Security Engineer, AWS & Automation — Build & Protect Scale

Gamma; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 310,000; Full time

Job summary

Gamma is seeking a security engineer to help protect our platform as we scale to serve hundreds of millions of users. You\'ll write code to solve security problems, conduct architecture reviews, lead vulnerability management, and drive compliance initiatives such as SOC 2 and ISO 27001.

You\'ll collaborate with product, engineering, and compliance teams to make security foundational rather than reactive, with an in-office culture in San Francisco and flexibility for focus work from home when

Qualifications

• 5+ years of software engineering experience with 2–3 years focused on security engineering or application security.
• Strong hands-on experience securing AWS environments (IAM, VPC, security groups, CloudTrail, GuardDuty).
• Proficiency in Python, TypeScript/Node.js, or Go with experience building security tools.
• Experience with OWASP Top 10 and implementing security controls in CI/CD and infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, CloudFormation).
• Clear communicator who works well embedded with product engineering teams.
• Background in penetration testing, offensive security, and SIEM/log analysis.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement security controls across Gamma's AWS infrastructure and application layer.
• Build security tooling and automation to detect, prevent, and respond to threats at scale.
• Conduct security reviews of architecture designs, code, and infrastructure changes.
• Lead vulnerability management, coordinate bug bounty responses, and drive remediation priorities.
• Develop and maintain security monitoring, alerting, and incident response capabilities.
• Partner with engineering teams on secure coding practices and threat modeling.

Skills

Security engineering

CI/CD security

Secure coding

Penetration testing

Communication with teams

SaaS growth experience

Tools

AWS IAM

AWS VPC

CloudTrail

GuardDuty

Terraform

CloudFormation

Node.js

Job description

Gamma is seeking a security engineer to help protect our platform as we scale to serve hundreds of millions of users. You\'ll write code to solve security problems, conduct architecture reviews, lead vulnerability management, and drive compliance initiatives such as SOC 2 and ISO 27001.

You\'ll collaborate with product, engineering, and compliance teams to make security foundational rather than reactive, with an in-office culture in San Francisco and flexibility for focus work from home when