Altoslabs

Altoslabs

Senior Cybersecurity Engineer

San Francisco Bay Area, CA · Senior

Sponsorship not specified$170k-$218kDetected 13 days ago
ExpressDevOpsMachine LearningLLMsCybersecuritySOARDetection EngineeringIncident ResponseComplianceIntellectual PropertyResearchCollaborationMentoringCISSP

About the role

  • For more information, see our website at altoslabs.com.
  • Diversity at Altos Altos Labs has been named one of the Top 3 Biotech Companies and ranked for the second year on the Forbes 2026 Best Startups in America list.

Responsibilities

  • Develop security controls that can enable scientists and researchers while protecting sensitive data (intellectual property, regulated data, experimental datasets)
  • Perform threat modeling and risk assessments for applications, infrastructure, AI/ML systems, and lab/OT environments
  • Build automations and integrations (SOAR) around tools, processes, and systems to facilitate ongoing operations, reduce toil, and improve response times
  • Manage Incident Response - prepare playbooks, perform triage, investigation, and remediation
  • implement model and prompt safety guardrails
  • Perform threat modeling and risk assessments for applications, infrastructure, AI/ML systems, and lab/OT environments; translate findings into pragmatic controls and roadmaps
  • Manage Incident Response - prepare playbooks, perform triage, investigation, and remediation; coordinate cross-functional response; conduct forensic analysis; run tabletop exercises and after-action reviews; continuously improve detection and response
  • Secure AI solutions from threats to data security, integrity, and misuse; implement model and prompt safety guardrails; evaluate enterprise and third-party AI tools; contribute to AI usage policies and governance
  • Altos Labs will not ask you to download a messaging app for an interview or outlay your own money to get started as an employee.

Requirements

  • 7 years of experience in the technology space (at least 5 with a security focus)
  • Expertise in managing security incidents, conducting detailed analysis of security events, and overseeing sensitive investigations related to cyber activities
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, or related field
  • Ability to work without supervision, ability to handle competing priorities.
  • An ideal candidate would be representing the Altos Cybersecurity team in the San Francisco Bay Area, San Diego, or Cambridge, UK

Nice to have

  • Information security certifications (CISSP, GIAC, etc)
  • Experience with AI risk assessment, red teaming of AI/LLM systems, and defenses against prompt injection, data exfiltration, and excessive agency
  • Senior Cybersecurity Engineer: $ 169,700 - $217,500
  • Staff Cybersecurity Engineer: $196,800 - $252,300
  • Senior Cybersecurity Engineer: $141,400 - $181,300
  • Staff Cybersecurity Engineer: $169,700 - $217,500
  • For UK applicants, before submitting your application:
  • Equal Opportunity Employment

Skills

  • Everyone Owns Achieving Our Inspiring Mission.
  • Diversity at Altos
  • At Altos, exceptional scientists and industry leaders from around the world work together to advance a shared mission.
  • Our intentional focus is on Belonging, so that all employees know that they are valued for their unique perspectives.
  • What You Will Contribute To Altos
  • $169,700 - $217,500
  • Exact compensation may vary based on skills, experience, and location.

Compensation

  • The salary range for Redwood City, CA:

Benefits

  • Our mission is to restore cell health and resilience through cell rejuvenation to reverse disease, injury, and the disabilities that can occur throughout life.

Company info

  • Our Single Altos Value: Everyone Owns Achieving Our Inspiring Mission.
  • Altos Labs has been named one of the Top 3 Biotech Companies and ranked for the second year on the Forbes 2026 Best Startups in America list.
  • We are all accountable for sustaining a diverse and inclusive environment.
  • The Altos Security team is looking for a highly collaborative Senior Engineer to join our team to help enhance and extend our human focused security program.
  • You will be working directly with scientists, engineers, and IT staff to enable a hyper collaborative environment supporting world class research and development programs.
  • You will build modern, scalable security capabilities that protect sensitive scientific data and AI/ML workloads, improve our readiness to handle security incidents, and strengthen threat detection, response, and data protection across cloud and on-prem environments.
  • This opportunity will give you the chance to build an effective security program that directly impacts the trust and safety of our organization and its stakeholders.
  • Candidates for this role should take pride in balancing risks and benefits of any security control, system or action as well as always looking for opportunities to optimize, automate, reduce and simplify systems.

Equal opportunity

  • We value collaboration and scientific excellence.
  • We believe that a culture of belonging are foundational to scientific innovation and inquiry.
  • At Altos Labs, exceptional scientists and industry leaders from around the world work together to advance a shared mission.
  • We are all accountable for sustaining an inclusive environment.
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