Staff Platform Security Engineer - Remote, Equity & Impact

Gemini; Miami (FL); Hybrid; USD 168,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay

Discretionary annual bonus

Equity grant

Health plans

401K with company matching

Paid Parental Leave

Flexible time off

Job summary

Gemini is seeking a Staff Platform Security Engineer to design and deliver security services and automation across our cloud environments. You will build scalable security platforms, write production code daily, and help enforce zero‑trust and least‑privilege access.

You will partner with engineering teams, implement security controls in AWS and Kubernetes, and advance security tooling and monitoring. This is a hands‑on, production‑level engineering role with a strong focus on security in a

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in security engineering and production services.
• Strong software development skills in Python or Go with production experience.
• Deep experience securing AWS environments (IAM, VPC, KMS, native services).
• Terraform expertise including modules, CI/CD gates, policy testing, remote state, and zero-downtime deployments.
• Kubernetes security including admission controls, RBAC, network policies, and runtime protection.
• Experience with distributed systems, cloud-native architectures, and SRE principles.
• Demonstrated ability to build, deploy, and maintain security tools and services in production.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain security services, tools, and automation using Python or Go.
• Design and implement security controls for AWS and Kubernetes using infrastructure‑as‑code.
• Create reusable libraries, frameworks, and platforms for secure‑by‑default patterns.
• Develop automated security monitoring, scanning, and remediation services.
• Build CI/CD security gates and policy‑as‑code validation tools.
• Partner with engineering teams on architecture decisions and security consultation.
• Participate in on‑call rotation for critical security incidents and infra issues.

Skills

Go

Python

SRE principles

Distributed systems

Cloud-native architectures

Production services

Security tooling

Tools

Terraform

Kubernetes

AWS IAM/VPC/KMS

CI/CD security gates

Policy as code (OPA/Sentinel)

Job description

Gemini is seeking a Staff Platform Security Engineer to design and deliver security services and automation across our cloud environments. You will build scalable security platforms, write production code daily, and help enforce zero‑trust and least‑privilege access.

You will partner with engineering teams, implement security controls in AWS and Kubernetes, and advance security tooling and monitoring. This is a hands‑on, production‑level engineering role with a strong focus on security in a