Lead Security Engineer New United States - Remote

Motive; United States; Remote; USD 126,000 - 193,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the physical operations sector seeks a Sr. Security Software Engineer. The role involves designing security features, enhancing developer autonomy via automated tools, and ensuring the integrity of their systems. Ideal candidates will have expertise in Python or Go and a robust understanding of security practices in cloud environments.

Benefits

Health, pharmacy, optical and dental care benefits

Paid time off

Sick time off

Short and long term disability coverage

401k contribution

Qualifications

• Expert in security testing tools and techniques.
• Experience designing multi-component software systems.
• Strong communicator with a proven ability to deliver results.

Responsibilities

• Create and scale security products and services for developers.
• Implement secure defaults to prevent security bugs.
• Automate security policy violations detection.

Skills

Python

Go

Ruby

JavaScript

Security Testing Tools

Cross-Functional Communication

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

ArgoCD

Job description

Motive empowers the people who run physical operations with tools to make their work safer, more productive, and more profitable. For the first time ever, safety, operations and finance teams can manage their drivers, vehicles, equipment, and fleet related spend in a single system. Combined with industry leading AI, the Motive platform gives you complete visibility and control, and significantly reduces manual workloads by automating and simplifying tasks.

Motive serves more than 120,000 customers – from Fortune 500 enterprises to small businesses – across a wide range of industries, including transportation and logistics, construction, energy, field service, manufacturing, agriculture, food and beverage, retail, and the public sector.

Motive is looking for a passionate Sr. Security Software Engineer to join our Security Engineering team. The team is responsible for security and privacy of all products and services offered by the company.

In this position you will be expected to design, plan, and implement features and projects which act on and verify the security architecture of Motive. Tasks will include adding to an existing web application, scripting, and building secure libraries for internal consumption. The majority of these projects will focus on increasing developer autonomy through automated tooling, automated security policy violations detection, and data use/enrichment to drive security outcomes; a special emphasis is placed on documentation and testing.

What You’ll Do:

• Create and scale security products and services that developers love, and would line up to get
• Build secure defaults and paved roads to eliminate classes of security bugs before they get written
• Level up your skills securing modern languages and technologies running in a true multi-cloud environment
• Lead with code, automation and data in everything you do
• Create security impact across teams, with strong support from the business

What We’re Looking For:

• You have a proven ability to manage yourself and produce results
• You can learn and find bugs in any language, specifically Python, Go, Ruby, JS
• You are an expert developer in one or more of Python or Go
• You can write code that people use to do their jobs, and write it safely
• You have expert knowledge of security testing tools and techniques
• You are a strong communicator who is comfortable working cross-functionally, with a track record of delivering results
• Experience designing and implementing multi-component software systems, especially those which are reliant on third party APIs
• Ability to design and write program/design specifications for self and others
• Self-starting and independent. Able to manage and drive projects to completion based on designed specifications
• Able to work across team boundaries, reach consensus amongst disparate view points, and graciously receive feedback
• Understanding of data structures and their proper uses
• Familiarity with Docker, Kubernetes and ArgoCD
• Experience with Cloud Security

Pay Transparency
Your compensation may be based on several factors, including education, work experience, and certifications. For certain roles, total compensation may include restricted stock units. Motive offers benefits including health, pharmacy, optical and dental care benefits, paid time off, sick time off, short term and long term disability coverage, life insurance as well as 401k contribution (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements). Learn more about our benefits by visiting Motive Perks & Benefits .

The compensation range for this position will depend on where you reside. For this role, the compensation range is:

United States

$126,000 - $193,000 USD

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