Senior Principal Security Architect
CarGurus
9 days ago
Boston, MA, USA
Senior / Staff+
H1B Sponsor
Base Salary
$206k - $258k/yr
Responsibilities
- Lead the design of secure-by-default cloud patterns and product features.
- Design and oversee the development of common security libraries.
- Act as a technical partner to the CTO and Heads of Engineering.
- Lead complex threat modeling for high-stakes projects.
- Define and implement guardrails for Infrastructure as Code and container orchestration.
- Serve as the ultimate technical escalation point and mentor for senior security engineers.
Requirements
- 12+ years of experience in cybersecurity, with at least 6 years in security architecture or lead engineering roles.
- Expert-level knowledge of cloud-native security including IAM policies and VPC design.
- Ability to write production-grade code in at least two major languages.
- Passion for solving security problems at the root level.
- Ability to explain complex cryptographic concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
- Deep understanding of OAuth2, OIDC, SAML, and cryptographic primitives.
- Experience with zero-trust architecture in a large-scale microservices environment.
- Contributions to open-source security projects or involvement in the security research community.
- Experience securing high-scale data platforms or AI/ML pipelines.
Benefits
- Best-in-class benefits and compensation, including equity for all employees.
- Flexible hybrid work model and robust time off policies.
- Daily free lunch and new car discounts.
- Access to meditation and fitness apps, and commuting cost coverage.
Tech Stack
AWSGoGoogle Cloud PlatformJavaKubernetesPythonRust
Categories
Security