Modveon
Security Engineer
Palo Alto, CA (On-Site/Hybrid) · Full-time · Posted Oct 29, 2026
- Experience
- Deep experience owning security for complex, distributed systems in production; demonstrated Staff or Principal-level impact. No specific number of years stated.
About the job
Leads hands-on security architecture, infrastructure hardening, threat modeling, and incident response for a large-scale platform spanning identity, communications, and financial services.
What you'll do
- Design and implement security architecture and controls across backend, mobile, cloud, and product systems.
- Own threat modeling, security risk decisions, detection, and incident response.
- Set security standards and partner with engineering, product, compliance, and leadership.
What they ask for
- Demonstrated Staff- or Principal-level ownership of security for complex, distributed production systems.
- Expertise across multiple security domains, including cloud, Kubernetes, infrastructure security, application security, payments, and detection and response.
- Practical experience with security, compliance, and privacy frameworks such as SOC 2, ISO 27001, and GDPR.
- Strong judgment and communication skills; able to explain security tradeoffs to technical and nontechnical stakeholders.
Nice to have
- GCP experience is preferred; AWS or Azure experience is also relevant.
- Experience in high-trust environments such as payments, identity, or large consumer platforms.
Tools
GCP, Kubernetes, Terraform, AWS, Azure, OAuth2 / OIDC, JWT, Datadog
AI focus
Thoughtful use of AI in detection and response.
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