Vercel
Security Engineer, Cloud
$208K–$312K
Remote - United States +1 · Remote · Full-time · Posted Jun 25, 2026
- Location
- Remote - United States
San Francisco, California, United States - Experience
- 8+ years in infrastructure or platform security roles.
About the job
Strengthen Vercel’s cloud platform security by building controls, hardening infrastructure, and integrating security into engineering workflows.
What you'll do
- Design and implement security controls; harden infrastructure and CI/CD pipelines.
- Partner with platform and infrastructure teams to embed security practices and conduct threat modeling and risk analysis.
- Improve platform monitoring, detection, and incident response; build and maintain security tooling.
What they ask for
- Deep understanding of secure cloud infrastructure (AWS/GCP), identity and access management, and system hardening.
- Proficiency with Terraform, CDK, Kubernetes, and CI/CD security.
- Ability to balance engineering realities with principled security practices.
- Proven track record of shipping secure, resilient systems at scale.
Nice to have
- Experience building or scaling security automation pipelines; contributions to open-source security projects or tools.
- Certifications such as GCP Security Engineer, AWS certifications, CISSP, or OSCP; degree in Cybersecurity or a similar discipline.
Pay
$208,000.00 - $312,000.00 USD base salary
Tools
AWS, GCP, Terraform, CDK, Kubernetes, CI/CD
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