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Senior Security Engineer - US

United States (Remote)RemoteFull-time2026-10-15 → 2026-11-10

Core

Senior Security Engineer embedding security into the build and ship process, partnering with engineering on design reviews, hardening the platform, and building automation tooling.

Role type

Senior Security Engineer (IC)

Builds

Automation tooling, self-service security processes, and hardened cloud infrastructure

Domain

Cybersecurity, Cloud Infrastructure (AWS, Kubernetes)

Required skills

AWS security, Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform/Terragrunt), Kubernetes/EKS security, Golang, Incident investigation and RCA, SOC 2 compliance, Identity/Access Management (IAM), Cloud environments (EKS, Aurora, OpenSearch, S3)

Preferred skills

Offensive security/red teaming, Aurora or managed OpenSearch expertise

Technologies

AWS, EKS, Aurora, OpenSearch, S3, IAM, Terraform, Terragrunt, Golang, Crowdstrike, Wiz, Security Hub, Google Workspace

Responsibilities

Partner with engineering on design reviews, threat modeling, and secure-by-default patterns; Review and harden IaC across cloud environments; Lead least-privilege IAM decomposition; Build automation for detection, response, and compliance; Improve onboarding/offboarding and alert triage pipelines; Support disaster recovery testing and resilience exercises.

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC