Software Engineer, Security

True Talent Solutions Partners; United States; Remote; USD 180,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

True Talent Solutions Partners is hiring a security engineer for an early-stage cybersecurity software company focused on identity and access management. As the first dedicated security engineer, you will work with product and engineering to build secure systems and guide product decisions.

You will own security across the product, develop detection and incident response capabilities, and drive compliance efforts (SOC 2, ISO 27001, GDPR, CCPA) from an engineering perspective while helping to

Qualifications

• 5+ years of security engineering experience in SaaS/fintech space.
• Production Go engineering experience building services or security systems.
• Experience with detection engineering and incident response (SIEM or detection-as-code).
• Cloud and Kubernetes security experience including GCP; familiarity with OAuth, SAML, OIDC, WebAuthn.
• Collaborative with engineering teams; startup/0-to-1 experience is a plus.
• Identity and access management or enterprise security software exposure.

Responsibilities

• Own security across the product and company, partnering with engineering throughout development.
• Build security systems including secrets management, certificate infra, audit logs, vulnerability management.
• Lead security reviews, threat modeling, and secure design consultations with engineering teams.
• Drive compliance (SOC 2, ISO 27001, GDPR, CCPA) from an engineering perspective.
• Develop detection and incident response capabilities, including triage and response processes.
• Contribute across product security, corporate security, and compliance, with scope to grow the function.

Skills

Security engineering

Threat modeling

Incident response

Cloud security

Kubernetes security

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS or related field

Tools

Go

Python

SIEM

OAuth

OIDC

WebAuthn

GCP

Terraform

Job description

About the Role

Join the security function at an early-stage cybersecurity software company building enterprise identity and access management products. As the first dedicated security engineer, you will work closely with product and engineering teams to build secure systems, guide product decisions, and strengthen security practices as the company grows.

What You'll Do

• Own security across the product and company, partnering with engineering throughout development.

• Build security systems, including secrets management, certificate infrastructure, audit logging, and vulnerability management.

• Lead security reviews, threat modeling, and secure design consultations with engineering teams.

• Drive SOC 2, ISO 27001, GDPR, and CCPA compliance from an engineering perspective.

• Develop detection and incident response capabilities, including processes for triage and response.

• Contribute across product security, corporate security, and compliance, with scope to grow the security function over time.

What We're Looking For

• At least 5 years of security engineering experience, with hands-on product or application security work at a SaaS or fintech product company.

• Production Go engineering experience building services or security systems, plus experience building security capabilities in code.

• Experience with detection engineering and incident response, including SIEM or detection-as-code tooling and Python automation.

• Cloud and Kubernetes security experience, including GCP, and familiarity with OAuth, SAML, OIDC, and WebAuthn.

• Experience across security disciplines and a track record of working closely with engineering teams; startup or 0-to-1 experience is a plus.

• Familiarity with identity and access management or enterprise security software, and a relevant bachelor’s degree.

Compensation & Benefits

Annual salary range: $180,000 to $230,000. Visa sponsorship is not available.

Location

Remote within the United States, with Los Angeles, California as the primary location.