Senior Security Linux Engineer
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Job Location:
San Francisco, CA - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
13 hours ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Our customer a well-funded client is seeking a senior Security Engineer to secure infrastructure that runs untrusted code at a massive scale. This role is focused on Linux and infrastructure security balancing strong isolation guarantees with high-performance requirements in a distributed environment.
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Responsibilities
- Secure high-scale infrastructure executing untrusted workloads
- Design and implement defense-in-depth security for sandboxed and micro-VM-based systems
- Build real-time threat detection across large numbers of concurrent environments
- Apply Linux security primitives to enforce isolation and runtime protection
- Ensure compliance with enterprise security standards while maintaining low-latency performance
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Tech Stack
Go Rust C TypeScript Linux security container hardening
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Qualifications
- 5 years of experience securing production infrastructure
- Deep hands-on experience with Linux security primitives such as seccomp eBPF and namespaces
- Experience securing distributed systems at scale
- Familiarity with compliance frameworks including SOC 2 ISO 27001 and GDPR
- Comfortable working close to the system; kernel-level security experience is a plus
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Must have:
- Fast-paced startup experience (ideally seed-Series B) working on a small team ( and gt;50 total)
- Proficiency in Go Rust or TypeScript.
- Deep expertise in Linux security primitives (seccomp eBPF namespaces).
- Willingness to work 4 days on-site in San Francisco.
- 5 years of experience in production security infrastructure securing distributed systems at scale
- Experience securing distributed systems at a massive scale.
- Experience with container security and microVM hardening.
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Miscellaneous
San Francisco Bay Area 4 days in the office
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Sponsorship: Is NOT available for this position
Compensation: 180000 - $210000 DOE plus benefits
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Applicants must be authorized to work for any U.S. employer. and nbsp;
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Staff Smart Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex pregnancy sexual orientation gender identity national origin age protected veteran status genetic information disability status or any other characteristic protected by law.
Company Industry
IT Services and IT Consulting
Key Skills
- Air Freight
- Accounting & Finance
- Electrical Commissioning
- General Services
- Civil Engineering
- Linux
