Founding Security Engineer

Key Information:

Work Model: On-site, 5 days per week
Employment Type: Full-time
Equity: Highly competitive
Visa: Open to H1B transfers andTN visa
Experience: 7 to 15 years

Key Responsibilities

• Define and build the company's security architecture across the product, infrastructure, and AI/LLM pipeline
• Take ownership of the security program as the first dedicated security engineering hire, reporting directly to the CTO
• Partner with engineering teams throughout the development lifecycle to identify security risks and establish secure design patterns
• Perform threat modeling, vulnerability assessments, penetration testing coordination, vulnerability scanning, and risk prioritization
• Review application and infrastructure code to identify security vulnerabilities and recommend practical remediation
• Design and strengthen cloud security architecture, with particular focus on multi-tenant isolation and protection of sensitive customer data
• Partner with infrastructure teams on multi-region architecture and data residency requirements
• Establish lightweight security policies and processes supporting both practical security and compliance requirements
• Own internal IT security, including devices, access management, identity, and employee security controls
• Serve as the technical security point of contact for audits, enterprise security questionnaires, customer reviews, and security assessments

Requirements

• 7 to 15 years of experience in security engineering or software engineering with a subsequent transition into security
• Hands‑on experience across both application security and infrastructure security
• Experience building or establishing a security program from the ground up
• Strong understanding of threat modeling, vulnerability assessment, penetration testing, vulnerability scanning, and risk prioritization
• Ability to read and review code and identify security vulnerabilities
• Strong understanding of cloud security architecture
• Experience with multi‑tenant environments and tenant isolation
• Ability to work closely with software and infrastructure engineers on secure system design
• Strong communication skills and the ability to explain technical security issues to engineering teams and business stakeholders