Altruist
Principal Security Engineer
San Francsico, CA · Principal
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About the role
- If you're passionate about challenging the status quo and want to do the most important work of your life, we'd love to meet you!
- We embrace, and encourage healthy debate and diverse perspectives.
- We approach conflict openly, honestly, and respectfully.
Responsibilities
- Own security architecture and reusable reference patterns across our AWS environment, Kubernetes (EKS), and Java/Spring platform.
- Lead security design reviews and threat modeling for new products and services
- Drive our encryption strengthening program and cloud guardrails
- Partner with Engineering, Cloud, and IT to embed security into the SDLC and infrastructure by default.
- Strong application security and secure-design / threat-modeling background
- Stunning, amenity-filled office spaces in Culver City, CA, San Francisco, CA, and Dallas, TX. Our offices are intentionally designed for comfort, collaboration, and productivity.
Requirements
- Experience with cryptographic isolation / envelope encryption or searchable encryption
Skills
- About Altruist
- Kindness - Kindness doesn't just equal niceness.
- About the position
Compensation
- San Francisco, CA salary range
- $226,000 - $300,000 USD
Benefits
- Education - A B.A. / B.S. degree in relevant fields such as Computer Science or Computer Engineering or Information Security or relevant experience
- Bonus points if you bring
- Our dynamic offering of perks and benefits are tailored for you to feel your best while doing your best.
Company info
- We're looking for exceptional talent to help us achieve our mission of making financial advice better, more affordable, and accessible to all.
- But first, our values Kindness - Kindness doesn't just equal niceness.
- Grit - When challenges arise, we stay laser focused on achieving our mission and finding a way forward, even when it's hard.
- We are proud of the culture we've built and are cognizant of the ever-changing professional landscape.
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