MTS, Technology & Security Engineering
Reflection· Security
New York, NY, San Francisco, CAFull-timePosted 4w ago
About the role
Senior-level security engineering leader responsible for architecting and operating the security foundation across corporate, multi-cloud research infrastructure, and GPU training capacity within a frontier AI company.
Responsibilities
- - Design and manage a highly resilient corporate device fleet spanning Linux, macOS, Windows and NVIDIA GPU workstations.
- - Shift the fleet toward intelligent posture verification and cryptographic device binding while maintaining researcher workflows.
- - Secure diverse local toolchains and developer environments without breaking workflows.
- - Architect cloud-native security controls across multi-cloud environments with multi-million-dollar GPU clusters.
- - Establish IAM governance, network segmentation, and isolation boundaries for training infrastructure and model assets.
- - Partner with infrastructure and research teams to scale security controls with GPU capacity.
- - Implement continuous, context-aware authorization using modern mesh networks and proxies (e.g., Tailscale, Cloudflare One).
- - Enforce hardware-backed authentication (WebAuthn/FIDO2) across corporate and production planes.
- - Eliminate standing and persistent access in favor of just-in-time, verifiable authorization.
- - Ensure 100% of infrastructure, endpoint configurations, IAM policies, and cloud environments are declared in code (Terraform/Pulumi).
- - Eliminate configuration drift via automated CI/CD validation and continuous compliance checks.
- - Build repeatable, auditable deployment pipelines for provable security posture.
- - Build telemetry pipelines for high-fidelity logs to support detection at scale.
- - Detect post-exploitation techniques, lateral movement, and living-off-the-land attacks.
- - Tune detection coverage under an assumed-breach model for rapid detection and containment.
- - Support SOC 2, ISO 27001, FedRAMP, ISO 22237, ISO 22301, NIST CSF, customer audits, and enterprise security reviews.
- - Lead vendor risk assessments, procurement security reviews, and security-related legal contract negotiations.
- - Own front-line defenses including physical security and data center security operations.
Qualifications
- - 7+ years of deep engineering experience at high-valuation companies or defense-grade environments.
- - Track record of building and operating security engineering functions at scale.
- - Experience supporting SOC 2, ISO 27001, FedRAMP, ISO 22237, ISO 22301, NIST CSF, customer audits, and enterprise security reviews.
- - Experience leading vendor risk, procurement security reviews, and legal contract negotiations.
- - Experience with front-line defenses for an AI company, including physical security and data center security operations.
- - Deep familiarity with Linux and macOS internals and securing NVIDIA GPUs without breaking developer environments.
- - Expert-level knowledge of public cloud architectures, IAM governance at scale, Kubernetes/container isolation.
- - Understanding of cloud/infrastructure security, Kubernetes/container security, zero-trust, security operations at scale, IAM, detection/response, and security automation.
- - Ability to operate as both executive leader and hands-on builder.
Skills
Required:Linux and macOS internalsPublic cloud architectures and IAM at scaleKubernetes and container security
Benefits
- - Top-tier compensation: Salary and equity.
- - Stock options for all contributors.
- - Comprehensive health benefits: medical, dental, vision, life, wellness allowance.
- - Meals: Lunch and dinner in the office.
- - 22 weeks paid parental leave for new birthing and non-birthing parents (including adoptive/surrogate journeys).
- - Unlimited PTO in the U.S. and 30 days in the U.K.
- - Sponsorship for visas and immigration pathways where applicable.
- - Regular team off-sites, happy hours, and celebrations.
Last updated Oct 1, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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