First Security Engineer -- AI-Driven Product Defense

Fuel Talent; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Fuel Talent is partnering with a well-funded seed-stage startup to build an AI-powered analytics platform. We are seeking the first full-time security engineer to own security across detection and remediation. You will build scanning tooling, identify issues, and drive fixes with the team rather than handing them off.

This role emphasizes collaboration over gatekeeping in a small startup. You will secure customer-facing products, contribute end-to-end security tooling, and help define the

Qualifications

• 5+ years of engineering experience with 3+ years in security detection/remediation.
• Strong software engineering skills in a TypeScript/Node/React/Postgres stack.
• Experience securing customer-facing products.
• Ability to build security tooling and automation.
• Hands-on use of AI coding tools in daily workflows.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain threat detection and scanning infrastructure.
• Own remediation of security issues end to end.
• Develop reusable secure components and practices.
• Secure a customer-facing product across the full stack.
• Help define the company’s long-term security function.

Skills

Security detection

Remediation

TypeScript

Node.js

React

PostgreSQL

AI coding tools

Tools

TypeScript

Node.js

React

PostgreSQL

Job description

Fuel Talent is partnering with a well-funded seed-stage startup to build an AI-powered analytics platform. We are seeking the first full-time security engineer to own security across detection and remediation. You will build scanning tooling, identify issues, and drive fixes with the team rather than handing them off.

This role emphasizes collaboration over gatekeeping in a small startup. You will secure customer-facing products, contribute end-to-end security tooling, and help define the