Security Engineer, Product Security
About the role
Technical security engineer focused on product security for Scale’s AI/ML ecosystem, performing code reviews, secure tooling, CI/CD integration, SAST/DAST, and infrastructure security using AWS and Terraform, with emphasis on explaining vulnerabilities and guiding security strategy.
Responsibilities
- Leverage broad product security expertise to build and maintain software tooling that secures every layer of the modern AI/ML software ecosystem.
- Conduct in-depth code reviews to identify and remediate security vulnerabilities.
- Evaluate and enhance the security of our product offerings, through RFC and service review.
- Implement and maintain CI/CD pipelines with a strong focus on security.
- Perform Static Application Security Testing (SAST) and Dynamic Application Security Testing (DAST) to identify vulnerabilities in production code.
- Utilize terraform orchestration to ensure secure and efficient infrastructure management.
- Guide engineering teams to build robust long-term solutions that consider security and privacy.
- Clearly explain the mechanics and significance of security vulnerabilities, including their exploitability and potential impact.
- Influence the security strategy and direction of the team, advocating for best practices and continuous improvement.
Qualifications
- Demonstrated ability to drive multi-month security initiatives independently, from problem definition through execution, without requiring significant direction.
- Proven experience as a Security Engineer with a focus on product security.
- Proficiency in NodeJS, TypeScript, Python, and/or Kubernetes.
- Strong understanding of modern Javascript application design.
- Production experience operating and securing AWS infrastructure at scale.
- Hands-on experience with SAST and DAST tools and methodologies.
- Familiarity with terraform orchestration for infrastructure management.
- You can structure complex problems and diagnose root causes independently, providing actionable insights without requiring manager input.
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to clearly present technical concepts and their implications to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Demonstrated ability to influence security strategies and drive improvements within a team.
- Relevant security certifications (e.g., CISSP, CEH, OSCP) are a plus.
Skills
Benefits
- comprehensive health, dental and vision coverage
- retirement benefits
- a learning and development stipend
- generous PTO
- additional benefits such as a commuter stipend
About Scale AI
Data-centric infrastructure to accelerate the development of AI
Scale accelerates the development of AI within organizations of any size to deliver critical business insights and operational efficiency. Its data-centric infrastructure platform leverages RLHF (Reinforced Learning with Human Feedback) to help organizations build the strongest AI models that supercharge their business, with customers across industries including Meta, Microsoft, U.S. Army, DoD’s Defense Innovation Unit, Open AI, General Motors, Toyota Research Institute, Brex, Instacart and Flexport.
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