Because we're a startup, the surface is wide. You'll have real ownership and the chance to set the standard for how a company our size does this well.

What you'll work on

• Authentication, authorization, access controls
• Data isolation and data loss prevention
• Active threat monitoring and defenses
• Secrets management, key rotation, and secure-by-default patterns other engineers build on
• Vulnerability and dependency management
• Audit logging and the data plumbing behind customer security and privacy requirements

What we're hoping you bring

Mission alignment: You believe in our vision and care deeply about helping people achieve more by communicating better

Backend expertise: You have strong experience building scalable, reliable backend services that power great user experiences

A security mindset: You think in terms of trust boundaries, blast radius, and failure modes without being asked to. You've been the person on a team who catches the thing everyone else missed

Pragmatism: You right-size solutions. Security that grinds the company to a halt isn't good security - you know how to pick the controls that matter and skip the theater

Craft and quality: You hold yourself to a high bar for code quality and system design, and you make the engineers around you better

About you

• 5+ years of professional development experience, shipping production code
• Strong backend capabilities: you've owned services end-to-end and have a track record of delivering in fast-moving environments
• Experience with cloud infrastructure (GCP, AWS, or Azure) and Infrastructure as Code
• Proficiency in TypeScript, Python, or equivalent languages - with the ability to debug complex distributed systems
• Experience applying security fundamentals in a professional environment, and the judgment to apply them proportionally
• Clear communicator who works well across engineering, product, and compliance, and who gives and receives feedback well
• You understand how your work connects to business outcomes and user impact
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience
• Ability to be on-site in our Seattle, WA office 3 days a week (M, T, Th)

Extra credit experience

• Building in support of compliance frameworks (SOC 2, ISO 27001, GDPR, or similar) as an engineer
• Multi-tenant SaaS at enterprise scale
• NoSQL databases and Kubernetes
• Google Cloud Platform
• Responding to enterprise security questionnaires or customer security reviews

What's in it for you?

Huge impact opportunity: Define technical strategy and build foundational systems at a fast-growing startup. Work directly with the founding team and shape the future of the AI platform for human skills

Competitive compensation: Significant equity opportunities at a venture-backed company

Base compensation: $160k - $190k

Join a fun, inclusive and highly motivated team culture (and help define it!)