Senior Security Linux Engineer

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.

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

Tech Stack

Go, Rust, C, TypeScript, Linux security, container hardening

Qualifications

Must have :

50 total)

Miscellaneous

San Francisco Bay Area,​ 4 days in the office

Sponsorship : Is NOT available for this position

Compensation : 180,000 - $210,000 DOE plus benefits

Applicants must be authorized to work for any U.S. employer.

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.