Senior Security Engineer

About the company Our client is a software company. The role Raydar is recruiting for this role on behalf of our client. Take charge of security for a software product and the business behind it, covering design reviews, product-level protections, outside assurance work and incident preparedness. The role blends hands-on engineering with setting standards and communicating risk to technical and non-technical audiences. What you'll do - Hold overall responsibility for security across application, cloud and network layers. - Run design reviews and threat assessments for new systems with few established patterns. - Engineer protective features directly into the product, such as customer data separation, safe secret usage, human sign-off steps and detailed activity records. - Author the security documentation that prospective technical customers read before adopting the product. - Coordinate third-party testing, compliance programs and customer security questionnaires and reviews. - Lead incident preparedness and response, including fast notification commitments. - Maintain ongoing cloud access auditing and automate automated security checks within build and deployment pipelines. - Define internal policies for handling sensitive customer secrets, outbound data and device management. Requirements What we're looking for - At least 4 years of hands-on experience in application and infrastructure security. - Solid coding ability in a modern language such as Python or Go. - Practical skill at assessing threats and finding vulnerabilities. - Working knowledge of network security and identity-centered access controls for services and workloads. - Strong grounding in security on a leading cloud platform, including federated identity and codified infrastructure. - Skill at explaining risk and trade-offs to both engineers and senior business leaders. - Comfort operating independently in ambiguous situations. - Willingness to work in the office five days a week in a fast-paced startup setting. Bonus points - Background securing autonomous or code-running systems. - Deep knowledge of workload isolation and system hardening techniques. - Experience in offensive security or penetration testing. - Experience operating a vulnerability reporting or reward program. - A track record of guiding a company through audits and customer security reviews. - Familiarity with corporate IT environments and access management tooling. Benefits Compensation and benefits - Base salary: USD 200,000 to 300,000 per year - Health insurance - Flexible time off Location and work model - San Francisco, CA, United States - On-site, five days per week - Full-time