Senior Platform Security Engineer (Secure-by-Default)

Early Warning®; Scottsdale (AZ); Hybrid; USD 132,000 - 198,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare coverage

401(k) plan

Paid time off

Parental leave

Family planning support

Job summary

Early Warning is seeking a StaffPlatform Security Engineer in the United States. This role defines secure target states, architectures, standards, and control requirements for products and shared services, embedding security into the software and infrastructure lifecycle.

You will collaborate with product, platform, infrastructure, and security teams to ensure security is built in from the start. Ideal candidates have deep platform/security engineering experience, lead major initiatives, mentor

Qualifications

• Typically has 8 or more years of experience in platform/infra/software engineering.
• Deep experience in platform engineering, infrastructure engineering, software engineering, cloud infrastructure, security engineering, or a combination.
• Experience owning major technical initiatives involving secure design, control implementation, or engineering workflow transformation.
• Strong experience defining standards, patterns, or reusable solutions adopted across multiple teams.
• Experience influencing engineering decisions through technical expertise and cross-functional partnership.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills to explain complex risk and tradeoffs.
• Demonstrated mentoring or technical leadership experience.
• Bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent practical experience.

Responsibilities

• Leads complex platform security engineering initiatives spanning multiple systems, services, or engineering domains.
• Defines secure target states, reference architectures, design patterns, and technical standards for platform and shared engineering capabilities.
• Leads securing engineering and design reviews involving platform services, infrastructure patterns, and shared service integrations.
• Drives implementation of scalable controls and secure-by-default capabilities that reduce engineering friction while improving risk posture.
• Embeds security requirements into engineering workflows including CI/CD, infrastructure provisioning, deployment models, runtime operations, and service lifecycle management.
• Partners with information security engineering, product security, platform engineering, infrastructure, and developer teams to align design choices and delivery priorities.
• Leads evaluation and adoption of new platform security technologies, patterns, and automation opportunities.
• Translates policy and control expectations into practical engineering solutions and measurable implementation guidance.
• Identifies and drives remediation of systemic platform risks, recurring control failures, and engineering weaknesses.
• Mentors engineers, elevates technical practices, and contributes to a culture of secure engineering excellence.

Skills

Platform engineering

Security engineering

Cloud infrastructure

Infrastructure engineering

Engineering leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Technical standards

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

Job description

Early Warning is seeking a StaffPlatform Security Engineer in the United States. This role defines secure target states, architectures, standards, and control requirements for products and shared services, embedding security into the software and infrastructure lifecycle.

You will collaborate with product, platform, infrastructure, and security teams to ensure security is built in from the start. Ideal candidates have deep platform/security engineering experience, lead major initiatives, mentor