Senior Offensive Security Engineer

Responsibilities

• Lead penetration testing and adversarial simulation efforts targeting web applications, APIs, backend services, cloud infrastructure, and corporate networks
• Conduct threat emulation exercises, red-team scenarios, and targeted attack simulations to identify exploitable weaknesses
• Assess CI/CD pipelines, IAM configurations, and internal services
• Track emerging threats and develop custom exploits or proof-of-concepts to validate findings
• Partner with development, infrastructure, and IT teams to guide effective remediation and provide actionable risk assessments
• Contribute offensive security insights to secure system design and threat modeling processes

Requirements

• 5+ years of hands-on offensive security experience (AppSec, cloud, or enterprise penetration testing)
• Demonstrated experience leading complex penetration tests for web apps, APIs, and cloud platforms
• Strong proficiency in offensive tooling such as Burp Suite, Nmap, and Metasploit
• Familiarity with cloud-native attack vectors in AWS, Azure, or GCP
• Proficiency in at least one scripting or exploitation-oriented language (Python, Go, or JavaScript)
• U.S. Citizenship, Lawful Permanent Residency, or Refugee/Asylee Status required due to export regulations

Benefits

• Competitive base salary ($160,000 - $230,000 USD)
• Significant equity package via incentive stock options
• High-quality company-subsidized healthcare
• Disability and life insurance
• 401(k) retirement planning
• Flexible PTO
• Free on-site catered meals

About the Company

Astranis builds advanced satellites for high orbits, expanding humanity’s reach into the solar system. We provide dedicated, secure networks to highly-sophisticated customers across the globe, including large enterprises, sovereign governments, and the US military. Based in Northern California, we design, build, and operate our satellites from our 153,000 sq. ft. headquarters.