Rippling
Principal Security Engineer
$207K–$345K
San Francisco, CA · On-site · Principal · Full-time · Posted Sep 18, 2026
- Experience
- 10+ years; the posting says experience and trajectory matter more than a specific number of years.
About the job
Leads hands-on architecture and implementation of cross-cutting security systems, including agentic AI capabilities, identity and access controls, and infrastructure isolation.
What you'll do
- Lead security initiatives across engineering teams, from architecture and technical strategy through implementation.
- Build and integrate agentic AI, just-in-time access controls, and security systems for infrastructure and third-party SaaS.
- Align teams and business leaders on security roadmaps, risk tradeoffs, and durable engineering solutions.
What they ask for
- 10+ years solving complex engineering and security problems; experience and trajectory matter more than a specific number of years.
- Significant experience designing, building, and operating complex systems in large-scale cloud or enterprise environments.
- Deep expertise in one or more security domains; IAM, authentication, authorization, or identity architecture is particularly relevant.
- Recent hands-on engineering experience, including prototyping and writing code; experience building defensive agentic systems and integrating them with software development and operations.
Pay
USD 207,000–345,000 per year (base salary)
Tools
agentic AI, IAM, AuthN/Z, RBAC, SAAS
AI focus
Apply agentic AI to security controls, automation, and decision-making; build defensive agentic systems and use real-time agentic inspection to support just-in-time access controls.
Model-written summary · the original posting is authoritative