Founding Security Engineer

Benefits You’ll Love

• Equity
• Competitive benefits package (mentioned)

Become a Key Player as a Founding Security Engineer

You will define and own the organization’s security posture end-to-end, shaping architecture, controls, and compliance for mission-critical systems while serving customers, auditors, and internal teams. This is a high-visibility role where you’ll build technical security engineering practices and grow the security function over time. Hybrid: collaborate in person twice weekly (Mondays and Thursdays) with a full-team week every two months; organization prefers local candidates but may consider remote from the San Francisco area or relocation to Los Angeles.

Here’s How You’ll Make an Impact on the Team

• Build secure CI/CD pipelines with embedded scanning and automation
• Operate, tune, and integrate SIEM/EDR and observability tooling (examples include ELK, Datadog, Splunk, CrowdStrike, Prometheus, Grafana) into workflows

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• Secure multi-cloud and on-prem environments, including Kubernetes and AWS (GovCloud environments supported)
• Implement zero-trust networking and modern SASE/ZTNA approaches
• Improve visibility and observability across networks and workloads
• Partner with external compliance firms to achieve SOC 2, ISO 27001, NIST 800-171, FedRAMP, and CMMC alignment
• Support third-party/vendor security assessments and readiness for audits by providing technical evidence and controls
• Deliver company-wide security awareness training focused on secure development and operations
• Handle customer-facing security reviews and respond to technical security inquiries

Here’s What You’ll Need to Be Successful in This Role

• 5+ years in cybersecurity, product security, or cloud security roles, ideally in high-assurance or regulated industries
• Hands-on experience securing AWS or equivalent cloud providers (GovCloud preferred) and Kubernetes-based environments
• Strong infrastructure-as-code practices and experience integrating security into CI/CD
• Familiarity with compliance frameworks and implementing technical controls (SOC 2, ISO 27001, NIST 800-171, FedRAMP, CMMC)
• Deep understanding of network, endpoint, and identity security principles
• Experience with security tooling and integration into operational workflows (SIEM/EDR/observability)
• Proven ability to translate security and regulatory requirements into actionable engineering work
• Clear communicator with both technical and non-technical stakeholders; comfortable in customer-facing audit and assurance settings
• High ownership, adaptability, and discretion handling sensitive data and compliance matters

Here’s What Else Might Help You Out

• Prior experience supporting aerospace, defense, or other highly regulated sectors
• Hands-on experience with specific tooling mentioned (ELK, Datadog, Splunk, CrowdStrike, Prometheus, Grafana)

Pay Range

$170,000 - $220,000/year

Ready to Make Your Mark?

This role may fill quickly. Submit your resume to be considered.