Security Engineer

Filetwigbay; Tupelo (MS); Hybrid; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work hours

Job summary

Two Sigma in Tupelo, MS seeks a Security Engineer who'd rather delete code than add it. This hybrid role offers a salary range of $70,000 to $100,000 with growth. You’ll tune databases, defend uptime, and shave latency as part of a hands-on tech team.

You’ll bring practical customer service and reliable execution in a mid-level, measurable path, contributing to secure auth flows and SOC 2 readiness within a collaborative hybrid environment.

Qualifications

• Communicator who writes the meeting recap nobody asked for but everyone reads.
• Reliability that earns you the hard assignments.
• Comfort being measured against a clear mid-level bar.
• Practical Customer Service skills sharpened in a hybrid setting.
• Curiosity that outpaces your current job description.
• Proven follow-through, measured in shipped things rather than good intentions.

Responsibilities

• Tune database queries and schemas for high-throughput workloads.
• Defend uptime during late-night Tupelo pages.
• Shave milliseconds off the hot path users feel.
• Wire up SOC 2 related feature flags for safe testing on Tupelo traffic.
• Deliver mid-level-quality features within the $70,000 - $100,000 mandate.
• Prototype Threat Modeling ideas quickly and shortlist those to adopt.

Skills

Reliability

Communication

Hybrid work

Curiosity

Follow-through

Job description

We're a deeply technical technology shop in MS hunting for a Security Engineer who'd rather delete code than add it. Strip away the buzzwords and here's the deal — $70,000 - $100,000, hybrid hours, and a technology team at Two Sigma that actually hands you the keys.

Key Responsibilities

• Tune database queries and schemas for high-throughput Two Sigma workloads
• Defend Two Sigma uptime through the 2 a.m. Tupelo pages nobody volunteers for
• Shave milliseconds off the technology hot path that Two Sigma users feel every click
• Wire up CISSP feature flags so Two Sigma can test on Tupelo traffic risk-free
• Deliver mid-level-quality features within the $70,000 - $100,000 Security Engineer mandate
• Prototype rough Threat Modeling ideas fast, then decide which earn a place in Two Sigma's stack
• Own the mid-level Resilience workstream that unblocks the rest of Two Sigma's Tupelo, MS roadmap
• Implement secure authentication and authorization flows using SOC 2 Compliance

What You'll Bring

• A communicator who writes the meeting recap nobody asked for but everyone reads
• The kind of reliability that earns you the hard assignments
• Comfort being measured against a clear mid-level bar
• Practical Customer Service skills sharpened in a hybrid setting
• Curiosity that outpaces your current job description
• Proven follow-through, measured in shipped things rather than good intentions

The remote-native culture at Two Sigma is what keeps our Tupelo, MS team building remarkable things together. We build psychological safety the boring way: by actually following through on what we say.

Beginning at $70,000 - $100,000, your growth is mentored, your benefits are full, and your hours flex to match life in Tupelo, MS.

Current and accurate as of this visit, the hybrid opening stands ready.