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Senior Security Engineer, Application & Platform Security

190k – 280kSan Francisco, CAHybrid6+ YOE
Summary

Senior Security Engineer drives security solutions for Sentry's cloud-based application and Kubernetes platform, partnering with engineering on architecture, threat modeling, and implementations. Requires 6+ years experience securing distributed systems, cloud/container environments, and programming in Python/Go/Rust.

About the role

Responsibilities

  • Lead highly impactful initiatives to solve critical security challenges, from idea formulation to design and implementation.
  • Work on cross company objectives to influence and achieve security objectives.
  • Research and evaluate new technologies to enhance the company's security posture with an eye towards scalability.
  • Identify potential threats and vulnerabilities in our systems and data, as well as help develop and implement solutions to safeguard them.
  • Enable cross-functional teams to implement security solutions aligned with Secure-by-Design concepts and standards.

Qualifications

  • 6+ years of industry experience designing, building, and supporting large-scale distributed systems in production.
  • Strong fundamentals in computer science skills.
  • Experience in securing container based environments in cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP) and their SDKs/APIs.
  • Degree in Computer Science or related field.
  • Experienced and comfortable programming in at least one language, with a strong preference for Python, Go, or Rust.
  • Applied knowledge of cryptography, PKI, TLS, and practical implementations.
  • An up to date understanding of the threat landscape as it pertains to SaaS companies.
  • Strong communication skills.

Compensation

Base salary range: $190,000 to $280,000 USD. Eligible for employee benefit plans including incentive compensation, equity grants, paid time off, and group health insurance.

Skills
KubernetesAWSAzureGoogle CloudPythonGoRustCryptographyPKITLS
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