Senior Security Engineer, Data (Cybersecurity)

TL;DR

Senior Security Engineer, Data (Cybersecurity): Protecting the security and integrity of Tapestry’s data throughout its entire lifecycle with an accent on implementing technical guardrails within GCP environments and energy-specific data pipelines. Focus on shaping secure-by-design data systems that support innovation across a regulated and high-impact environment.

Location: Mountain View, CA (HQ). Generous PTO and flexible hybrid work model. US base salary range for this full-time position.

Salary: $166,000 - $244,000 + bonus + equity + benefits.

Company

Tapestry is Alphabet’s moonshot for the electric grid, working at the frontier where energy’s complexity meets AI’s potential.

What you will do

• Engineer and scale technical guardrails for data protection, including encryption-at-rest/transit and cryptographic key management.
• Partner with Data Engineering to design and implement secure data pipelines, focusing on data masking and integrity checks.
• Deploy and manage security tooling for data classification, mapping, and Data Loss Prevention (DLP) across the stack.
• Interface with Legal and Product teams to refine requirements for data retention, destruction, and privacy-by-design.
• Develop automated monitoring and access controls to ensure least-privilege principles for all Energy Sector data sets.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field.
• 5+ years of experience in security engineering with a specialization in Data Security or Privacy Engineering.
• Experience with large-scale data processing and modeling in cloud-native environments (GCP preferred).
• Proficiency in scripting or automation (Python, SQL, or Go) for data security automation and analysis.
• Strong grasp of foundational computer science concepts to optimize the performance of security controls within data-heavy applications.

Nice to have

• Working knowledge of power systems or electric grid data technologies.
• Experience with GCP data services (BigQuery, Spanner, Cloud Storage) and IAM governance.
• Knowledge of enterprise security architectures and compliance standards for regulated data.
• Experience with RDF or graph database security.

Culture & Benefits

• Competitive salary and equity.
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage.
• Generous PTO and flexible hybrid work model.
• 401(k) with employer contribution.
• Professional development.
• The ability to work on important real-world problems within an Alphabet-backed environment.