We are seeking a highly skilled and proactive Senior Cloud Security Engineer to join our growing security team. In this role, you will be the primary architect and guardian of our central command and control center application environment, ensuring that our cloud-native platforms—and the data within them—remain secure against an evolving threat landscape.

The ideal candidate bridges the gap between traditional security engineering and modern DevOps, possessing a deep understanding of how to secure multi-tenant cloud environments without compromising agility.

In this role, you will:

• Scope, design, and build complex security systems end to end, maintaining them through production and driving through ambiguous technical challenges with minimal oversight
• Identify systematic risks through threat modeling and risk assessment, then build the controls and infrastructure that address them
• Enable other teams to build their own security solutions by providing design pattern guidance and expanding security ownership beyond the security team
• Developer security and supply chain
• Build and advance our developer security program by embedding security practices into the software development lifecycle and developer workflows
• Harden CI/CD pipelines against supply chain attacks through isolated build environments, signed attestations, dependency verification, and automated policy enforcement
• Identity and secrets management
• Architect systems that protect sensitive assets including model weights, customer data, and training datasets
• Build and operate credential issuance, rotation, and workload authentication across our multi-cloud environments

Infrastructure security

• Implement and maintain cloud security controls including IAM, network segmentation, VPC architecture, and encryption across our multi-cloud and on-prem environments
• Contribute to cluster security controls including RBAC policies, namespace isolation, workload identity, and pod security
• Contribute to continuous cloud security posture management using infrastructure-as-code scanning, misconfiguration detection, and automated remediation

Secure frameworks

• Build critical security foundations including cryptographic frameworks, mTLS infrastructure, secure serialization, and authorization systems, designed to prevent entire classes of vulnerabilities and empower engineering teams to work securely without becoming security experts themselves
• Partner with product, research, infrastructure, and other security teams to ensure frameworks integrate smoothly with lower-layer security controls

What you'll bring:

• At least 6 years of software engineering experience with deep security expertise, including leading complex security initiatives independently
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent industry experience
• Strong programming skills in Python or at least one systems language such as Go, Rust, or C/C++
• Deep understanding of identity systems, cryptographic primitives, and secrets management
• Working knowledge of Kubernetes security primitives including RBAC, namespaces, network policies, and service accounts
• Experience leading cross-functional security initiatives and navigating complex organizational dynamics
• Outstanding communication skills, translating technical concepts effectively across all levels of the organization
• A track record of bringing clarity and ownership to ambiguous technical problems and driving them to resolution
• Low ego and high empathy, with a history of growing the engineers around you and supporting diverse, inclusive teams

Bonus Points for:

• Designed or operated identity and secrets management systems for large-scale AI or cloud infrastructure
• Built security frameworks or libraries adopted across an engineering organization
• Led a developer security program including supply chain security, secure build infrastructure, and SDLC integrations
• Built or secured CI infrastructure using Nix, Bazel, or Kubernetes-based deploy systems, with depth in toolchain issues, CI/CD pipelines, and developer workflow optimization
• Implemented machine identity or workload authentication systems using SPIFFE/SPIRE, mTLS, or equivalent
• Understanding of Linux systems internals including namespaces, cgroups, and seccomp, and how these underpin container and workload isolation
• Contributed to the security architecture of multi-cloud environments including network segmentation, data protection, and access governance
• Experience with network security controls including admission controllers, CNI-level policy, service mesh security, and east-west traffic enforcement
• Experience building runtime security monitoring using eBPF or kernel security policies

What we offer:

• Competitive compensation package including equity and annual bonuses
• Excellent Medical, Dental, and Vision plans through Kaiser Permanente, Cigna, and MetLife (including a medical plan with infertility benefits)
• MetLife Legal Services, Identity & Fraud Protection, Hospital Indemnity Insurance, Accident Insurance, & Critical Illness Insurance
• Flexible PTO, 10 paid holidays, and generous parental leave policies
• Our office is centrally located in Mountain View, CA
• Office perks: dog-friendly, free catered lunch, a fully stocked kitchen, and free EV charging
• Long Term Disability, Short Term Disability, Life Insurance
• Wellbeing Benefits - Headspace through Cigna, Calm through Kaiser, One Medical, Gympass, Spring Health through Cigna, Rula (mental health navigation) 
• Fidelity 401(k)
• Commuter, FSA, Dependent Care FSA, HSA
• Various incentive programs (referral bonuses, patent bonuses, etc.)

As a Senior Cybersecurity Compliance Engineer at Kodiak AI, you will work at the intersection of traditional IT security, embedded systems engineering, and rigorous international safety regulations. Unlike a general compliance role, this position requires a deep understanding of how software interacts with vehicle hardware to ensure public safety.

In this role, you will:

• Establish and maintain a Cybersecurity Management System (CSMS) to ensure the organization has appropriate security measures across development, production, and post-production.
• Manage security requirements and risk treatment for self-driving platform features throughout the entire product lifecycle (concept, development, operation, and incident response).
• Partner with Functional Safety teams to evaluate the overlap between cybersecurity (ISO 21434) and functional safety (ISO 26262) to mitigate physical safety implications of cyber threats.
• Drive compliance efforts across various security frameworks, encompassing both general IT and autonomous vehicle (AV) specific standards. This includes:
• NIST SP 800-171: Focusing on CMMC and Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) security.
• NIST SP 800-53: Addressing SaaS security.
• SOC2: Ensuring customer data protection.
• ISO/SAE 21434: Leading initiatives for emerging road vehicle cybersecurity engineering standards.
• Support Kodiak’s management team by providing written and verbal responses to potential partners and customers.
• Design and audit security controls for our off-vehicle infrastructure, ensuring data integrity and end-to-end encryption.
• Conduct technical risk assessments of our hardware components and partners, ensuring every link in the supply chain meets our high security bar.
• Track remediation progress with owner teams, escalate blockers, and ensure clean issue closure
• Participate in incident investigations by gathering technical evidence and supporting impact analysis
• Maintain high-quality documentation, runbooks, and operational updates
• Identify process gaps and contribute practical workflow improvements that reduce manual toil

What you'll bring:

• 6+ years of relevant experience in cybersecurity, vulnerability management, security operations, application security, or related security engineering
• 3+ years in Autonomous Vehicles, Aerospace, or Robotics.
• Deep familiarity with the NHTSA AV Framework and experience applying SOC2 or ISO 27001 to safety-critical hardware/software environments.
• Ability to work with C++ or Python for security scripting and experience with cloud-native security tools (AWS/GCP).
• Understanding of embedded systems security and how to protect safety-critical functions from external communication ports.
• Strong understanding of vulnerability assessment fundamentals (CVSS, exploitability, risk prioritization, remediation tradeoffs)
• Strong written and verbal communication skills for cross-functional collaboration
• Demonstrated execution ownership in operational security work

Bonus Points for:

• Exposure to security automation/SOAR platforms (for example Tines, Splunk SOAR, or equivalent)
• Experience with container/Kubernetes vulnerability workflows
• Familiarity with hardware-adjacent vulnerability domains (GPU/DPU firmware, BMC/IPMI)
• Experience supporting compliance evidence collection (SOC 2, ISO 27001, FedRAMP, or similar)
• Experience in high-growth or fast-moving infrastructure environments
• Exposure to AI-assisted security workflows and human-in-the-loop validation
• Expert knowledge of communication protocols such as CAN, CAN-FD, Automotive Ethernet, and LIN, including their common vulnerabilities (e.g., message injection, spoofing, DoS).
• Implementation of Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) for secure boot, secure Over-the-Air (OTA) software updates, and encrypted in-vehicle communication.
• Experience leading or performing hands-on penetration testing against Electronic Control Units (ECUs), telematics units, and ADAS sensors.
• Strong understanding of secure architectural patterns for embedded systems, including hardware security modules (HSMs) and Trusted Execution Environments (TEE).

What we offer:

• Competitive compensation package including equity and annual bonuses
• Excellent Medical, Dental, and Vision plans through Kaiser Permanente, Cigna, and MetLife (including a medical plan with infertility benefits)
• MetLife Legal Services, Identity & Fraud Protection, Hospital Indemnity Insurance, Accident Insurance, & Critical Illness Insurance
• Flexible PTO, 10 paid holidays, and generous parental leave policies
• Our office is centrally located in Mountain View, CA
• Office perks: dog-friendly, free catered lunch, a fully stocked kitchen, and free EV charging
• Long Term Disability, Short Term Disability, Life Insurance
• Wellbeing Benefits - Headspace through Cigna, Calm through Kaiser, One Medical, Gympass, Spring Health through Cigna, Rula (mental health navigation) 
• Fidelity 401(k)
• Commuter, FSA, Dependent Care FSA, HSA
• Various incentive programs (referral bonuses, patent bonuses, etc.)