Security Engineer

Summary

Velia Multiservices is partnering with a fast-growing startup to find an exceptional Security Engineer ready to build and own security from the ground up. The role involves conducting deep-dive security reviews, building automated security scanning, and establishing the company's security foundation as it grows.

Responsibilities

• Conduct deep-dive security reviews across a large Python codebase to identify vulnerabilities and harden systems
• Build and maintain automated security scanning across Docker images, PyPI packages, and CI/CD pipelines
• Design secure cloud and self-hosted deployment configurations
• Lead incident response efforts including vulnerability remediation, root-cause analysis, and post-mortems
• Run internal red-team exercises and adversarial testing to strengthen defenses against real-world threats
• Establish and scale the company's security foundation as the organization grows

Skills

• 2+ years of hands-on security engineering experience
• Strong understanding of application security, infrastructure security, and vulnerability management
• Experience securing modern development pipelines and containerized environments
• Ability to operate independently and thrive in fast-moving startup environments
• Someone who takes ownership, moves with urgency, and enjoys solving difficult problems
• Comfortable working at an intense, high-performance pace (:60 hours/week)
• Degree in CS or a related technical field
• Broad, hands-on experience across multiple security domains (e.g. codebase audits, dependency scanning, CI/CD hardening, secure cloud configuration, intrusion detection, incident response, red teaming, threat modeling, secure coding training)

Qualifications

Must Haves

• 2+ years of hands-on security engineering experience
• Strong understanding of application security, infrastructure security, and vulnerability management
• Experience securing modern development pipelines and containerized environments
• Ability to operate independently and thrive in fast-moving startup environments
• Someone who takes ownership, moves with urgency, and enjoys solving difficult problems
• Comfortable working at an intense, high-performance pace (:60 hours/week)
• Degree in CS or a related technical field

Nice to Haves

• Broad, hands-on experience across multiple security domains (e.g. codebase audits, dependency scanning, CI/CD hardening, secure cloud configuration, intrusion detection, incident response, red teaming, threat modeling, secure coding training)