Staff Software Engineer - Product Security & Trust

Peregrine; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 200,000 - 275,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Equity options

Bonus opportunities

Inclusive workplace

Job summary

A technology firm in San Francisco is seeking a Security Engineer to integrate security into every stage of the product lifecycle. You will tackle challenges involving data security in cloud-based platforms, mentoring engineers while establishing security best practices. With over 10 years of experience required, candidates should possess deep knowledge in various security areas, including identity management and cryptography. The role offers competitive compensation ranging from $200,000 to $275,000 annually, plus benefits and equity.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience architecting and maintaining distributed data systems and cloud-based platforms.
• Deep knowledge across identity and access management, secret management, applied cryptography, secure system design, and cloud security.
• Strong development background in Python.

Responsibilities

• Build scalable, secure-by-default frameworks foundational to our infrastructure.
• Identify and resolve emerging security risks and define mitigation strategies.
• Define security architecture across the platform focusing on authentication and data protection.
• Collaborate with product and engineering teams to implement security best practices.
• Grow engineering talent through hands-on mentorship.

Skills

Architecting distributed data systems

Cloud-based platform maintenance

Identity and access management

Applied cryptography

Secure system design

Cloud security

Strong communication skills

Mentoring engineering talent

Tools

Python

Django

Celery

Airflow

Kafka

React

PostgreSQL

Elasticsearch

AWS

Terraform

Kubernetes

Job description

A technology firm in San Francisco is seeking a Security Engineer to integrate security into every stage of the product lifecycle. You will tackle challenges involving data security in cloud-based platforms, mentoring engineers while establishing security best practices. With over 10 years of experience required, candidates should possess deep knowledge in various security areas, including identity management and cryptography. The role offers competitive compensation ranging from $200,000 to $275,000 annually, plus benefits and equity.