Porter - Founding Security Engineer
About The Position
Porter is a Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) that runs in customers' own clouds. The company has 24 employees and has raised $21.5M. This role is based in NYC. The Founding Security Engineer will establish the Secure Engineering function and drive the internal security roadmap for the approximately 20-person engineering organization. This role involves building and shipping customer-facing security products and writing production Go code to harden multi-cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP, Azure) and Kubernetes in hundreds of customer accounts. The engineer will own cloud/container security end-to-end, including IAM, network security, secrets, workload isolation, and security logging. They will also engage directly with customers' security engineers. The tech stack includes Go, Kubernetes, AWS, GCP, Azure, Terraform, Docker, SQL, and IAM.
Requirements
- 4+ yrs infrastructure/platform engineering; software engineer first
- Cloud + Kubernetes security depth (IAM, network, secrets, isolation)
- Go; AWS/GCP/Azure; Terraform
- On-site NYC 5 days
Responsibilities
- Found the Secure Engineering function; drive internal security roadmap across ~20-person eng org
- Build and ship customer-facing security products
- Write production Go to harden multi-cloud infra (AWS, GCP, Azure) and Kubernetes in hundreds of customer accounts
- Own cloud/container security end-to-end: IAM, network security, secrets, workload isolation, security logging
- Engage directly with customers' security engineers
Benefits
- Competitive equity
- 30 days PTO
- 30 days remote/yr
- Relocation support
- Visa transfers (OPT/H1B) and new sponsorships (H1B, TN)
- New H1B only for exceptional candidates
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
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