Staff Security Engineer - Secure Cloud & SDLC Innovator

LinkedIn; Mountain View (CA); Hybrid; USD 156,000 - 255,000; Full time

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Job summary

LinkedIn in Mountain View, CA, is hiring a Staff Security Engineer to strengthen the security posture of core products, cloud infrastructure, and development workflows. You will lead threat modeling, design secure-by-default frameworks, and build scalable tooling to detect and mitigate vulnerabilities.

The role emphasizes architecture reviews, secure design patterns, and collaboration with security and engineering teams to embed security into developer tooling and production services.

Qualifications

• BA/BS Degree or equivalent technical experience in a related field.
• Hands-on experience or working knowledge of web/application security, cloud security risks, or secure development lifecycle practices.
• 5+ years experience in security engineering and in-depth knowledge of application security, authentication and security protocols, cryptography, or supply chain security.
• 5+ years experience in threat modeling, design reviews, penetration testing and vulnerability assessment.
• Experience with programming languages such as Java, GoLang or Python.
• Experience architecting or implementing tooling that detects and mitigates security vulnerabilities.

Responsibilities

• Own and drive the secure software development lifecycle (SSDLC) and shift-left security controls across engineering platforms, including automated SAST/DAST scanning, software supply chain security, and CI/CD security guardrails.
• Architect and build secure-by-default frameworks, paved roads, and developer guardrails for cloud infrastructure, microservices, authentication/authorization services, and core application components.
• Build automation and security tooling that continuously identifies, reproduces, and mitigates application and cloud security vulnerabilities at scale; partner with Detection & Response on security logging, telemetry, and incident playbooks.
• Lead threat modeling, architectural design reviews, and risk assessments for complex engineering systems and platforms. Partner with security and engineering teams to embed secure design patterns and risk mitigations into developer tooling and production services.
• Define application and cloud security standards, reference architectures, and policies across product development, API design, data storage, and third-party integrations; drive secure adoption of cloud services and enterprise tools.
• Drive cross-functional architecture and engineering decisions across platform engineering, security engineering, ML/AI teams, and product/DevEx to build developer platforms, AI systems, and infrastructure that are scalable, reliable, and secure by design.

Skills

Product Security

Security Assessment Methodologies

Security Architecture

Technical Leadership

Education

BA/BS Degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Information Security, or related technical field

Tools

SSDLC automation tools

CI/CD pipelines

Job description

LinkedIn in Mountain View, CA, is hiring a Staff Security Engineer to strengthen the security posture of core products, cloud infrastructure, and development workflows. You will lead threat modeling, design secure-by-default frameworks, and build scalable tooling to detect and mitigate vulnerabilities.

The role emphasizes architecture reviews, secure design patterns, and collaboration with security and engineering teams to embed security into developer tooling and production services.