CareerPlan

Security Engineer

New YorkFull-time$240k–$300k2026-10-20 → 2026-11-10
On-site

Core

Build AI-native security mechanisms, secure foundations, and automated verification systems for Traversal's product and cloud infrastructure to safeguard enterprise customers.

Role type

Senior Security Engineer (AI-native security & infrastructure)

Builds

AI-native security mechanisms, secure foundations, automated verification systems, and security capabilities for products and cloud infrastructure.

Domain

AI infrastructure, cloud security, enterprise security

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Python, Rust, Go, application security, cloud security, risk assessment, authentication, authorization, distributed systems security, security architecture, system design, mentorship

Preferred skills

Infrastructure-as-code (Terraform), container orchestration (Kubernetes), detection engineering, offensive testing, formal methods for security

Technologies

Python, Rust, Go, Terraform, Kubernetes

Responsibilities

Design and ship secure libraries, defaults, and workflows; define and implement security invariants and guardrails; architect security systems for SaaS and BYOC deployments; lead multi-phase rollouts and migrations; mentor engineers and create reusable patterns.

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with technical direction