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Security Engineer

Genesis AI
San Francisco, CA Full Time
POSTED ON 5/23/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 6/20/2026
What You’ll Do

  • Design, build, and scale security infrastructure from the ground up across our systems, networks, endpoints, and products
  • Own and evolve security architecture across endpoint security, network security, application security, product security, and data security
  • Develop and maintain detection, monitoring, and incident response capabilities across cloud and on-prem environments
  • Establish security controls, policies, and operational processes that enable the company to scale securely
  • Partner closely with engineering teams to integrate security throughout the software development lifecycle (SDLC)
  • Drive vulnerability management programs, including identification, prioritization, remediation, and validation
  • Lead risk assessments across infrastructure, applications, vendors, and internal systems
  • Build and improve security education and awareness programs across the organization
  • Collaborate with a team of driven individuals committed to building general-purpose Physical AI
  • Own IT Infrastructure in the interim

What You’ll Do

  • Design, build, and scale security infrastructure from the ground up across our systems, networks, endpoints, and products
  • Own and evolve security architecture across endpoint security, network security, application security, product security, and data security
  • Develop and maintain detection, monitoring, and incident response capabilities across cloud and on-prem environments
  • Establish security controls, policies, and operational processes that enable the company to scale securely
  • Partner closely with engineering teams to integrate security throughout the software development lifecycle (SDLC)
  • Drive vulnerability management programs, including identification, prioritization, remediation, and validation
  • Lead risk assessments across infrastructure, applications, vendors, and internal systems
  • Build and improve security education and awareness programs across the organization
  • Collaborate with a team of driven individuals committed to building general-purpose Physical AI
  • Own IT Infrastructure in the interim

What You’ll Bring

  • Excellent software engineering and infrastructure skills (Python, Go, or similar)
  • Extensive experience building and operating security infrastructure in fast-moving environments
  • Deep understanding of modern security domains including endpoint, network, application, product, and data security
  • Experience designing and implementing detection and response systems
  • Strong understanding of security controls, risk management, and vulnerability management best practices
  • Experience integrating security into engineering and infrastructure workflows across the SDLC
  • Hands-on experience operating production infrastructure and cloud environments
  • Ability to operate independently, prioritize effectively, and build systems from zero to scale
  • Experience leading or mentoring security teams, while remaining highly hands-on as an individual contributor
  • Bonus: Experience securing AI systems, robotics platforms, or large-scale distributed infrastructure
  • Excellent software engineering and infrastructure skills (Python, Go, or similar)
  • Extensive experience building and operating security infrastructure in fast-moving environments
  • Deep understanding of modern security domains including endpoint, network, application, product, and data security
  • Experience designing and implementing detection and response systems
  • Strong understanding of security controls, risk management, and vulnerability management best practices
  • Experience integrating security into engineering and infrastructure workflows across the SDLC
  • Hands-on experience operating production infrastructure and cloud environments
  • Ability to operate independently, prioritize effectively, and build systems from zero to scale
  • Experience leading or mentoring security teams, while remaining highly hands-on as an individual contributor
  • Bonus: Experience securing AI systems, robotics platforms, or large-scale distributed infrastructure

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