Senior Software Engineer - Security
AI is being run everywhere, by humans and agents. Harmonic Security governs all of it. The AI Governance and Control (AIGC) platform understands user / agent intent and data context in real time, giving security teams visibility and control across every tool and workflow so companies can move faster with AI while minimizing risk.
We operate in one of the fastest-moving spaces in tech: the emerging intersection of AI and cybersecurity. It's a market still being defined, and we're among the first to build natively for it - protecting sensitive data in real time, at the endpoint, with minimal friction for the teams using it. Enterprises get full visibility and control. Their people get to innovate without guardrails slowing them down.
Named to the Rising in Cyber 2026 list, Harmonic is gaining serious recognition and serious traction. We're led by deep cybersecurity expertise and backed by investors who know the space: N47, Ten Eleven Ventures, and In-Q-Tel.
As AI adoption inside the enterprise accelerates, the ability to safely observe, control, and enforce policy in real time isn't a nice-to-have. It's mission-critical infrastructure. That's what we build.
How We Work: AI-First by Design
Harmonic exists to help enterprises adopt AI safely and at scale. We hold ourselves to that same standard. Everyone here actively leverages AI tools to perform their best work — from deep research and writing to building robust processes and automating complex workflows. We expect every new hire to bring a genuine curiosity for AI and a commitment to using it to work smarter, faster, and with greater creativity.
For some, this involves tinkering and remaining open to emerging tools; for others, it means architecting entirely new systems with AI at the core. We will be transparent about expectations for every role and provide the tools and support needed for you to thrive.
About the Team
We sell security to some of the most demanding enterprise security teams in the world, and we've held ourselves to that bar from day one. Our engineers have already built a platform architecture we're genuinely proud of - strong foundations across authentication, data isolation, and secrets handling - but it's been built by generalist engineers who split their time across security and everything else on the roadmap. It's good precisely because good engineers cared about it, not because it had a specialist behind it. Now we want to bring in someone whose full-time focus is security architecture, to take that foundation and push it further than a generalist team has the bandwidth to.
This isn't an audit or compliance function, and it's not a rescue mission. It's an engineering one, building on top of something solid rather than starting from zero.
About the Role
We're looking for a Senior Product Security Engineer to become the authority on our platform's security architecture - and to write the code that embodies it. You'll inherit a platform where the fundamentals of authentication and authorization, secrets and key management, encryption, and multi-tenant data isolation are already in decent shape, and your job is to sharpen, harden, and evolve them with the depth a dedicated specialist brings that a generalist team can't. Once you set a standard, the rest of engineering builds to it - that's a formal mandate, not a suggestion. You'll spend the majority of your time writing production code, not producing reports on someone else's.
This is deliberately not a role for someone who wants to sit on a security team finding holes in what other people have already shipped. We want someone who'd rather build the fix into the architecture in the first place - hands-on, opinionated, and accountable for the outcome.
What You'll Do
Take formal ownership of Harmonic's platform security architecture - authentication and authorization, secrets and key management, encryption at rest and in transit, and multi-tenant data isolation - and evolve it beyond what a generalist engineering team has had the focus to do
Write production code that directly hardens and extends these patterns in our core platform, not just documentation describing them
Set security engineering standards for the wider engineering team, and have the mandate to enforce them - this isn't advisory
Manage your own backlog of platform security improvements, prioritized independently of the product roadmap
Run threat modeling and architecture reviews on major new systems and integrations before they ship, so security is designed in rather than retrofitted
Partner directly with engineering leads to embed the right patterns at design time, and support them in meeting the standards you set
Keep our own security posture ahead of what our most demanding enterprise customers and their security teams expect from us
Stay current on the threat landscape relevant to AI agent security, sensitive data handling, and multi-tenant SaaS platforms
What You Bring
6+ years of hands-on software engineering experience, with deep specialization in security architecture rather than general backend development
Proven track record designing and personally implementing platform-level security controls in production - OAuth/OIDC/SAML, encryption, secrets and key management, multi-tenant isolation
Strong grounding in threat modeling and secure-by-design principles, applied to real architectural decisions rather than theoretical frameworks
Comfort setting technical standards that other engineers are expected to follow, with the communication skill to bring people along rather than dictate from a distance
Experience with cloud security fundamentals (AWS, GCP, or Azure) - IAM, network security, container and Kubernetes security
A track record of shipping secure, reliable, production-grade code, not just reviewing or auditing someone else's
You Might Be a Fit if You
Have built or hardened platform-level security in a SaaS company that faces serious enterprise scrutiny (SOC 2, ISO 27001, customer security questionnaires, or similar)
Would rather build the fix into the architecture than find the next hole in someone else's code
Enjoy being the go-to authority on a topic and setting the standard, rather than gatekeeping other people's work
Are comfortable being the first specialist in this seat, inheriting a solid foundation and having the autonomy - and responsibility - to take it further
Understand not just how to build secure systems, but why specific architectural decisions matter for real attackers, not hypothetical ones
See the irony and the opportunity in a security company needing excellent security architecture of its own, and want to be the person who delivers it
Thrive in fast-paced startup environments where ambiguity is the norm
Leverage AI tools as an engineer to help you build smarter, faster and better
Why Join Us
This isn't just a job - it's a chance to help define a category. We're building at the intersection of AI and security, carving out an emerging market where the rules haven't been written yet, and the people who join now will write them.
We believe today's talent is tomorrow's success, and we're committed to creating an environment where you can do the best work of your life.
Recognized momentum - We made the Rising in Cyber 2026 list, a signal that the market is taking notice
Rare market opportunity - Join early in a category-defining company at the convergence of AI and security, where your work directly shapes how enterprises tackle one of the biggest unsolved problems in tech
Competitive pay and meaningful equity - A real stake in Harmonic's success, not a token gesture
Comprehensive benefits - 401K, pension plan, generous PTO, and flexible hybrid work
A small, high-trust team that values transparency, creativity, and continuous learning - no politics, no bureaucracy
Thoughtful leadership - that cares deeply about your growth, not just your output
Annual global off-sites - past trips include Lisbon, Portugal and Nashville, TN
Real ownership - you'll shape the platform, the culture, and the direction of the company from day one
Harmonic's Core Values
🌱 Flourish in the Unknown
We embrace new, unfamiliar situations that require initiative and rapid decision-making. We orient ourselves quickly and deliver results with minimal guidance.
🔥 Never Full
We raise our hands, take on challenges, and assist others whenever possible. We hunger for opportunities to learn and do more.
🤝 Perfect Harmony
We support one another to create cohesion and unity. We collaborate openly, share feedback honestly, and help everyone produce their best work