Security Engineer

People Culture Talent; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

People Culture Talent is partnering with venture-backed tech firms to hire Security Engineers who build secure products, infrastructure, and scalable organizations. The role spans product, application, cloud, and infrastructure security, focusing on engineering-led security solutions and practical risk remediation.

Ideal candidates bring strong software engineering, scripting, or automation skills and a solid grasp of security principles, threat modeling, and secure SDLC integration.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in security engineering, application security, product security, or related security discipline.
• Strong software engineering, scripting, or automation skills are essential.
• Knowledge of modern cloud, application, and infrastructure security concepts.

Responsibilities

• Identify, assess, and remediate security risks across applications, infrastructure, and internal systems.
• Design and build security tooling, automation, and controls.
• Partner with engineering teams to integrate security throughout the software development lifecycle.
• Conduct architecture reviews, threat modeling, and technical security assessments.
• Improve cloud, infrastructure, identity, access, and secrets-management practices.
• Develop monitoring, detection, vulnerability-management, and incident-response capabilities.
• Help engineering teams understand and address security vulnerabilities.
• Establish scalable security practices as products and organizations grow.
• Contribute to security architecture and longer-term security strategy.

Skills

Software engineering

Scripting/Automation

Cloud security

Vulnerability assessment

Threat modeling

Job description

PCT partners with venture-backed technology companies looking for Security Engineers to help build secure products, infrastructure, and organizations as they scale.

Security roles across our portfolio may focus on product security, application security, cloud and infrastructure security, detection and response, security engineering, or a combination of these areas. We're interested in connecting with engineers who approach security as an engineering problem and enjoy building systems that make secure practices easier to adopt.

What You Might Work On

• Identify, assess, and remediate security risks across applications, infrastructure, and internal systems.
• Design and build security tooling, automation, and controls.
• Partner with engineering teams to integrate security throughout the software development lifecycle.
• Conduct architecture reviews, threat modeling, and technical security assessments.
• Improve cloud, infrastructure, identity, access, and secrets-management practices.
• Develop monitoring, detection, vulnerability-management, and incident-response capabilities.
• Help engineering teams understand and address security vulnerabilities.
• Establish scalable security practices as products and organizations grow.
• Contribute to security architecture and longer-term security strategy.

What We're Looking For

• Experience in security engineering, application security, product security, infrastructure security, or a related discipline.
• Strong software engineering, scripting, or automation skills.
• Knowledge of modern cloud, application, and infrastructure security concepts.
• Experience identifying vulnerabilities and translating security risks into practical technical solutions.
• Strong understanding of security principles, threat models, and common attack vectors.
• The ability to partner effectively with engineering teams rather than treating security as a separate function.
• Strong judgment and the ability to balance security, usability, speed, and business requirements.

About PCT

People Culture Talent helps VCs and venture-backed startups build thriving teams through exceptional Human Capital Management. We create people-first talent strategies for high-growth companies, partnering with organizations from pre-seed to IPO to transform their growth into a masterclass in scaling with purpose.

About Our Client Companies

PCT partners with exceptional venture-backed companies to build resilient, people-centric, diverse teams. Our clients span industries and stages, from pre-seed startups to companies preparing for IPO, including leading tech organizations like Notion, Lyft, Modern Health, Instacart, Uber, Google, Render, and GitHub.

Our clients are building and scaling sophisticated technology products and are looking for security engineers who can help ensure security evolves alongside the business rather than becoming an afterthought.

These companies share a commitment to building strong culture, high-performing teams, and innovative people programs. They're growing fast, scaling thoughtfully, and seeking exceptional talent to join their journey.