Staff Security Engineer

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TL;DR · Staff Security Engineer

JOB TITLE: Confluent - Staff Security Engineer As a Staff Security Engineer at Confluent, you will join a team of security architects and engineers to shape the application security strategy for on-premises products and cloud services. You will lead the design and evolution of security architecture, ensuring security is embedded throughout the product lifecycle for high-scale distributed systems. Your daily responsibilities include defining threat modeling frameworks, conducting security design reviews, overseeing code reviews, and architecting scalable security automation tooling. You will utilize Go, Python, or Java to build automation frameworks and integrate security into cloud-native deployment pipelines. This role addresses the technical challenge of securing a data streaming platform that puts information in motion in near real-time, requiring proactive mitigation of systemic risks across globally operated cloud platforms.

What does a Security Engineer earn?

Median $193000 from 107 postings across 42 companies.

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What you'll do

  • Lead the design and evolution of application security architecture for on-premises products and cloud services.
  • Partner with Engineering and Product teams to influence architectural decisions and drive secure-by-design practices.
  • Define and standardize threat modeling frameworks and security design standards for complex distributed systems.
  • Serve as the subject matter expert for security code reviews, API security testing, and remediation guidance.
  • Architect and drive the roadmap for scalable security automation and software security tooling.
  • Design and deploy automation frameworks that integrate security into cloud-native deployment pipelines.
  • Identify new vulnerability classes and lead research initiatives or complex table-top exercises.
  • Deploy advanced technology controls to maximize observability and harden key attack surfaces.

What we're looking for

  • Master's Degree (preferred).
  • 10+ years of hands-on application security experience.
  • 12+ years of hands-on application security experience (preferred).
  • Comprehensive knowledge of security fundamentals for modern web applications and cloud-native platforms.
  • Experience in Go, Python, or Java to build scalable security automation frameworks.
  • Proven experience evolving the software development lifecycle to embed security by default in CI/CD pipelines.
  • Ability to lead technical investigations, threat modeling, and cross-functional security initiatives.

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