Staff Security Engineer — AI‑Augmented Security Lead

Auror Limited; Auckland; Hybrid; NZD 150,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Bonus eligibility

Shorter work weeks

Employee share scheme

Family-friendly policies

Support for personal growth

Job summary

Auror Limited in Auckland is seeking a Staff Security Engineer to join the Product & Engineering Security team. This role is vital for enhancing security within our technology stack by writing production code, leading threat modeling, and ensuring compliance with security best practices.

The ideal candidate will have significant experience in cloud platforms and a strong application security background, coupled with a passion for making a real difference in retail security. The company supports hybrid work but values in-person collaboration.

Qualifications

• Track record of writing production code and shipping changes in real systems.
• Comfort in unfamiliar codebases, partnering with teams to merge changes.
• Deep understanding of security defects and how to design them out.

Responsibilities

• Ship code directly in the Auror codebase.
• Build security tooling and automation to enhance the team's impact.
• Lead threat modeling and architecture reviews for major platform changes.

Skills

Application Security

Production Code Writing

Cloud Platforms (GCP, AWS, Azure)

AI and LLM Security

Infrastructure as Code (Terraform)

Incident Response

Communication Skills

Tools

SIEM tooling

GitHub Actions

Terraform

Job description

Auror Limited in Auckland is seeking a Staff Security Engineer to join the Product & Engineering Security team. This role is vital for enhancing security within our technology stack by writing production code, leading threat modeling, and ensuring compliance with security best practices.

The ideal candidate will have significant experience in cloud platforms and a strong application security background, coupled with a passion for making a real difference in retail security. The company supports hybrid work but values in-person collaboration.