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Senior Software Engineer, Security
At a Glance
- Location
- United States
- Experience
- 6+ years
- Compensation
- Security Software Engineer - $155,000 - $196,000 Pay Range: California $155,00
- Posted
- 2026-02-18T18:18:48-05:00
Key Requirements
Required Skills
Domain Knowledge
- Engineering
Requirements
6+ years experience with building security services and configurations (i.e.
IAM, short-lived certificates, API security).
cryptography, network security, infrastructure security).
Development experience in any modern programming language (including but not limited to Python, C++, Rust, Go).
Experience building, shipping, and supporting security applications in the cloud.
Proficiency using the command line, writing shell scripts, and an understanding of the GNU/Linux operating system.
Compensation & Benefits
Senior Security Software Engineer - $155,000 - $196,000
Pay Range: California
$155,000
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$196,000 USD
COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS
Responsibilities
Work with team to design, implement, and maintain a wide variety of backends, tools, and pipelines directly in support of Vast’s mission-critical security services.
Partner with various engineering teams to assist in the implementation and design of their security-sensitive features and services.
Influence and adopt practices and patterns for security and software that will scale to what will eventually become a very large codebase and team.