Description:

Quora is a "remote-first" company, allowing this position to be performed remotely from multiple countries around the world.
The role is for a Staff Infrastructure Security Software Engineer, working on both Quora and Poe products.
The Security Engineering Team aims to keep Quora safe from security problems by building robust protections around products, infrastructure, and people.
The team culture emphasizes constant learning, improvement, and encourages engineers to think big and experiment with new ideas.
Responsibilities include availability for meetings during coordination hours, partnering with engineering teams to review architecture design changes, establishing threat models, developing or adopting tools for monitoring and hardening cloud infrastructure, applying security best practices, driving the implementation of security policies, writing automation code for security requirements, and conducting initial incident triage.

Requirements:

Candidates should have a strong understanding of details while prioritizing critical issues.
Candidates must be able to adjust solutions for scalability and manage time effectively while communicating their vision.
An ideal candidate should be a capable software engineer with expertise in one of the following areas:
- Cloud Infrastructure Security, with hands-on experience securing large-scale cloud environments, particularly with AWS, and familiarity with infrastructure-as-code tools like Terraform or CloudFormation.
- Automation and Secure Development Practices, with skills in automating security processes and integrating security tools into CI/CD pipelines.
- Linux/System Security, with knowledge of AWS infrastructure security, container security, and experience with tools like OSQuery and eBPF.

Quora offers a wide range of benefits including medical, dental, and vision coverage.
Employees receive equity refreshers and remote work reimbursement.
Paid time off and employee assistance programs are also included.
Benefits are country-specific and may vary, with more information available on Quora's careers page.
For US candidates, the salary range is $155,656 - $267,615 USD plus equity and benefits.
For Canada candidates, the salary range is $188,760 - $278,168 CAD plus equity and benefits.