Staff Cloud Security Engineer - AI & AWS (Remote US/Canada)

Robots and Pencils; Oregon; Hybrid; USD 116,000 - 161,000; Full time

Job summary

Robots and Pencils seeks a Staff Security Engineer to own security across cloud applications and AI workloads, guiding architecture, threat modeling, and policy‑as‑code. You’ll write production Python and Terraform, review security at scale, and mentor teams to build trusted, auditable systems.

You’ll collaborate with engineering and leadership to embed security into product momentum, ensuring compliant, reliable delivery and robust defenses for evolving AI deployments.

Qualifications

• 7+ years in security or software engineering.
• Experience leading cloud and application security initiatives.
• Strong secure coding practices and OWASP Top 10 knowledge.
• Experience with SOC 2, ISO 27001, PCI or similar.
• Experience in AI/LLM security is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Define security architecture for cloud and AI systems.
• Lead threat modeling and security design reviews.
• Develop production Python, Terraform code and automation.
• Mentor junior engineers and collaborate with leaders.
• Automate evidence collection for audits.

Skills

Application security

Threat modeling

AWS IAM

Kubernetes security

Python

Terraform

CI/CD security

Compliance audits

AI/LLM security

Tools

AWS

GCP

Terraform

Kubernetes

Job description

Robots and Pencils seeks a Staff Security Engineer to own security across cloud applications and AI workloads, guiding architecture, threat modeling, and policy‑as‑code. You’ll write production Python and Terraform, review security at scale, and mentor teams to build trusted, auditable systems.

You’ll collaborate with engineering and leadership to embed security into product momentum, ensuring compliant, reliable delivery and robust defenses for evolving AI deployments.