Security Engineer

Summary

Join Chronosphere's infrastructure engineering team as a key member to define and build core security engineering efforts. This hands-on role focuses on creating foundational security infrastructure for the entire company and involves collaborating with other engineers and the business to prioritize needs and maintain a roadmap. You will design, implement, and operate security tools and programs, participate in design reviews and threat modeling, help teams make security decisions, and set the bar for security ownership. The ideal candidate possesses prior security or infra-focused engineering experience with meaningful security ownership, the ability to independently own projects, and a systematic problem-solving approach. A strong interest in how things work and a flexible, collaborative working style are also essential.

Requirements

• Prior experience in security or infra-focused engineering roles with meaningful security ownership
• The ability to independently own projects from inception to delivery
• A systematic problem-solving approach, coupled with strong communication skills and a sense of ownership and drive
• Empathy for the problems faced by developers, and a passion for building tools and systems that address those problems
• Built vulnerability management systems that actually drive risk down
• Led security incident response efforts and postmortem improvements
• A strong interest in how things work. Curiosity and persistence are key to building the understanding needed to excel in this role
• A flexible, collaborative working style. We’re a small team working in a rapidly evolving space, and we’re looking for people who will help build a positive, supportive environment

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and work with other engineering teams to operate security tools and programs across the organization including access control & workflows, vulnerability management, and detection/response systems
• Collaborate with other engineers and with the business to identify the highest priority needs of the organization, and maintain a roadmap to address those needs
• Actively participate in design reviews, threat modeling, and incident analysis
• Help teams make high quality security decisions, especially in ambiguous situations
• Set the bar for security ownership and quality across engineering

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience building foundational security programs at growth-stage companies
• Familiarity with compliance frameworks, but a healthy skepticism of security theater
• An outstanding ability to communicate risk with both technical and non-technical audiences
• Significant experience building infrastructure software in Go, C++, Rust, or Python

Benefits

• Health Insurance Coverage
• Flexible Time Off
• Competitive Salary
• Stock Options