Staff Software Engineer, Product Security
Staff Software Engineer builds security into AI platform, owns product security roadmap, reviews critical code like authentication/access control, leads cross-functional initiatives, and mentors engineers on secure practices. Requires 8+ years in product/application/offensive security with proven vulnerability remediation track record.
About the job
What You'll Do
- Define and own the product security roadmap, prioritizing initiatives based on risk, business impact, and engineering org maturity.
- Establish and evolve security posture across the engineering organization, setting standards that scale with the company.
- Partner with Product Engineering, Infrastructure, and Platform teams to incorporate secure design principles at every stage of development.
- Own and review security-critical code across key parts of the product, including authentication and access control.
- Architect secure-by-default libraries and tools that make the secure path the easiest choice for developers.
- Drive mitigation strategies during security-related incident responses, coordinating cross-functional efforts.
- Mentor engineers and raise the security bar across teams through code reviews, design reviews, and technical guidance.
What You Have
- 8+ years of experience in product security, application security, offensive security, and/or security-focused software engineering.
- Long track record of identifying and remediating software vulnerabilities, demonstrated through CVEs, bug bounty awards, published research, or prior work experience.
- Track record of leading complex cross-functional security initiatives and delivering measurable improvements, with demonstrated ability to influence engineering teams without direct authority.
- Experience mentoring senior engineers and developing security talent within an engineering organization.
- Strong programming skills with demonstrated experience writing high-quality, production software.
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills, particularly when translating security risks into business terms for non-security stakeholders.
Nice to Have
- Experience building security programs or practices at hyper-growth startups.
- Background with cloud environments (Azure, GCP, AWS) and cloud-native security patterns.
- Experience with AI/ML systems and emerging security considerations for LLM-based applications.
Compensation
$220,000 - $330,000
Skills
Product Security, Application Security, Offensive Security, Authentication, Access Control, Cloud Security, AWS, Azure, GCP, Ai/Ml Security, Llm Security, Penetration Testing, Vulnerability Remediation, Secure Coding, Incident Response
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