What You'll Bring

• 5+ years of hands-on experience building and securing cloud-native platforms in AWS and Terraform. You can architect controls and also implement them yourself
• Direct experience with federal authorization work in FedRAMP, CMMC, DoD IL, or comparable regulated environments. You don't need to have shepherded a full authorization across the finish line, but you've done enough of the real work to know what it takes
• Deep familiarity with NIST 800-53 and the ability to translate controls into pragmatic engineering work rather than checkbox compliance
• Strong working knowledge of modern supply chain security: SBOMs, image signing, workload identity, secure CI/CD
• Track record operating effectively in early-stage or fast-moving environments where you set the bar rather than inherit it

Strong Candidates May Also...

• Have supported federal SaaS, defense tech, or regulated infrastructure companies through accreditation
• Have led a company through its first federal authorization rather than maintaining an existing one
• Have hands-on experience with Chainguard, AI-powered security tooling, or similar leverage-multiplying platforms
• Have worked with platforms like Second Front or similar federal compliance accelerators

Don't Apply If...

• You want to own policy and hand the implementation to someone else. This role lives in the code and the infrastructure
• You think compliance is paperwork. At Kaizen it's a load-bearing engineering discipline
• You think AI tools are a crutch rather than a force multiplier
• You need a mature security program already in place to be effective

What Kaizen Offers

Health & Insurance

• 100% coverage across the board: medical through Oxford/United (Gold and Platinum PPO plans), dental through Guardian PPO, and vision through Beam — all fully covered for employees, with 100% coverage for dependents.
• $100,000 in fully paid life insurance. FSA and Dependent Care FSA.
• One Medical membership, on us — same-day primary care, 24/7 virtual visits, and offices all over the city.
• Fertility and family-building support through Carrot.
• 401(k) through Guideline, with a 2% company match.

Family & Time Off

• 16 weeks of fully paid parental leave for birthing parents. 10 weeks fully paid for non-birthing parents.
• Unlimited PTO, with a two-week minimum (we mean it when we say take time off!)
• Closed for all federal holidays.
• Company-wide winter break the week of Christmas.
• Company offsites throughout the year.

Office & Remote Setup

• Up to $750 one-time home office or desk setup stipend for NYC-based employees. $500 for remote employees.
• $50/month commuter benefit (company contribution).
• Expensed lunch while in the office.
• Dinner and Uber rides home will be expensed if you choose to work in the office past 7pm.
• Company-provided laptop of your choice.

Wellness

• NYC employees: Fully covered gym membership at Grindhouse — right across the street from our office at 47 W 17th St (and in Williamsburg). A $225/month value, on us.
• Non-NYC employees: $100 per month, dedicated to gym / physical fitness reimbursement.

Stipends

• $100/month utility stipend.
• $250/quarter home cleaning stipend
• $500/year professional development.
• $250/year recreation.
• $300/quarter pet care stipend.

Compensation: $220K - $280K