Software Engineer - Product Platform Security

Rubrik•Palo Alto, CA

About The Position

The Platform Security Engineering team builds the security features and frameworks that every Rubrik product runs on, protecting hundreds of petabytes of data across thousands of enterprise customers globally. The role involves encryption, certificate management, access control, and platform hardening at scale. This is an opportunity for new grads and early-career engineers to gain ownership of security-critical systems. The team tackles complex problems such as implementing post-quantum cryptography, managing customer sessions and access at enterprise scale, building a dynamic access control engine for a data management platform, and securing AI agents and developer workflows. You will work alongside experienced engineers and technical managers who will provide mentorship and guidance. The role offers a roadmap with genuine business impact.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in CS, Software Engineering, or related field, or equivalent practical experience.
0-2 years of software development experience (internships, personal projects, and bootcamps count).
Strong fundamentals in at least one language (Go, Java, Python, C++, or similar) and in data structures, algorithms, and testing.
Genuine interest in security, curious about how systems break and motivated to build things that don't.
A proactive, self-directed learning style; comfortable asking questions and diving into ambiguity.

Nice To Haves

Coursework, personal projects, or internships in cybersecurity, cryptography, or systems security.
Comfort with Linux/Unix, Git, and basic networking (TCP/IP, HTTP/HTTPS, DNS).
Exposure to cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP).
Hands-on experience with AI coding assistants or agentic dev tools (Claude Code, Copilot, or similar).
Interest in open-source security tooling or the broader security community.

Responsibilities

Design and steer AI to write clean, well-tested code in Go, Scala, or Python for scalable, secure platform services.
Collaborate with senior engineers on system design and architecture decisions.
Identify attack surfaces and build solutions to harden Rubrik products.
Triage, debug, and drive product/system issues to resolution with clear ownership.
Use AI coding assistants and agentic workflows as a core part of your daily engineering, while learning to treat AI-generated code as untrusted input that gets the same security scrutiny as any other contribution.
Review code and design docs from other teams to flag security concerns before they ship.
Help extend our review practices to cover AI-powered features and AI agents as they become part of Rubrik's product surface.
Contribute to secure coding guidelines and evangelize them across engineering.
Partner with Product Management, UI/UX, docs, InfoSec, and support to turn security requirements into shipped features.
Participate in planning, design reviews, and knowledge sharing.