Founding Security Engineer

Founding Security Engineer Company: Bitsmith Technologies Job Location: Pune, Maharashtra, India Employment Type: Full-time Were Hiring: Founding Security Engineer At Bitsmith Technologies, we build SPEAR investigation technology for Indian law enforcement. Its already in use with police in Maharashtra. Because our users are police, security is the foundation of everything we build, not a feature. Im looking for a founding security engineer to own SPEARs security from day one. You might be the one if you: Application security: threat modeling, secure code review, OWASP-style issues, authn/authz design, session management, and fixing real vulnerabilities in production systems. Cloud and infrastructure security: IAM least-privilege, secrets management and rotation, network controls, encryption in transit and at rest, secure configuration of compute/storage/databases, and hardening public-cloud environments. Access control and multi-tenancy: designing or reviewing RBAC/ABAC, tenant isolation, privilege escalation prevention, and auditability of admin actions. Logging, monitoring, and audit trails: building or operating systems where security events are captured, protected, retained, and useful for investigations and compliance. Incident response: detection, containment, evidence handling, post-incident analysis, and communicating with stakeholders when something goes wrong. Data protection and compliance: classifying sensitive data, implementing controls around it, and working with (or learning) Indian requirements such as CERT-In guidelines and the DPDP Act (security safeguards, purpose limitation, data principal rights, breach notification). Security operations basics: vulnerability management, dependency/supply-chain risk, secure SDLC practices, and knowing when and how to run or interpret penetration tests. How it works: Before funding: Work with us alongside your current job, with flexible hours, a founding ESOP grant from day one, and a monthly stipend. After the round: Move to full-time at a market-level salary, with your ESOP still vesting. Interested, or know someone whod fit Message me or write to *. Conversations stay confidential. Hiring #Cyber Security #GovTech #Public Safety #Startups .