Senior Security Engineer, Device

Location: San Francisco, California, United States of America

Salary: $107,400–$155,700 per year

Company

hirify.global IQ is hirify.global’s AI innovation lab, developing intelligent technologies and AI-enabled devices across hirify.global’s product portfolio.

What you will do

• Develop and implement security features for embedded and connected devices, including secure boot, key management, encryption, device identity, and data protection.
• Design and maintain secure software components across embedded, AOSP, Linux, and Windows environments using C, C++, Java, or related languages.
• Collaborate with CoreOS, firmware, design, hardware, and cloud engineering teams to integrate security capabilities into products.
• Contribute to TrustZone, TEE, kernel-level, hardware-backed security, biometric sensor, and secure communication implementations.
• Participate in threat modeling, security reviews, vulnerability analysis, testing, remediation, debugging, and secure SDLC activities.
• Investigate software and system-level security issues and contribute to solutions that improve product security and reliability.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Cybersecurity, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• Typically 2–4 years of professional software engineering experience, including embedded systems, operating systems, firmware, or security-related development.
• Programming experience in C, C++, Java, or a similar systems programming language.
• Foundational understanding of software and device security concepts, including secure boot, cryptography, authentication, access control, PKI, or application sandboxing.
• Experience developing or debugging software in embedded, Linux, AOSP, Windows, or similar environments.
• Understanding of debugging, testing, code reviews, source control, and software development lifecycle practices.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with engineers and cross-functional partners to solve technical problems.
• Strong interest in developing expertise in device security, cryptography, privacy, and secure systems.

Nice to have

• Experience or coursework involving embedded systems, consumer electronics, IoT, operating systems, firmware, or device security.
• Familiarity with AOSP or Linux security technologies such as TrustZone, TEE, Android Verified Boot, Keystore, or SELinux.
• Familiarity with cryptographic concepts, authentication mechanisms, certificates, or PKI.
• Exposure to hardware-backed security, secure elements, TPMs, biometric systems, or trusted execution environments.
• Experience with security testing, vulnerability analysis, threat modeling, or secure coding practices.
• Familiarity with privacy and security frameworks or standards such as GDPR, CCPA, or ISO.
• Curiosity and a desire to continue developing expertise in security, privacy, embedded systems, and emerging technologies.

Culture & Benefits

• Flexible work environment with autonomy and startup-style agility backed by hirify.global’s global scale.
• Health, dental, vision, disability, life insurance, employee assistance, and flexible spending account benefits.
• Four to twelve weeks of fully paid parental leave based on tenure, 11 paid holidays, vacation, and sick leave.
• Opportunity to work on AI-powered intelligent computing and workplace transformation.