Staff Security Engineer, Walrus

Mysten Labs, Inc.; Toronto; À distance; CAD 255 000 - 373 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Mysten Labs, Inc. is hiring a Staff Security Engineer to partner with the Walrus team, providing deep architectural guidance and embedding security throughout the development lifecycle from design onward.

You will lead security assessments, promote a security-first culture, leverage AI-driven tooling, and mentor engineers to raise the security bar across the organization.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in CS/CE or equivalent.
• 8+ years of security engineering experience at Staff level (E6) or equivalent.
• Broad security generalist with infrastructure, application, and cryptographic focus.
• Experience building automated security tooling and using AI/ML for security at scale.
• Collaborating with engineering during design to mitigate high-risk design flaws.
• Excellent communication to influence technical direction and lead security initiatives.

Responsabilités

• Lead security assessments for new Walrus features and contribute to security initiatives across Mysten ecosystem.
• Promote a security-by-design culture before code is written in Walrus and broader Mysten organization.
• Leverage AI-driven tools and automation to identify and remediate low-hanging fruit for high-impact security research.
• Maintain a generalist security perspective on infrastructure and product security issues.
• Collaborate with engineering leadership to prioritize security roadmap items balancing features and security posture.
• Mentor senior and junior engineers, setting direction for security standards.

Connaissances

Security engineering

Security generalist

AI/ML tooling

Cryptography

Communication

Leadership

Architecture design

Formation

CS/CE degree

Description du poste

Mysten Labs’ mission is to advance the internet through step-function improvements in what technology makes possible. We build foundational infrastructure and products that give people, businesses, and developers new ways to interact, transact, and create value.

Our work spans on-chain finance and the emerging agent economy. Through Sui, Move, and our broader technology stack, we’re building the systems that make these experiences possible - from secure, scalable blockchain infrastructure to new ways for businesses and AI agents to interact.

The Role:

We are hiring a Staff Security Engineer to act as the primary security partner for the Walrus team, providing deep architectural guidance and embedding security practices throughout the development lifecycle, starting from the design phase.

What You’ll Do:

• Lead security assessments for new Walrus features while also contributing to security initiatives across the broader Mysten ecosystem, identifying systemic risks and providing actionable remediation plans for complex architectural challenges.
• Drive a "security-by-design" culture, ensuring that security considerations are front-and-center before code is written, within Walrus and the wider Mysten organization.
• Leverage AI-driven tools and advanced automation to identify and remediate low-hanging fruit, allowing the team to focus on high-impact, complex security research.
• Maintain a generalist security perspective, providing strategic oversight on broader infrastructure and product security issues as they impact Walrus and beyond.
• Collaborate with engineering leadership to prioritize security roadmap items, balancing feature velocity with the security posture of the platform.
• Mentor senior and junior engineers, setting technical direction for security standards and establishing best practices across the engineering organization.

What You’ll Have:

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or equivalent experience.
• 8+ years of industry experience in security engineering, with a proven track record of operating at a Staff (E6) level or equivalent.
• Extensive experience as a security generalist, capable of navigating infrastructure, application, and cryptographic security domains.
• Strong proficiency in building, deploying, and managing automated security tooling; demonstrated history of using AI/ML or advanced static/dynamic analysis to improve security outcomes at scale.
• Deep expertise in collaborating with engineering teams during the design phase to proactively identify and mitigate high-risk design flaws.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to influence technical direction and lead cross‑functional security initiatives.

Preferred Qualifications

What You’ll Have

• Technical understanding of decentralized storage, distributed systems, or the Web3 stack (prior experience is a plus, not a requirement).
• Experience leading security-focused transformations or implementing security-by-design frameworks in high-growth engineering environments.
• Ability to balance tactical, hands‑on security work with strategic long‑term planning and leadership.

Employment is contingent upon the successful completion of a background check, which may include verification of employment history, education credentials, criminal history, and other relevant information.

To support an efficient and fair hiring process, we may use technology-assisted tools, including artificial intelligence (AI), to help identify and evaluate candidates. All hiring decisions are ultimately made by human reviewers.

Our team is remote first and we are hiring across the world. Here at Mysten Labs, you’ll be joining a world-class team with tremendous growth potential as we bring the next billion users to web3. We raised a $300M Series B round from top Silicon Valley led venture funds like Jump Crypto, Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), Binance Labs, Redpoint, Lightspeed, Coinbase Ventures, Electric Capital, Standard Crypto, NFX, Slow Ventures, Scribble Ventures, Samsung Next, Lux Capital, among other investment firms and strategic partners. Come join us and build the future of web3!

Compensation Range: $180K - $264K