Security Software Engineer, Infrastructure Security (Staff or Senior)
Core
Design and build scalable security controls and services for MongoDB Atlas multi-cloud infrastructure, ensuring adherence to highest security standards across compute, networking, and identity.
Role type
Staff/Senior Infrastructure Security Software Engineer
Builds
Secure-by-default infrastructure, security primitives, APIs, automation, and tooling for CSPM, vulnerability management, and workload identity.
Domain
Cloud Security / Site Reliability Engineering / Multi-cloud (AWS, Azure, GCP)
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | infrastructure
Required skills
Linux security mechanisms (AppArmor, SELinux, seccomp, cgroups), Kubernetes security ecosystem, eBPF, Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform), Cloud provider security best practices, Systems mindset, Programming (Java, Golang, Rust, Python, or C/C++)
Preferred skills
Experience building runtime monitoring, CSPM, or vulnerability management platforms
Technologies
Linux, Kubernetes, eBPF, Terraform, AWS, Azure, GCP, Grafana, Splunk, Victoria Metrics, OPA/Gatekeeper, Kyverno, Falco, Tetragon
Responsibilities
Design and build core security primitives and services; Build secure-by-default infrastructure using Linux security mechanisms and Kubernetes; Develop APIs, automation, and tooling for security posture management; Integrate security into CI/CD and infrastructure-as-code workflows; Lead complex projects end-to-end; Collaborate with SRE and platform teams to define secure architectures.
Seniority
Staff/Senior, hands-on IC