Skild AI · 13 hours ago
Product Security Engineer
San Mateo, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Mid, Senior Level
$100K/yr - $300K/yr
5+ years expSkild AI is building the world's first general purpose robotic intelligence that adapts to unseen scenarios. They are seeking a Product Security Engineer to lead the design and execution of technical security controls and foundational security programs, ensuring a robust security posture as the company scales.
Computer Software
Responsibilities
Partner with engineering to drive secure-by-design architecture and conduct in-depth reviews of application source code and systems
Lead threat modeling and vulnerability analysis efforts, identifying systemic risks and influencing long-term mitigations
Embed with product teams to champion secure coding and deployment practices, and shape platform-wide guardrails that reduce developer burden
Design and own foundational security infrastructure, including secrets management, automated certificate/key rotation, and secure service bootstrapping
Build and scale automated security scanning pipelines (SAST, DAST, SBOM, OSS license scanning) integrated into CI/CD workflows
Drive third-party risk management, including deep-dive assessments of external hardware, software, and cloud service vendors
Qualification
Required
Lead the design and execution of both technical security controls and foundational security programs
Review critical systems and source code
Build internal security tooling
Design and enforce access and secrets management controls
Work closely with engineering and operations teams to strengthen security posture
Partner with engineering to drive secure-by-design architecture
Conduct in-depth reviews of application source code and systems
Lead threat modeling and vulnerability analysis efforts
Identify systemic risks and influence long-term mitigations
Embed with product teams to champion secure coding and deployment practices
Shape platform-wide guardrails that reduce developer burden
Design and own foundational security infrastructure
Build and scale automated security scanning pipelines (SAST, DAST, SBOM, OSS license scanning) integrated into CI/CD workflows
Drive third-party risk management, including deep-dive assessments of external hardware, software, and cloud service vendors
Preferred
Strong software engineering background with 5+ years of hands-on development experience
Deep understanding of networking fundamentals
Extensive experience with Linux-based systems
Strong understanding of applied cryptography, including key exchange, symmetric/asymmetric keys, and digital signatures
Extensive experience implementing access control in Cloud (AWS preferred)
Comfort working across disciplines: Infra, eng, GRC, legal, and vendors
Company
Skild AI
Building general purpose robotic intelligence.
11-50 employees
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