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Vast · 3 months ago

Senior Software Engineer, Security

Long Beach, California, United States

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level

$155K/yr - $196K/yr

6+ years exp

Vast is a company dedicated to advancing space exploration, aiming to create artificial gravity space stations for long-term human habitation in space. They are seeking a Senior Software Engineer, Security to develop and maintain their cybersecurity infrastructure, working closely with engineering teams to implement secure software solutions.

Defense & Space

Culture & Values

Responsibilities

Work with team to design, implement, and maintain a wide variety of backends, tools, and pipelines directly in support of Vast’s mission-critical security services

Partner with various engineering teams to assist in the implementation and design of their security-sensitive features and services

Influence and adopt practices and patterns for security and software that will scale to what will eventually become a very large codebase and team

Qualification

Security services experienceDeep security knowledgeCloud security applicationsModern programming languagesGNU/Linux proficiencyConfident communicatorProblem solverCollaborative mindset

Required

Bachelor's degree in computer science, math, or other engineering discipline

6+ years experience with building security services and configurations (i.e. IAM, short-lived certificates, API security)

Deep security knowledge in one or more domains (i.e. cryptography, network security, infrastructure security)

Development experience in any modern programming language (including but not limited to Python, C++, Rust, Go)

Experience building, shipping, and supporting security applications in the cloud

Proficiency using the command line, writing shell scripts, and an understanding of the GNU/Linux operating system

Preferred

Experience working on ambiguous problems

Production DevOps experience (Docker and K8s preferred)

Experience working with multiple programming languages

Experience with API Design

Deep security knowledge in one or more domains

Confident communicator, both written and verbal

Collaborative mindset

Problem solver with a bias for action

Benefits

100% medical, dental, and vision coverage for employees and dependents

Flexible paid time off for exempt staff and up to 10 days of vacation for non-exempt staff

Paid parental leave

Short and long-term disability insurance

Life insurance

Access to a 401(k) retirement plan

One Medical membership

ClassPass credits

Personalized mental healthcare through Spring Health

Other discounts and perks

Exceptional food perks, with snacks, drip coffee, cold drinks, and dinner meals remaining free of charge, and lunch subsidized

Company

Vast

Vast is developing next-generation space stations to ensure continuous human presence in space for America and its allies, enabling advanced microgravity research and manufacturing, and unlocking a new space economy for government, corporate, and private customers.

Founded in 2021

Long Beach, California, US

501-1000 employees