Groq
Sr. Staff Platform Security Engineer, Cloud Infrastructure
$341K–$402K
San Francisco, United States +2 · On-site · Senior Staff · Full-time · Posted Oct 2, 2026
- Location
- San Francisco, United States
Dallas, United States
New York, United States - Experience
- 6+ years
- Visa sponsorship
- Candidates must qualify as U.S. Persons for export control purposes or otherwise be eligible for an applicable export license. For non-US postings, candidates must meet all relevant export control eligibility criteria.
About the job
Sets technical direction and builds security systems that protect Groq’s cloud infrastructure and customer AI workloads.
What you'll do
- Design and build identity, access, encryption, key-management, and auditability capabilities.
- Develop automated security controls and isolation for Kubernetes, distributed infrastructure, and multi-tenant systems.
- Lead security architecture and cross-functional initiatives, communicating risks and tradeoffs across engineering and security teams.
What they ask for
- 6+ years of software engineering experience building complex infrastructure or distributed systems, with deep experience in cloud and platform security, identity and access, Kubernetes, or related infrastructure security.
- Demonstrated experience setting technical direction and owning complex security architecture across multiple systems, teams, or infrastructure domains.
- Deep experience with identity and access technologies, multi-tenant isolation, and Kubernetes security.
- Strong software engineering skills in Go, Python, or similar languages, and experience building and operating production systems.
Nice to have
- Experience building identity, key-management, network security, or infrastructure security capabilities for cloud platforms.
- Experience with network policy, high-performance storage security, automated compliance evidence, or Kubernetes operators and admission webhooks.
Pay
$341,400 - $401,600 USD total cash salary range, inclusive of potential bonus value
Tools
OIDC, SAML, SCIM, RBAC, Kubernetes, Go, Python, GitOps
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