Senior Platform Engineer - Remote Security Tooling

Precisely US Jobs; United States; Remote; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Precisely in the United States is seeking a Senior Platform Engineer to lead security tooling and enablement within Platform Engineering for our global SaaS environment. This role emphasizes building platforms, automation, and guardrails that help engineering teams adopt security requirements across the software development lifecycle.

You will work at the intersection of Security, Platform Engineering, and development teams, serving as an individual contributor who can lead proofs of concept,

Qualifications

• 2+ years of experience in security/platform engineering or similar.
• Strong programming/scripting in Go, Python, or Bash.
• Experience with code scanning, SCA, secret scanning, container/image scanning, and cloud security posture.
• Familiarity with Kubernetes, IaC, Git workflows, and cloud platforms.
• Ability to lead technical initiatives and translate security needs into practical engineering solutions.

Responsibilities

• Lead security tooling across application security, dependency and supply chain security, artifact and container security.
• Design automation for vulnerability detection, patch planning, remediation tracking, and governed security workflows.
• Partner with Security and Engineering to implement policies as practical controls and guardrails.
• Improve developer experience by reducing noise and clarifying remediation for faster delivery without compromising security.
• Drive security-centric initiatives and OKRs with clear technical approaches and execution.
• Support ongoing health and improvement of security tooling, including AI-assisted automation where appropriate.

Skills

Go

Python

Bash

Kubernetes

Cloud platforms

Infrastructure as code

Security engineering

Tools

GitHub Advanced Security

JFrog Xray

Prisma

Black Duck

Checkmarx

Dependabot

Renovate

Job description

Precisely in the United States is seeking a Senior Platform Engineer to lead security tooling and enablement within Platform Engineering for our global SaaS environment. This role emphasizes building platforms, automation, and guardrails that help engineering teams adopt security requirements across the software development lifecycle.

You will work at the intersection of Security, Platform Engineering, and development teams, serving as an individual contributor who can lead proofs of concept,