Decagon

Staff Software Engineer, Platform Security

Decagon
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San Francisco, CA, USA or New York, NY, USAStaff+
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Base Salary

$200k - $400k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Design and implement secure multi-tenant infrastructure that isolates customer data and supports AI model serving.
  • Build secure service templates, libraries, Terraform policies, and automation that make services production-ready by default.
  • Own Terraform infrastructure-as-code and GitOps practices, including reusable modules and policy-as-code.
  • Expand and operate alerting, detection, secrets management, IAM, and automated remediation platforms integrated with CI/CD and developer workflows.
  • Translate SOC 2, ISO 27001, and GDPR requirements into reliable, automated technical controls.
  • Participate in security on-call and improve operability, runbooks, and incident learning.

Requirements

  • 8+ years of experience building and operating production infrastructure, with meaningful security exposure or strong interest in security.
  • Deep knowledge of Google Cloud Platform and/or AWS, including compute, networking, IAM, and security services.
  • Proficiency with Terraform, Ansible, or similar infrastructure-as-code tools, plus experience building developer-facing tooling and automation.
  • Strong coding ability in at least one systems language such as Python, Go, or TypeScript.
  • Experience applying AI-assisted tools such as Cursor or Claude Code to improve engineering effectiveness.
  • Experience with secure container deployment, service mesh, and Kubernetes security practices.
  • Experience with observability and incident-response tooling, including instrumentation, alerting, and dashboards.
  • Experience as an early or founding platform, infrastructure, or security engineer; internal platform development; software supply-chain security; static analysis; detection and response data pipelines; or enterprise compliance is preferred.

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and disability benefits for employees and families.
  • Retirement plan, parental leave, and fertility and family-building benefits through Carrot.
  • Monthly wellness and lifestyle stipend.
  • Daily lunches and snacks in the office.
  • Take-what-you-need vacation policy; UK employees receive 25 days of statutory leave.
  • Full-time, in-office role; benefits may vary by location and change according to company policies.
Decagon

About Decagon

501-1,000 employees

Decagon builds an enterprise conversational AI platform that deploys customer-support agents across voice, chat, email, SMS, and other channels. It sells to large brands via enterprise subscriptions and services, helping automate and personalize support workflows. Founded in 2023 and headquartered in San Francisco, Decagon’s customers include Avis Budget Group, Chime, Oura Health, and 1-800-Flowers.

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