Senior AI-Driven Security Engineer for Cloud Storage

Backblaze; United States; Remote; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote-first culture

Competitive compensation and benefits

Job summary

Backblaze, a large-scale cloud storage and backup platform, seeks a senior, hands-on application security professional embedded directly in product engineering. The role emphasizes building security into how the product is used, how customer data is stored, and how new features are delivered, with active use of AI tools across development and security tasks.

Responsibilities include designing security features for a distributed web stack, conducting security assessments and code reviews, and

Qualifications

• Hands-on security experience embedded in product engineering.
• Active use of AI tools for both coding and security tasks.
• Strong understanding of OWASP Top 10 vulnerabilities and experience with security testing tools.
• Familiarity with web technologies (HTTP, REST APIs) and cloud environments.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain software security features across a large, distributed web stack, using AI-assisted development to accelerate and harden the work.
• Perform security assessments and code reviews on internal and customer-facing applications, and partner with engineers to remediate vulnerabilities using AI tools.
• Develop security automation and internal tooling to streamline detection, review, and remediation workflows.
• Operate and support the bug bounty program, including triaging newly reported vulnerabilities, determining remediation paths, and guiding engineering teams on fixes.
• Apply and extend knowledge of cryptography and secure authentication across the platform, and design new components as security needs evolve.
• Investigate emerging vulnerabilities in existing applications, recommend practical remediations, and contribute security expertise to feature design discussions.

Skills

AI-assisted coding

Application development

OWASP Top 10

Programming languages

Tools

SAST/DAST tools

Fuzzing tools

Vulnerability scanners

Cloud/web security tooling

Job description

Backblaze, a large-scale cloud storage and backup platform, seeks a senior, hands-on application security professional embedded directly in product engineering. The role emphasizes building security into how the product is used, how customer data is stored, and how new features are delivered, with active use of AI tools across development and security tasks.

Responsibilities include designing security features for a distributed web stack, conducting security assessments and code reviews, and