Staff Security Engineer, Proactive Security
DoorDash
about 1 month ago
Remote, United States
Staff+
H1B Sponsor
Base Salary
$194k - $285k/yr
Responsibilities
- Lead threat modeling, design, hardening, and operationalization of security services.
- Define and implement security standards, guidelines, and automated controls.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to embed secure design practices.
- Direct the technical roadmap for assigned security areas.
- Ensure high operational excellence to minimize downtime.
- Participate in on-call rotation and respond to incidents.
- Manage the lifecycle of security vulnerabilities from identification to remediation.
- Influence the adoption of LLMs and AI tools securely.
- Mentor and coach junior engineers in security engineering.
Requirements
- 8+ years of experience in security engineering focused on product or infrastructure security.
- Proven track record of improving infrastructure security posture.
- Broad technical experience in large production environments.
- Deep understanding of OWASP top 10 vulnerabilities and distributed systems security.
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines for automating security controls.
- Proficient in analyzing code and architecture from a security perspective.
- Well-versed in scripting languages like Python and programming languages like Java; Golang is a plus.
- Strong experience with infrastructure as code tools like Terraform.
- Expertise in cloud infrastructure management in GCP and AWS.
- Ability to solve complex systemic issues creatively.
- Exceptional analytical skills with hands-on experience in root cause analysis.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
Benefits
- Comprehensive benefits package including 401(k) with employer matching.
- 16 weeks of paid parental leave.
- Wellness benefits and commuter benefits match.
- Paid time off and sick leave in compliance with applicable laws.
- Medical, dental, and vision benefits.
- 11 paid holidays and disability insurance.
- Family-forming assistance and mental health programs.
Tech Stack
AWSGoGoogle Cloud PlatformJavaPythonTerraform
Categories
Security