Remote Senior Security Engineer

Description:

• Loft Orbital is seeking a Senior Security Engineer to join their Security and Compliance Team.
• The role involves ensuring the security of highly automated, containerized, and globally distributed infrastructure throughout its lifecycle, from architecture to incident response.
• The position is hands-on and collaborative, focusing on scaling Loft’s security maturity while maintaining a startup culture.
• Responsibilities include championing DevSecOps best practices, leading automated security assessments, partnering with developers to identify and remediate vulnerabilities, and designing secure architecture patterns.
• The engineer will develop automated security tooling, support incident response workflows, provide technical mentorship, and contribute to internal security tools using modern programming languages.
• Continuous improvement of security measurement and scaling across SRE and infrastructure platforms is also a key aspect of the role.

Requirements:

• Candidates must have deep experience with cloud security in AWS, Azure, or GCP environments.
• Strong knowledge of container and Kubernetes security in production environments is required.
• Proficiency in at least one modern programming language, such as Python, Go, or C++, is necessary.
• Hands-on experience with zero-trust architecture, service mesh, and software-defined networking is essential.
• A solid understanding of DevSecOps pipelines, IaC tools, and secure build processes is required.
• Candidates should have hands-on experience with vulnerability scanning, SAST/DAST tools, and automated security testing.
• Proven success in fast-paced, highly collaborative environments, ideally at a startup or scale-up, is important.
• Comfort in working closely with developers and SREs in an enablement-first security culture is necessary.
• Clear and concise communication and documentation skills are required.
• The ability to thrive in a multicultural, globally distributed engineering team is essential.

Benefits:

• Loft Orbital offers 100% company-paid medical, dental, and vision insurance options for employees and their dependents.
• Flexible Spending (FSA) and Health Savings (HSA) Accounts are available, with employer contributions to the HSA.
• The company provides 100% employer-paid Life, AD&D, Short-Term, and Long-Term Disability insurance.
• Employees benefit from a Flexible Time Off policy for vacation and sick leave, along with 12 paid holidays.
• A 401(k) plan and equity options are included in the benefits package.
• Daily catered lunches and snacks are provided in the office.
• Employees gain international exposure to the team in France.
• Fully paid parental leave is offered, with 14 weeks for birthing parents and 10 weeks for non-birthing parents.
• Carrot Fertility provides comprehensive, inclusive fertility healthcare and family-forming benefits with financial support.
• The company organizes off-sites and many social events and celebrations.
• Relocation assistance is available when applicable.