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SocketSocketUnited States

Staff Security Engineer

Owns end-to-end security including application, cloud infrastructure, operational security, incident response, and compliance at a growth-stage security company. Ships production TypeScript, builds tooling, and drives security roadmap while fostering engineering culture.

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RemoteSecurity Engineering

About the role

Responsibilities

  • Improve Socket's security posture: own application security, cloud infrastructure hardening, operational security, and IT security.
  • Write code and build tooling to make the secure path the default for engineers.
  • Roll out identity and access controls, close gaps across the stack, and continuously reduce risk.
  • Assess, prioritize, and drive the security roadmap; balance quick wins with longer-term improvements.
  • Run incident response and external security operations: build 24/7 process, triage vulnerability reports, manage pentests, coordinate fixes.
  • Maintain SOC 2 compliance and drive new certifications (e.g., ISO 27001).
  • Raise security awareness: train engineers, run phishing simulations, build trust with teams.

Requirements

  • Owned security broadly at a growth-stage company or strong software engineer moving into full security ownership.
  • Ship production TypeScript.
  • Breadth across security domains (AppSec, CloudSec, OpSec) with fast learning.
  • Fluent in cloud infrastructure (GCP): VPCs, IAM, secret management, networking.
  • Self-directed operator who executes across fronts without direction.

Nice-to-Haves

  • Communication and teaching skills to foster security culture.

Benefits

  • Market competitive salary bands.
  • Meaningful equity program.
  • Comprehensive health benefits.
  • Flexible time-off, holidays, winter shutdown.
  • Paid parental leave.
  • Remote-first with quarterly off-sites.

Skills

TypeScriptGCPIAMVpcsAppsecCloudsecOpsecSOC 2ISO 27001Incident Response
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