Senior Security Engineer (Cybersecurity)

TL;DR

Senior Security Engineer (Cybersecurity): Building a security program from the ground up for a cloud networking platform with an accent on automated guardrails, developer-facing tooling, and cloud posture. Focus on integrating security checks into CI/CD, managing AWS infrastructure security, and establishing AI/ML security policies.

Location: Must be US-based. Remote for candidates outside the Bay Area; Hybrid (Tuesdays and Wednesdays in office) for those within commuting distance to San Francisco.

Salary: $215,280 – $286,000

Company

An all-in-one cloud networking platform that secures, transforms, and routes traffic to services running anywhere, trusted by over 9 million developers.

What you will do

• Audit current security tooling and cloud posture to create a prioritized security roadmap aligned with business goals.
• Ship developer-facing security tools, including automated CI/CD checks, secrets scanning, and dependency tracking.
• Conduct structured risk assessments across product and infrastructure to document and mitigate vulnerabilities.
• Establish policies and tooling for the secure use of AI within the engineering pipeline.
• Implement baseline detection and response capabilities, including log coverage and alerting processes.
• Own the end-to-end security engineering program and develop an internal security platform with reusable libraries.

Requirements

• Must be based in the United States and legally authorized to work without sponsorship.
• Professional experience in security engineering shipping tooling, automation, or infrastructure.
• Strong engineering fundamentals with proficiency in Go, Java, Rust, C, or C++.
• Hands-on experience with AWS security services (IAM, VPC, CloudTrail, GuardDuty).
• Ability to integrate security checks into CI/CD pipelines efficiently.
• Understanding of AI/ML security risks, such as prompt injection and insecure code generation.

Nice to have

• Experience building internal security platforms or developer-facing security tooling.
• Background in detection engineering, including writing rules and reducing alert fatigue.
• Experience securing networking or developer infrastructure products.

Culture & Benefits

• Full premiums covered for base healthcare, dental, and vision; partial coverage for dependents.
• 401(k) retirement plan with company matching up to 5%.
• Open and flexible vacation policy.
• Parental leave up to 16 weeks for birth parents and 8 weeks for new parents.
• Annual professional development budget and home office/desk stipend.
• Co-working space stipend for remote employees and bi-annual company offsites.