Senior Software Security Engineer (Distributed Systems)

TL;DR

Senior Software Security Engineer (Distributed Systems): Enhancing security across development, vulnerability management, and infrastructure, focusing on securing scalable distributed systems on Google Cloud Platform. Focus on building automated security tools, leading vulnerability remediation, and conducting threat modeling with DevOps and Product teams.

Location: Must be based in the US

Company

hirify.global and Google Cloud have partnered to revolutionize customer relationship management (CRM) through advanced artificial intelligence (AI).

What you will do

• Build and integrate high-performance security tools into CI/CD pipelines (SAST/DAST, SCA, SIEM) to automate manual toil.
• Develop and secure Terraform/IaC templates to ensure cloud infrastructure is hardened by design.
• Lead the end-to-end vulnerability lifecycle, prioritizing remediation using a risk-based approach.
• Conduct threat modeling and architectural reviews with DevOps and Product teams.
• Act as the technical lead for audits (SOC2, ISO 27001), leveraging automation for consistent monitoring and risk closure.
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex security issues in production using distributed tracing and monitoring tools.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in Security Engineering with a focus on building tools.
• Strong experience in Go, Java, or Python with a solid grasp of Object-Oriented Programming and automation.
• Deep experience with GCP and Terraform for managing cloud security posture and infrastructure.
• Practical experience with network protocols, OS hardening (Linux), and modern attack vectors.
• A desire to work cross-functionally with DevOps to embed security into the SDLC.

Nice to have

• Experience in secure software development lifecycle (SDLC) practices.
• Familiarity with container security technologies (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes).
• Experience with developing or contributing to open source tools.

Culture & Benefits

• Working at the forefront of IDP, AI and cloud computing.
• Opportunity to build a platform on GCP to enable agentic solutions on hirify.global.