*Position is IN OFFICE at our Santa Clara, CA (San Francisco Bay Area) officeThe OpportunityAs a Senior Security Engineer at Orkes, you will work at the frontier of agentic workflow development, building the security foundation that defines how enterprises safely workflows with AI agent interactions. You will own the security roadmap for our multi-cloud control plane and customer-hosted deployments, architecting critical guardrails, ranging from IAM and RBAC to secure agent-tool integration, that make complex workflows production-ready. This is a unique opportunity to build mission-critical infrastructure ensuring security is not just a checkbox, but fully integrated into our SDLC and cloud control plane so that our customers can confidently automate their most sensitive business processes.
Must-haves- 7+ years of experience
- Ships fixes and platform guardrails in production code (Java/Python/TS) - a doer, not just an identifier
- Owns the security roadmap - turns the threat landscape into a prioritized, roadmapped program for the team
- First responder for Penetration testing, Security Audits, and CVEs
- Multi-cloud security architecture (AWS/Azure/GCP + self-hosted) - IAM, network, KMS, tenant isolation
- Designs RBAC/authZ as a system across product and platform
- Experience with Security testing and analyzing in CI/CD (SAST/DAST/SCA as a paved road)
- Threat models real systems and turns findings into strategy
- AI-coding experience - look for those who prescribe/tell AI exactly what to do vs those who ask AI to make judgment calls and decisions
Nice-to-haves: OSCP/CKS; K8s (Kubernetes) security; compliance (SOC 2, ISO 27001, FedRAMP); detection engineering, Red-team experience
More DetailsWe offer a competitive total compensation package, featuring a base salary starting at $180,000-$240,000 depending on experience and leveling, plus generous equity. When determining compensation, a number of factors will be considered: skills, experience, job scope, location, and competitive compensation market data.
- Status: Full-Time
- Type: In-Office
- Location: San Francisco Bay Area (Santa Clara, CA)
- Department: Cloud & Platform Engineering
- Reports to: Head of Engineering
Benefits- Comprehensive health coverage including medical, dental, and vision
- Flexible PTO
- Support for personal development
