Senior Software Engineer - Data Security

1 week, 4 days ago
Full-time
Senior
Software Development
Abnormal AI

Abnormal AI

Abnormal AI provides advanced email security solutions designed to block malicious email attacks, including credential phishing, business email compromise, and account takeover.

Internet Software & Services
Founded 2018

Description

  • Own and evolve the customer data security and privacy platform services from policy and enforcement to observability and analytics.
  • Design and build core Data Security platform services that enforce security and privacy standards across products, infrastructure, and customer-facing integrations.
  • Lead and deliver large, multi-quarter initiatives that enable expansion into new geographies, verticals, and product lines while maintaining security and privacy guarantees.
  • Develop secure, scalable data governance platform services and tooling that integrate with external ecosystems (e.g., Salesforce, Slack, GitHub, Zoom).
  • Translate security and privacy requirements into clear technical designs that balance risk, usability, and cost while enabling product teams to move quickly and safely.
  • Partner with Platform and Security leaders to define vision, architecture, and roadmap for the Data Security platform, aligning long-term strategy with near-term business needs.
  • Drive best practices in threat modeling, authentication/authorization, secure data access patterns, and observability for security-sensitive systems.
  • Mentor and grow engineers on technical design, system ownership, and practical security thinking, and provide ongoing ownership of shipped systems.

Requirements

  • BS in Computer Science, Electrical/Computer Engineering, related field, or equivalent experience.
  • 5+ years as a Software Engineer building and operating backend or distributed systems.
  • Strong software development and system design skills with deep understanding of reliability, scalability, and tradeoffs in distributed systems (e.g., consistency, availability, CAP theorem).
  • Hands-on experience with Authentication, Authorization, and/or Network Security, including common attack vectors, best practices, and modern security technologies.
  • Proven track record of leading complex projects end-to-end from problem definition through implementation, rollout, and ongoing ownership.
  • Pragmatic security mindset able to differentiate must-have vs. nice-to-have security and privacy requirements and make well-reasoned tradeoffs.
  • Experience with Golang and Python, or strong experience in similar languages with readiness to work in Go and Python day-to-day.
  • Ability to translate security & privacy requirements into clear technical requirements and drive projects to completion.
  • Nice to have: experience converting ambiguous business/compliance requirements into technical problems and milestones.
  • Nice to have: experience with data governance, privacy, or compliance domains (e.g., GDPR, CCPA, SOC 2, ISO 27001) and experience leading small teams or multi-quarter platform/security workstreams.

Benefits

  • Base salary range: $179,800 — $258,500 USD.
  • May be eligible for bonus or incentive compensation.
  • May be eligible for equity as part of total compensation.
  • Comprehensive benefits package (health and other standard employee benefits).

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