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Senior Offensive Security Engineer

San Mateo, CA💼 Full-time💰 $196,750–$196,750🗓 2026-07-23 → 2026-09-26

Core

Conduct offensive security assessments and breach attack simulations to validate detection mechanisms and strengthen defense capabilities for a global 3D platform.

Role type

Senior Offensive Security Engineer (Purple Team)

Builds

Security testing tools, BAS frameworks, and automation scripts for repeatable testing.

Domain

Cybersecurity (Offensive Security, Detection Engineering, Cloud Security)

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work

Required skills

Python, Go, full-stack security assessments, breach attack simulation, purple team exercises, exploit development, post-exploitation, reverse engineering, cloud security (AWS/Azure/GCP), container security, CI/CD pipeline security, API security, security metrics development

Preferred skills

SOAR platforms, configuration management, MITRE ATT&CK, PTES, EDR, SIEM, XDR

Technologies

Python, Go, AWS, Azure, GCP

Responsibilities

Perform full-stack security assessments across web applications, APIs, cloud infrastructure, and backend systems; collaborate with detection engineers on purple team exercises and threat emulation; develop custom security testing tools and automation scripts; design frameworks to measure security control effectiveness and detection coverage; research latest attack techniques and methodologies.

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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