrieval, reasoning, output), enabling safe use of enterprise knowledge.
- **Quantum resilience** – preparing for post‑quantum threats (mentioned in career page and CEO bio).

## Strategic Focus
- **Enabling secure AI adoption**: Protecting sensitive data used in AI agents, RAG workflows, training pipelines, and model inferencing.
- **Quantum‑safe security**: Building defenses that remain effective in a post‑quantum era.
- **Expanding platform capabilities**: Continuing to unify discovery, governance, protection, and privacy into a single control plane.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: "Bold thinking, technical excellence, and a drive to make a global impact" – collaboration, curiosity, continuous learning. [protegrity.com/about-us/careers]
- **Work environment**: Operates in 15 countries; remote/hybrid policy not explicitly stated but global presence suggests flexibility.
- **Benefits** (varies by region): Medical/dental/vision, 401K/pension, 15–25 days annual leave, paid parental leave, learning & development reimbursement, Employee Assistance Program, long‑term disability. [protegrity.com/about-us/careers]
- **Engineering focus**: Work on "cutting edge AI innovation with quantum safe technologies"; technical roles make up 37% of workforce. [LinkedIn]
- **Hiring process**: Human‑reviewed résumés, conversations with hiring manager and senior leadership, final interview with exec. [protegrity.com/about-us/careers]

## Sources
1. [Protegrity Homepage](https://www.protegrity.com/)
2. [Protegrity About Us](https://www.protegrity.com/about-us/our-company)
3. [Protegrity Careers](https://www.protegrity.com/about-us/careers)
4. [Protegrity LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/protegrity)
5. [Protegrity Products](https://www.protegrity.com/product)

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