Staff Engineer

Are you a security professional passionate about automation and eliminating security risk? 

Do you have experience securing cloud products and using security tools?

At Yugabyte, we are on a mission to build the default database for a multicloud world. We are building data infrastructure that will become the foundation for powering global, internet-scale applications over the next decade (and longer!). We pride ourselves on blending hard but useful engineering solutions with easy, intuitive user experiences. 

Do you like to be a part of a super smart team and work on tough problems that are valuable to customers and community members? Join us! 

The Security Engineer is responsible for running and improving key security engineering and security operations capabilities, including vulnerability management, detection and monitoring platforms, hardening initiatives, and security automation. This is a hands-on role spanning Panther, Wazuh, RapidFort, hardened images, PCI scanning, egress alerting, backup automation, playbook development, and AI-assisted security workflows, with close partnership across engineering, infrastructure, and compliance functions.

We are looking for a security engineer  who is passionate about cybersecurity and enjoys working  in a fast-paced startup environment, and who has a strong desire to learn new technologies.

• →Security monitoring and detection engineering
• →Vulnerability management and remediation coordination
• →Security tooling administration and improvement
• →Platform and image hardening initiatives
• →Compliance-supporting security controls
• →Security automation, playbooks, and operational readiness

• BS/MS degree
• 8-11 years of experience in security domain
• Strong hands-on automation skills(BASH, Python);Practical expertise using AI tools to accelerate engineering and operations;
• Familiarity with a modern SaaS infrastructure and application development
• Familiarity with major security protocols 
• Collaboration, transparency and integrity