Security Engineer

The role

This person will architect, implement and manage security across cloud infrastructure, applications and data. They will work with engineering teams to build secure coding, automated testing and hardened architecture into development, and will help maintain compliance programs.

What you will do

• Architect, implement and manage security across cloud infrastructure, applications and data.
• Collaborate with engineering teams to embed secure coding, automated testing and hardened architecture into the development lifecycle.
• Implement security tools aligned with architectural strategy and apply them consistently.
• Secure AWS, GCP and other cloud environments for web, API, database and mobile services.
• Rapidly evaluate and contribute to POCs for new security technologies.
• Conduct code reviews, automate security testing and support incident response.
• Lead security documentation and awareness efforts across the company.

Required qualifications

• 5+ years of combined software engineering and security engineering experience, with significant exposure to product security.
• Hands-on expertise in Python, TypeScript, Kubernetes, Terraform and CI/CD tools.
• Proven ability to develop, review and ship secure software as part of agile product teams.
• Demonstrated experience securing cloud platforms like AWS and GCP.
• Strong understanding of application, network and container security.
• Familiarity with compliance frameworks such as SOC-2, HIPAA, ISO 27001 and GDPR.
• Comfortable in fast-paced, ambiguous startup environments, with a bias for action.
• A collaborative team player who works well with engineers across disciplines.
• Proven track record of influencing security strategy and driving impactful improvements.

Benefits

• Competitive base salary and attractive equity package (US employees only).
• Fully covered medical, dental and vision insurance for you and your family (US employees only).
• 9 weeks paternity and 12 weeks maternity leave (US employees only).
• 401(k) (US employees only).
• Monthly commuter allowance (US employees only).
• Flexible PTO (US employees only).
• Lunch, dinner and snacks provided daily (US employees only).

Before you apply

• Cartesia participates in E-Verify and will provide Form I-9 information after hire to confirm employment eligibility.
• Visa sponsorship support is offered case by case, and is not guaranteed; it depends on the role and location.

About the company

Cartesia is building AI that learns from and interacts with the world like humans do. The founding team invented State Space Models at the Stanford AI Lab and is funded by Index Ventures and Lightspeed Venture Partners.