xAI
Security Engineer, Kubernetes
$100K–$258K
Palo Alto, CA +7 · Full-time · Posted Oct 20, 2026
- Location
- Palo Alto, CA
Austin, TX
New York, NY
Washington, DC
Austin, TX
New York, NY
Palo Alto, CA
Washington, DC - Experience
- 3+ years in platform security, Kubernetes security, or offensive security against production infrastructure.
About the job
Secures Kubernetes infrastructure for X and SpaceXSI by identifying attack paths, fixing vulnerabilities, and building fleet-wide security controls and tooling.
What you'll do
- Assess Kubernetes environments for risks such as container breakout, privilege escalation, and movement across workloads, then remediate findings.
- Build security tooling and automation, including AI-assisted analysis, and strengthen identity, secrets, supply-chain security, and fleet hardening.
- Review security-sensitive changes and partner with platform and product teams to take fixes from identification through rollout.
What they ask for
- 3+ years in platform security, Kubernetes security, or offensive security against production infrastructure.
Nice to have
- Deep knowledge of Kubernetes pod and workload security, including RBAC, admission control, and network isolation.
- Experience with operators, custom resources, Helm, GitOps, and security tooling in Go, Python, or Rust; AI-driven security tools or workflows are a bonus.
Pay
$100,000 - $258,000 USD (base salary)
Tools
Kubernetes, Helm, GitOps, Go, Python, Rust, Kyverno, OPA
AI focus
Build security tooling and automation, including AI-assisted analysis; experience developing AI-driven security tools or integrating AI into security workflows is a bonus.
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