Security Engineer (Corporate IT)

Resolution•Berkeley, CA

1d•$208,000 - $930,000

About The Position

Resolution is seeking a hands-on, strategic leader to build and own its Corporate IT and Security function from the ground up. The role will support the organization as it grows to 40–60 full-time employees over the next two years, ensuring researchers have the tools they need while maintaining a security posture that earns the trust of external partners and AI labs. The position focuses primarily on corporate IT and operational security, while initial responsibilities may also span research and infrastructure security as the security team grows. The role will establish identity and access management, secure communications, and help make security architecture and compliance an enabler of research. The Security Engineer will work with security, operations, and engineering teams and report to senior leadership. The work includes configuring and implementing systems directly, as well as translating security needs into practical solutions for researchers and external partners.

Requirements

Hands-on operator with a technical background, comfortable configuring systems, scripting automation, and setting up the technology stack.
Understands the threat model of a high-stakes research organization and can balance strong security with AI labs' need to move quickly.
Has built an IT and/or security function from scratch and can work autonomously amid ambiguity in an early-stage organization.
Can communicate technical security requirements clearly to researchers, theorists, and leadership.
Familiar with compliance frameworks such as SOC 2 and ISO 27001, and partner-lab security requirements.
Willing to use AI tools extensively in their workflow while applying appropriate care.
Motivated by alignment of artificial superintelligence and interested in contributing full-time.
Bachelor's degree in a field relevant to the role, or an equivalent combination of education, training, and/or professional experience demonstrating comparable knowledge.

Responsibilities

Build and own Resolution's Corporate IT and Security function.
Implement a robust Zero-Trust architecture and define identity lifecycles for staff, collaborators, and automated research agents.
Manage access controls, balancing open-science publication goals with the sensitivity of pre-publication research and model access.
Implement advanced email security, phishing protection, and secure collaborative workflows.
Serve as the primary bridge between research needs and external AI labs' security requirements.
Help the organization navigate security audits required to gain and maintain access to frontier models.
Configure systems, script automation, and set up the organization's technology stack.
Translate technical security requirements into plain English for researchers, theorists, and leadership.