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Principal Security Engineer

United States, Multiple Locations, Multiple Locations💼 Full-time🗓 2026-08-25 → 2026-09-26

Core

Partner with engineering teams to identify and mitigate security risks early in the development lifecycle through threat modeling, security design reviews, and architecture assessments for cloud and AI-powered services.

Role type

Principal Security Engineer (Cloud & AI)

Builds

Secure-by-design improvements, security guidance, reference architectures, and remediation strategies for complex product portfolios.

Domain

Cloud security, AI security, distributed systems, identity solutions

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | infrastructure

Required skills

threat modeling, security design reviews, architecture assessments, secure software development practices, risk mitigation strategies, distributed systems design, cloud platform security, API security, identity solutions security, AI-enabled application security, security strategy leadership, organization-wide risk reduction initiatives, senior engineering leadership influence, security standards development

Preferred skills

AI and automation capabilities for security assessments, mentoring engineering teams, enabling self-service security capabilities, fostering secure development practices

Technologies

cloud platforms, APIs, identity solutions, AI-enabled applications

Responsibilities

Identify and mitigate security risks early in the development lifecycle, develop security guidance and reference architectures, leverage AI and automation to scale security assessments, mentor engineering teams, influence senior engineering leadership, shape security standards and guidance

Seniority

Principal, strategy & mentorship

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