Principal Security Engineer
Core
Identify and analyze security vulnerabilities in operating system and platform components, develop mitigations, and integrate security into the engineering lifecycle.
Role type
Principal Security Engineer (Systems/OS Security)
Builds
Security tooling, detection capabilities, and systemic improvements for platform resilience.
Domain
Operating Systems, Platform Security, Systems Programming
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work
Required skills
vulnerability research, code review, fuzzing, reverse engineering, exploit development, memory safety protections, sandboxing, platform hardening, systems-level programming (C/C++/Rust), technical leadership, mentorship
Preferred skills
public or internal track record of relevant security research, design review, variant analysis
Technologies
C, C++, Rust
Responsibilities
Drive identification and analysis of security vulnerabilities across OS and platform components; Develop and influence mitigations and protections that reduce risk; Advocate for security with engineering teams to integrate security into the development lifecycle; Contribute to the development and scaling of security tooling and detection capabilities; Provide technical leadership and mentor peers on new approaches and best practices; Coordinate across teams to resolve vulnerabilities, threat attacks, and security issues.
