Security & IT Operations Engineer

Prefect builds automation for an unpredictable world. The last decade of automation was about protecting workflows from unpredictability; in the agentic era, unpredictability is the point. Our mission is to give people confidence in automated work, whether that work is a mission-critical data pipeline or a fleet of AI agents.

In August 2026, Prefect and Dagster, competitors for eight years, joined forces to build the next generation of automation infrastructure. Today, our ecosystem includes Dagster, the data platform; Prefect, the agent platform; and FastMCP, the leading open-source developer framework for the MCP ecosystem. Together, our open-source and commercial products are trusted by Fortune 500 companies, data innovators, and high-growth technology companies around the world.

We think of our culture as the operating system of the company. We’ve carefully created a supportive, high-performance environment that empowers our team to do the best work of their careers, have meaningful impact, and continue growing personally and professionally. We’re a remote-first team that values high standards, ownership, and thoughtful collaboration.

In August, Dagster and Prefect became one company. Behind the scenes, that left us with two of nearly everything: two SOC 2 programs, two ways of managing laptops, overlapping tools and accounts, and a long list of tools that each need one clear owner. We're hiring a Security & IT Operations Engineer to turn all of it into one setup that runs well and gets easier to run every quarter.

You'll own the day-to-day of our security compliance program and our corporate IT. You'll report to our Security & Systems Lead as the first hire on this new team.

Our customers are enterprise data, infrastructure, ML and AI teams, and our products run code inside their data infrastructure. AI has made attacks cheap and fast, so customers look hard at how we protect them, and a well-run security and compliance program is a big part of our answer. You won’t be pushing security uphill here. More engineers volunteered for our new Security Guild than its first sprint had room for. Building on both companies’ existing security work, the guild is implementing shared product security tools and consistent vulnerability management and incident response processes across Prefect and Dagster. That commitment is helping us stay ahead of AI-accelerated attacks.

You’ll enjoy this role if you like a mix of hands-on work and longer-term improvements, and want a meaningful say in how our IT and compliance programs run.

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  San Francisco Bay Area and NYC metro: $165,000 - $219,000

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  Washington, D.C., Boston, LA metro and Seattle: $150,000 - $194,000

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  Denver, Chicago, Atlanta and all other US metros: $149,000 - $193,000

Actual base salary within each range depends on the candidate's location, experience, and qualifications. Equity and benefits are not included in the range above. Your recruiter can share more about the salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process.

Belongingness at Prefect is our commitment to ensuring mutual power, access, and opportunity among all groups and individuals who make up our community. We operationalize belongingness through actions large and small on a daily basis, but always with the goal that all groups and individuals can contribute as their most authentic self to the evolution of our product, our team, and our community.

Belongingness is also our commitment to bridge with individuals or groups not yet established in our community, acknowledge differences in a way that affirms distinct identities, and allows for a new, more expansive group identity to form.

Prefect is an equal opportunity employer and encourages applications from people of all backgrounds. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, religion, color, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation and gender identity/expression), national origin, disability or any other status protected under applicable federal, state, or local laws.

Delaney is a real live person (👋🏻) and is looking forward to learning more about you through your application.