Senior Security Engineer
This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Senior Security Engineer based in United States.
This role offers the opportunity to shape and strengthen security practices within a mission-driven technology environment.
You will serve as a hands-on security expert, combining strong software engineering skills with deep application and infrastructure security knowledge.
The position focuses on embedding security throughout the development lifecycle while partnering with engineering, product, IT, and legal teams.
You will help define security strategy, improve technical defenses, and build scalable processes that protect users and systems.
This is a highly collaborative role for an engineer who prefers leading through technical execution rather than governance alone.
You will have the autonomy to influence architecture, tooling, and security culture while contributing directly to a growing platform used worldwide.
This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Senior Security Engineer based in United States.
This role offers the opportunity to shape and strengthen security practices within a mission-driven technology environment.
You will serve as a hands-on security expert, combining strong software engineering skills with deep application and infrastructure security knowledge.
The position focuses on embedding security throughout the development lifecycle while partnering with engineering, product, IT, and legal teams.
You will help define security strategy, improve technical defenses, and build scalable processes that protect users and systems.
This is a highly collaborative role for an engineer who prefers leading through technical execution rather than governance alone.
You will have the autonomy to influence architecture, tooling, and security culture while contributing directly to a growing platform used worldwide.
Accountabilities
- Define and execute the security strategy, roadmap, and initiatives to continuously improve overall security posture.
- Act as a security subject matter expert, advising engineering, product, IT, and legal teams on best practices and risk management.
- Lead application security efforts, including threat modeling, secure architecture reviews, code reviews, and secure software development lifecycle improvements.
- Establish and improve secure coding standards, vulnerability management processes, and security engineering practices.
- Implement and maintain security tooling such as SAST, DAST, SCA, vulnerability scanning, and related security automation solutions.
- Build and maintain security tools, automation workflows, and infrastructure-as-code solutions to improve operational security.
- Implement security controls across applications, APIs, and infrastructure environments.
- Partner with engineers to improve authentication, authorization, encryption, and data protection capabilities.
- Strengthen cloud security practices, including identity and access management, networking, secrets management, logging, and monitoring.
- Integrate security controls into CI/CD pipelines and help create automated security checks throughout the development process.
- Support compliance initiatives, including security frameworks, audits, policies, and regulatory requirements.
- Help develop a security-focused culture by sharing knowledge, improving processes, and enabling teams to make better security decisions.
- 7+ years of hands-on software engineering experience with a strong technical foundation.
- Proven experience in application security, including threat modeling, secure code reviews, and integrating security into software development processes.
- Experience securing cloud environments such as AWS, GCP, or Azure, including identity management, networking, and infrastructure security.
- Ability to operate at both strategic and tactical levels by defining security direction while actively building and implementing solutions.
- Strong understanding of secure software development practices, vulnerability management, and security architecture principles.
- Experience implementing security tooling such as SAST, DAST, SCA, SIEM, or vulnerability management platforms.
- Strong communication skills with the ability to translate technical security concepts into clear recommendations for different audiences.
- Experience working collaboratively with engineering, product, legal, and operational teams.
- Familiarity with compliance frameworks such as SOC 2 or ISO 27001.
- Experience building security programs within startup, scale-up, or high-growth environments is preferred.
- Relevant security certifications such as CISSP, CCSP, CSSLP, or OSCP are a plus.
- Competitive annual base salary range of $160,000 to $188,000.
- Comprehensive medical, dental, orthodontic, and vision coverage.
- 401(k) matching program.
- Flexible paid time off policy designed to support work-life balance.
- Paid parental leave and volunteer days.
- Mindfulness and wellness initiatives.
- Monthly technology stipend and home office setup support.
- Professional development stipend to support continued learning and growth.
- Charitable donation matching program.
- Remote-first work environment with flexibility and trust.
- Opportunity to contribute to a meaningful mission while working with a collaborative engineering team.
In this role, you will own and advance security initiatives while remaining deeply involved in engineering execution. You will help establish secure development practices, strengthen infrastructure protection, and collaborate across teams to ensure security is built into every layer of the organization.
Requirements
The ideal candidate is an experienced software engineer who has developed strong security expertise and enjoys solving complex technical challenges through hands-on execution. You should be comfortable balancing strategic security direction with practical implementation.