Founding Security Engineer (Product Security)
Core
Building the first dedicated security function for a video edutainment platform, focusing on automatic, continuous security tooling and secure defaults for products serving children, health, and payment data.
Role type
Founding individual contributor product security engineer
Builds
Internal security libraries, guardrails, and automated security tooling for engineering teams
Domain
EdTech, video streaming, mobile apps, AI/LLM applications
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | infrastructure
Required skills
Application and API security, Python or Go programming, Cloud security (IAM, secrets, network controls), Vulnerability management, Security incident management, CI/CD security integration (SAST/DAST/SCA)
Preferred skills
Data protection regulations (DPDP, SPDI/IT Act), Payment fraud prevention, Children's data compliance, AI/LLM security, ISO 27001 or SOC 2 experience
Technologies
Python, Go, CI/CD pipelines, Cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP implied), VAPT tools
Responsibilities
Enforce server-side authorization and defend against account takeover and payment tampering; Secure mobile and AI surfaces; Integrate security scanning into CI/CD; Manage cloud posture and threat detection; Run vulnerability management programs; Lead security incident response and postmortems; Build internal security platform libraries
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC building a function from scratch
