Remote Engineering Tech Lead, Product Security (Kubernetes)

Vcluster; United States; Remote; USD 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive Salary with equity

Premium Insurance (health, dental, etc

Flexible working schedule

Remote-first culture

Job summary

VCluster Labs, a remote-first, globally distributed company, seeks an Engineering Tech Lead focused on Product Security to build secure infrastructure software. Lead hands-on penetration testing on Kubernetes, own vulnerability response, and model threats for new features while guiding secure design and reviews across engineering teams.

You'll collaborate to improve security practices, review CVE lifecycle processes, and drive patch releases, contributing to the platform's secure evolution in a

Qualifications

• Hands-on penetration testing in production systems.
• Knowledge of Kubernetes attack surface, RBAC, and policy best practices.
• Deep knowledge of Kubernetes internals and controllers (Kubebuilder/controller-runtime).
• Experience threat modeling and reviewing security designs for production systems.
• Experience with vulnerability ownership, CVE lifecycle, and patch releases.

Responsibilities

• Penetration testing: Test our products and infrastructure for exploitable weaknesses, with a focus on Kubernetes and container isolation.
• Owning vulnerability response: Triage, prioritize, and fix security issues in our code and dependencies through to a patched release.
• Threat modeling new features: Review security‑sensitive designs early, identify risks, and help teams make sound security decisions as the platform evolves.
• Code and design reviews: Participate in code reviews, design reviews, and technical discussions with the rest of the engineering team.
• Improving security practices across engineering: Help engineers build secure defaults into the product.

Skills

Penetration testing

Kubernetes expertise

Threat modeling

Code reviews

Security practices

Tools

Kubernetes

Kubebuilder

controller-runtime

client-go

Job description

VCluster Labs, a remote-first, globally distributed company, seeks an Engineering Tech Lead focused on Product Security to build secure infrastructure software. Lead hands-on penetration testing on Kubernetes, own vulnerability response, and model threats for new features while guiding secure design and reviews across engineering teams.

You'll collaborate to improve security practices, review CVE lifecycle processes, and drive patch releases, contributing to the platform's secure evolution in a