Staff Security Engineer: Lead Architecture & Reliability

Career Launch; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 190,000 - 290,000; Full time

Job summary

Career Launch is seeking a Staff Security Engineer for the San Francisco Bay Area to lead the design and delivery of secure, scalable software for growing tech companies. You will own security architecture, mentor engineers, and drive production reliability while partnering with product, data, design, and go-to-market teams.

The role demands technical judgment, strong communication, and the ability to turn business goals into practical engineering plans, with a track record of shipping complex

Qualifications

• Experience shipping and operating complex software in a senior engineering role.
• Strong system design, technical judgment, and written communication.
• Experience working across product and business functions in a fast-moving environment.
• Ability to lead ambiguous work from initial problem definition through production results.
• Experience coaching peers or leading technical programs without relying on formal authority.

Responsibilities

• Lead security architecture, risk reduction, and secure product and platform practices.
• Own architecture and technical decisions for high-impact products and platform capabilities.
• Translate business and product goals into pragmatic engineering plans and milestones.
• Build, review, and improve production systems with attention to reliability, security, and performance.
• Raise engineering standards through design reviews, documentation, testing, and operational discipline.
• Mentor engineers and improve collaboration across product, data, design, and go-to-market teams.
• Use metrics and incident learning to prioritize technical investment and reduce recurring risk.

Skills

Security architecture

System design

Technical judgment

Written communication

Cross-functional collaboration

Job description

Career Launch is seeking a Staff Security Engineer for the San Francisco Bay Area to lead the design and delivery of secure, scalable software for growing tech companies. You will own security architecture, mentor engineers, and drive production reliability while partnering with product, data, design, and go-to-market teams.

The role demands technical judgment, strong communication, and the ability to turn business goals into practical engineering plans, with a track record of shipping complex