Software Engineer, Security
Builds internal security tooling, implements detection systems, assesses vulnerabilities, and partners with engineering teams to enhance Render's security posture. Requires 6+ years in software engineering or security with experience in secure web apps and vulnerability analysis.
About the job
Responsibilities
- Build internal tooling to enable secure access to resources (e.g., wrappers, utilities, authentication services, and proxies).
- Implement detection and monitoring systems that alert the team to high signal vulnerabilities.
- Analyze and assess security issues identified through threat modeling, penetration testing, security scans and vulnerability disclosure.
- Work with developers on sensitive code paths and educate them on secure design patterns.
- Liaise with customers regarding their security and compliance needs, and inform our security program.
- Communicate security risks and solutions to technical and non-technical stakeholders as part of company-wide planning and prioritization processes.
- Stay up-to-date with the latest security threats, vulnerabilities, and best practices and make recommendations for improvements to our security posture.
- Partner with product engineering teams to inform and build thoughtful security features for our customers.
- Continually ensure that our systems have appropriate authentication, authorization, and accounting with low internal overhead.
Requirements
- 6+ years of professional experience in software engineering or security.
- Experience designing and building secure web applications, tools, and APIs.
- Experience with vulnerability review and analysis.
- Strong incident leadership and diligent response.
- Empathy toward the rest of the team and our customers.
- Strong sense of ownership and ability to make pragmatic decisions about your work.
Nice-to-haves
- Detection engineering experience through implementation and maintenance of a SIEM.
- Experience with any of the technologies the Render product runs on: Go, Typescript, Kubernetes, Postgres, Terraform, Temporal.
- Experience with compliance frameworks such as SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA or PCI.
- Proven expertise in exploiting common security vulnerabilities, demonstrating practical experience in identifying and leveraging vulnerabilities to assess security posture.
- Experience securing applications and systems through threat modelling and risk assessments.
- Active participation and contributions to the security community through public research, blogging, presentations, and other means.
Benefits
- Equity with early-exercise options and extended exercise windows.
- 4 weeks of paid vacation.
- 14 weeks of fully paid parental leave.
- Long-term disability, life insurance, and 401K plans.
- 100% employer-paid medical coverage and 99% employer-paid dental and vision coverage for you and a dependent. FSAs and HSAs are available.
- Monthly lifestyle stipend for wellness, mental health and therapy, hobbies, etc.
- Monthly cell phone and internet subsidy.
- Commuter benefits for Renders in the Bay Area, and home office stipends for remote Renders.
- Continuous learning benefits & related support.
Skills
Go, TypeScript, Kubernetes, Postgres, Terraform, Temporal, SIEM, SOC 2, ISO 27001, Threat Modeling
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