CareerPlan

Senior Software Security Engineer

San Francisco, CARemoteFull-time2026-10-13 → 2026-11-10
Remote

Core

Building the security function from the ground up to protect systems handling sensitive audit and compliance data, focusing on secure design, identity management, infrastructure security, and AI agent security.

Role type

Senior Software Security Engineer (building security function)

Builds

Secure frameworks, libraries, identity and secrets management systems, cloud security controls, and security models for AI agents.

Domain

Cybersecurity, Cloud Infrastructure, AI Security

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Identity and secrets management (OAuth 2.0, OIDC), Kubernetes security (RBAC, namespaces, network policies), Cloud security posture management, Threat modeling, Secure design principles, AI agent security (prompt injection, tenant isolation)

Preferred skills

SAST/dependency scanning, SAML/SPIFFE/SPIRE, LLM-based system security

Technologies

AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform, Python, TypeScript, GraphQL, Socket, Chainguard, GitHub Advanced Security

Responsibilities

Partnering with engineering to identify risks before deployment, building secure frameworks and libraries, hardening cloud security controls via IaC scanning, designing security models for AI agents, coaching engineering teams on secure design.

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC