About the role
As a Senior Security Engineer you will set our security strategy, lead high-stakes initiatives, and mentor the team toward a strong, pragmatic security posture.
You will help protect the trust our candidates, customers, and team place in Rutylis. The work is practical and collaborative: instead of security as a blocker, we build guardrails, detection, response, and education that make safer choices easier for everyone.
In this Senior Security Engineer role, you will have real ownership rather than a narrow task list. You will be expected to understand the problem, communicate trade-offs clearly, make good decisions with incomplete information, and follow through until the work is shipped, adopted, and improved.
This is a remote - us position designed for people who do excellent work without needing an office to do it. We value clear writing, reliable follow-through, inclusive collaboration, and the ability to work across time zones with context, trust, and respect.
What you'll do
- Set security strategy and lead high-impact security initiatives
- Mentor the team and make secure the easy default
- Protect Rutylis, our data, and our community from evolving threats
- Identify, assess, and remediate risks across applications and infrastructure
- Build security tooling, automation, and guardrails developers actually use
- Lead detection, response, and post-incident learning
- Partner across teams to make secure the easy default
What we're looking for
- Deep experience across application and cloud security
- A track record of leading security programs
- Solid grounding in application and/or cloud security fundamentals
- Experience with threat modeling, vulnerability management, or incident response
- Ability to balance risk, pragmatism, and developer velocity
- Clear communication of risk to technical and executive audiences
Nice to have
- Relevant certifications or notable security research
- Experience with compliance frameworks (SOC 2, ISO 27001, GDPR)
- Detection engineering or automation experience
Compensation & benefits
$200,000 – $270,000/yr — premium-band, reviewed twice a year.
- Fully remote, async-friendly culture with flexible hours and a results-first approach
- Premium compensation benchmarked at the top of the market, reviewed twice a year
- Equity participation and an annual performance bonus
- Inclusive health coverage including gender-affirming care, mental-health support, and family-building benefits
- Generous paid time off, paid parental leave for every path to parenthood, and company-wide recharge weeks
- Annual learning stipend, conference budget, and a home-office setup allowance
- Employee resource groups, including an active LGBTQ+ community, with real budget and executive sponsorship
Rutylis is an equal-opportunity employer and we are building a team where LGBTQ+ people are not just welcome but represented at every level. We evaluate candidates on the strength of their work and potential, and we encourage applicants from underrepresented backgrounds to apply even if you do not match every line below.
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