High Sierra Talent · 7 hours ago
Security Engineer
San Francisco, CA
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level
$180K/yr - $210K/yr
5+ years expHigh Sierra Talent is seeking a senior Security Engineer to secure infrastructure that runs untrusted code at massive scale. This role is focused on Linux and infrastructure security, balancing strong isolation guarantees with high-performance requirements in a distributed environment.
Staffing & Recruiting
No H1B
Hiring Manager
Heather Gardner
Responsibilities
Secure high-scale infrastructure executing untrusted workloads
Design and implement defense-in-depth security for sandboxed and microVM-based systems
Build real-time threat detection across large numbers of concurrent environments
Apply Linux security primitives to enforce isolation and runtime protection
Ensure compliance with enterprise security standards while maintaining low-latency performance
Qualification
Required
5+ years of experience securing production infrastructure
Deep hands-on experience with Linux security primitives such as seccomp, eBPF, and namespaces
Experience securing distributed systems at scale
Familiarity with compliance frameworks including SOC 2, ISO 27001, and GDPR
Comfortable working close to the system; kernel-level security experience is a plus
Company
High Sierra Talent
At High Sierra Talent, we specialize in connecting top-tier IT professionals with companies that need their expertise—whether at the C-suite level or within highly specialized technical teams.
51-200 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageCompany data provided by crunchbase