Raydar
Staff Security Engineer
$175K–$275K
Seattle, Washington · Staff · Full-time · Posted Oct 29, 2026
About the job
Builds and operates security safeguards for live cloud systems and software delivery, while shaping the security function.
What you'll do
- Harden cloud infrastructure, container platforms, access management, and infrastructure-as-code configurations.
- Embed secure development practices, review designs, and maintain technical controls for compliance audits.
- Assess security team capacity and participate in recruiting.
What they ask for
- Senior-level engineering title and accountability for protecting demanding live cloud environments.
- Deep security knowledge across cloud platforms, container orchestration, access control, infrastructure automation, and secure development, with an application security focus.
- Hands-on experience writing and deploying security code, tools, or infrastructure; experience shaping technical direction and explaining tradeoffs.
- Practical experience with language models and awareness of AI-specific threats.
Nice to have
- Academic or athletic achievements, such as a degree from a highly regarded non-computing program or elite college sport participation.
- Earlier senior engineering work at a large technology employer followed by smaller-company experience, or experience as an early security hire at a rapidly growing firm.
Pay
USD 175,000 to 275,000 per year (base salary)
AI focus
Use practical language-model experience and account for AI-specific threats, including attacks that inject instructions into model inputs.
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