Sobre este puesto de Software Engineer, Security (all levels) en Render
At Render, we’re building the modern cloud platform for developers creating AI-native, full-stack, multi-service applications. Our mission is to eliminate the tradeoff between the power of hyperscalers and the simplicity of developer-friendly platforms—so teams can ship fast, scale reliably, and focus on their product, not infrastructure.
Unlike complex hyperscalers or ephemeral edge/serverless solutions, Render offers a developer-first experience with persistent compute, dynamic autoscaling, built-in orchestration, and observability, allowing teams to launch, scale, and manage real-world applications without writing infrastructure code or managing servers. Whether you're building LLM-powered applications, scalable SaaS products, or async processing pipelines, Render empowers teams to move fast and scale confidently from MVP to millions of users.
Our platform is trusted by over 6 million developers worldwide and continues to grow rapidly. In February 2026, we raised an additional $100M in Series C financing, bringing our total funding to $257M, to accelerate our vision of making cloud infrastructure both powerful and intuitive—designed for the speed of modern AI development.
We’re a diverse and talented team that values craft, velocity, and user experience. If you’re excited to help shape the future of the intelligent cloud and empower developers everywhere, we’d love to hear from you.
Applying to Render
We're seeking candidates who possess high integrity, humility, and an insatiable drive to learn. Through reasoned discussions and continuous feedback, we strive to improve both individually and collectively. We foster an environment of mutual trust and respect, empowering effective debate to achieve the best outcomes for our customers and team.
We especially encourage members of underrepresented groups in the tech community to apply and understand that not all successful candidates will meet each requirement listed.
Our interview process is unique to each role, and we value the candidate experience just as much as our customer experience. We hope your conversations with us reflect a thoughtful process that is illuminative, enjoyable, and respectful of your time.
About the Role
The Render Security team is a small, dedicated team of engineers that runs all things security at Render.
Full-Stack Security Ownership - We don't just monitor; we build. From custom security tooling to comprehensive threat assessment, we own the entire security lifecycle at Render.
Engineering-First Approach - We are a team of engineers that understand security deeply, we create solutions that integrate seamlessly with development workflows rather than creating friction.
Proactive - We stay ahead of threats through continuous assessment, automated monitoring, and rapid response.
By joining Render at an early stage, you will be directly involved with building out foundational security for Render and make decisions that will shape our product and company, directly impacting developers around the globe.
You will:
Build internal tooling to enable secure access to resources (e.g., wrappers, utilities, authentication services, and proxies).
Implement detection and monitoring systems that alert the team to high signal vulnerabilities
Analyze and assess security issues identified through threat modeling, penetration testing, security scans and vulnerability disclosure.
Work with developers on sensitive code paths and educate them on secure design patterns.
Liaise with customers regarding their security and compliance needs, and in return, inform our security program.
Communicate security risks and solutions to technical and non-technical stakeholders as part of company-wide planning and prioritization processes.
Stay up-to-date with the latest security threats, vulnerabilities, and best practices and make recommendations for improvements to our security posture.
Partner with product engineering teams to inform and build thoughtful security features for our customers.
Continually ensure that our systems have appropriate authentication, authorization, and accounting with low internal overhead.
We're looking for:
6+ years of professional experience in software engineering or security.
Experience designing and building secure web applications, tools, and APIs.
Experience with vulnerability review and analysis
Strong incident leadership and diligent response.
Empathy toward the rest of the team and our customers
Strong sense of ownership and ability to make pragmatic decisions about your work.
Nice-to-haves:
Detection engineering experience through implementation and maintenance of a SIEM.
Experience with any of the technologies the Render product runs on: Go, Typescript, Kubernetes, Postgres, Terraform, Temporal.
Experience with compliance frameworks such as SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA or PCI.
Proven expertise in exploiting common security vulnerabilities, demonstrating practical experience in identifying and leveraging vulnerabilities to assess security posture.
Experience securing applications and systems through threat modelling and risk assessments.
Active participation and contributions to the security community through public research, blogging, presentations, and other means.
If this role excites you but you don’t meet every single requirement, we’d still love to hear from you—your unique experience might be just what we need.
Benefits
4 weeks of paid vacation.
14 weeks of fully paid parental leave for all parents to bond with a newly born, adopted, or fostered child. We will also work with you to create a supportive plan of return.
Long-term disability, life insurance, and 401K plans.
100% employer-paid medical coverage and 99% employer-paid dental and vision coverage for you and a dependent. FSAs and HSAs are available as well.
Monthly lifestyle stipend for wellness, mental health and therapy, hobbies, etc.
Monthly cell phone and internet subsidy.
Commuter benefits for Renders in the Bay Area, and home office stipends for remote Renders.
Continuous learning benefits & related support.
This position is generally not eligible for new visa sponsorship. At Render's discretion, the business may sponsor existing visa transfers. Applicants who require sponsorship must receive business authorization.
Render is an equal-opportunity employer. We know that employing a team rich in diverse thoughts, experiences, and opinions allows our employees, product, and community to flourish. We make all employment decisions including hiring, evaluation, termination, promotional, and training opportunities, without regard to race, religion, color, sex, age, national origin, ancestry, sexual orientation, physical handicap, mental disability, medical condition, disability, gender or identity or expression, pregnancy or pregnancy-related condition, marital status, height and/or weight.
We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.
We encourage all who are interested to apply. We can't wait to hear from you!
