spectraforce technologiesSeattle, WA
Staff Security Engineer, Product & Platform
Staff Security Engineer, Product & Platform
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As the client’s first dedicated security engineer, you will own product and platform security end-to-end, guiding design, build, and operation of secure agentic systems at scale. You’ll shape technical direction, partner with engineering as the platform grows, and drive security investments with significant autonomy. You’ll defend the platform, represent security in customer discussions, and help evolve measures to support SOC 2 and enterprise reviews. This is a hands-on, senior IC role with a meaningful impact on security posture.
Responsibilities:
Define and drive product and platform security strategy aligned to scale Lead threat modeling for the agentic platform and design protections around data, permissions, isolation, and boundaries Harden application and cloud infrastructure focusing on production access, IAM, secrets management, and CI/CD supply chain Partner with engineering to embed secure-by-default patterns in design and deployment Own security detection and incident response for the platform, including logging standards and response processes Represent technical security in enterprise customer reviews and architecture discussions Own controls supporting SOC 2 in collaboration with IT and compliance Help shape the future of security by identifying capability gaps and contributing to hiring for security Lead or contribute to incident response for production services and post-incident improvements Write and ship production code, tooling, or infrastructure to advance security initiatives
Key requirements:
8+ years of security engineering experience with Principal or Staff-level ownership over complex production systems Deep product security experience including threat modeling, secure architecture, authentication/authorization and multi-tenant systems Strong hands-on experience with cloud security, Kubernetes, IAM and infrastructure as code Technical perspective on securing LLM and agent-based systems and evaluating emerging risks Experience leading security incident response for production services Track record of delivering production code or security tooling/infrastructure Good judgment for pragmatic security tradeoffs in fast-moving environments Clear communication with engineers, leadership, and enterprise security teams strong judgment clear communication collaboration with cross-functional teams cloud security Kubernetes IAM
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Level
Lead
Location
Seattle, WA
Occupation
Information Security Engineers
Industry
Computer Systems Design Services
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