Staff Software Engineer, Security

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain highly scalable, distributed software systems for core security engineering
• Develop high-throughput control integrations and data pipelines for security telemetry (IAM, logs, vulnerability scanners)
• Architect advanced metrics engines and real-time dashboards for compliance and risk visibility
• Scale product security controls by integrating automated checks within CI/CD pipelines
• Manage critical platform security services including PKI, SPIFFE/SPIRE, and HashiCorp Vault
• Provide technical direction, mentorship, and architectural oversight to the security engineering team

Requirements

• 8+ years of professional software development experience
• 5+ years of production-grade programming in Go or Rust
• 4+ years of experience managing applications at scale on Kubernetes and public cloud
• Proven track record designing high-QPS, fault-tolerant distributed systems
• Strong experience with GCP or AWS
• Deep familiarity with CI/CD and Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) tooling
• Expert-level proficiency in distributed systems and infrastructure automation
• Deep operational experience with Kubernetes internals and operator development
• Experience implementing identity and secrets management (HashiCorp Vault, SPIFFE/SPIRE)

Preferred Qualifications

• Advanced understanding of authentication and authorization at scale
• Experience engineering security tools for AI/ML or high-performance computing environments
• Active contributor to open-source security engineering projects

Benefits

• Competitive compensation and equity packages (RSUs)
• Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance
• 401(k) retirement plan with up to 4% company match
• Paid parental leave and volunteer time off
• Professional development and tuition reimbursement
• Daily meals allowance and commuter benefits