Staff Security Engineer

Join Jellyfish as a Staff Security Engineer, where you will lead all security engineering activities, define the security strategy, and scale the security engineering program. You will partner closely with engineering leadership, own the Secure Development Lifecycle (SDLC), and drive automation at scale. This is a unique opportunity to have complete ownership of security at a high-growth company.

A forward-thinking approach to AI risk management, possessing the ability to balance rapid AI product innovation with rigorous security, compliance, and data privacy standards

Responsibilities

• Definir la estrategia de seguridad y la hoja de ruta, alineando las iniciativas de seguridad con los objetivos comerciales.
• Diseñar y mandar arquitecturas de seguridad escalables y resilientes en la infraestructura, plataforma y ecosistema de productos.
• Definir, implementar y gobernar el Ciclo de Vida de Desarrollo Seguro (SDLC) en toda la empresa, promoviendo la automatización.
• Demonstrated ability to drive cross-functional consensus, influence engineering leadership, and execute large-scale performance, testing, and security initiatives

Requirements

• Extensive, proven track record of owning, building, and scaling application security programs in a SaaS or fast-paced startup environment
• You are eligible to work in the U.S. for any employer
• You possess strong business acumen, naturally balancing the needs of the user, product velocity, and enterprise security when dictating solutions
• You are a recognized expert who loves tackling complex research in computer security and sharing your knowledge through technical talks and engineering-wide education
• Deep technical expertise in software engineering (e.g., Python, JavaScript/TypeScript, Rust, C/C++) combined with architectural-level understanding of reliability, safety, and security
• You thrive in autonomous environments, adept at identifying gaps, setting the direction, and executing with a distributed team
• Deep understanding of the unique security challenges presented by Artificial Intelligence and Large Language Models (LLMs), with practical experience securing both internal AI infrastructure and customer-facing AI applications
• A list of job experiences and qualification requirements is great, but humility, a performance-driven attitude, and a team-player approach are most important to us. We love to have fun and win in the process. We only hire people who have a passion for building great companies in an environment where a sense of humor is a must
• You are a prominent voice or active contributor in open-source security projects, standardizations, or industry working groups (e.g., OpenSSF, Mozilla)
• You bring expert-level skills with our technology stack and cloud environments (Python, Django, Postgres, AWS, Terraform, Circle CI/GitLab/GitHub Actions, Semgrep, LLVM)
• You have experience transforming the ways security and engineering teams collaborate, implementing cutting-edge tools to reduce friction and improve security posture

Preferred

• You have led security at a high-growth startup before, and loved it

Pay

USD 185,000 - 270,000