Remote Security Engineer — Build & Own Security Program

Kodex; United States; Remote; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Kodex is hiring a Security Engineer to own the security program end-to-end as we scale. You will lead CorpSec, SecOps, and compliance efforts from a hands-on position on a small team, writing playbooks, running incident response, and shaping tooling as we grow.

This is a U.S.-based remote role with high autonomy and exposure to SOC 2 audits, security tooling, and cross-functional collaboration. You will influence security culture and drive concrete security outcomes for customers.

Qualifications

• 4–6 years of security engineering experience.
• Hands-on operator who builds programs from scratch.
• Mac fleet security experience.
• CorpSec + SecOps depth: detection, incident response, phishing defense.
• SOC 2 audit experience.
• Excellent communication skills to document playbooks clearly.

Responsibilities

• CorpSec & SecOps: detect, respond, and prevent in a Mac-first environment; manage SentinelOne, phishing defenses, and IR playbooks.
• Compliance & Audit: drive SOC 2 / Vanta program and own the January–February audit cycle.
• Identity & Access: own Okta and Google Workspace; enforce least-privilege guardrails.
• Detection & Observability: build alerts and dashboards in Datadog; close visibility gaps.
• Vendor & Third-Party Risk: review vendors and integrations; keep Vanta as truth.
• Security Culture: write clear docs, create practical training, and publish usable playbooks.

Skills

Security engineering

Hands-on

Mac-first

CorpSec

SecOps

SOC 2

Communication

Education

CS degree

Tools

Datadog

SentinelOne

Okta

Google Workspace

Vanta

Job description

Kodex is hiring a Security Engineer to own the security program end-to-end as we scale. You will lead CorpSec, SecOps, and compliance efforts from a hands-on position on a small team, writing playbooks, running incident response, and shaping tooling as we grow.

This is a U.S.-based remote role with high autonomy and exposure to SOC 2 audits, security tooling, and cross-functional collaboration. You will influence security culture and drive concrete security outcomes for customers.