Software Engineer, Security
Summary
First dedicated security engineer at an early-stage cybersecurity company building enterprise identity software. Day to day: build security systems (secrets, certificates, audit logging), partner on secure design and threat modeling, develop detections and incident response, and drive SOC 2/ISO 27001/GDPR compliance using Go, Python, GCP, and Kubernetes.
About the Role
Join an early-stage cybersecurity company building enterprise identity software as its first dedicated security engineer. You will partner with engineering across the product lifecycle and take hands-on ownership of security systems, product security, detection, and compliance.
What You'll Do
Build and maintain security systems, including secrets management, certificate infrastructure, audit logging, and vulnerability management.
Partner with engineering on security reviews, threat modeling, secure design, code review, and vulnerability remediation.
Develop detection capabilities and improve triage and incident response processes.
Drive security compliance work from an engineering perspective, including SOC 2, ISO 27001, GDPR, and CCPA.
Contribute across product security, corporate security, and compliance, with the opportunity to help grow the security function.
What We're Looking For
At least 5 years of security engineering experience, with recent hands-on product or application security work at a B2B SaaS or fintech company.
Production Go development experience building services or security systems, plus Python experience for detection and triage automation.
Experience with detection engineering and incident response, including SIEM or detection-as-code tools such as Splunk, Panther, or Sigma.
Experience building or contributing to security programs in early-stage environments and collaborating across teams as a security generalist.
Knowledge of cloud and Kubernetes security, including GCP, and familiarity with OAuth, SAML, OIDC, or WebAuthn.
Experience with SOC 2, ISO 27001, and GDPR, as well as secure design and threat modeling.
Compensation & Benefits
Base salary: $200,000 to $250,000 USD annually. Visa sponsorship is available.
Location
Fully remote within the United States.
Skills
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