Security & Compliance Engineer

Security & Compliance Engineer

Bay Area, CA | Onsite | Full-time

US Citizen or Green Card Holder required due to the nature of the work.

About the company

Our client is a public security-technology company building the nation’s first autonomous security force, combining autonomous machines, AI-driven software and security professionals into one integrated service. Their mission is to make the country the safest in the world.

About the role

You’ll be the single owner of security and compliance engineering across the product portfolio, bringing together work that has previously been spread across teams. You’ll shape the program, set the standards and have visible impact from day one.

What you’ll do

• Own SOC 2 evidence continuity through a major platform vendor transition
• Own SSO, identity and access management engineering across programs
• Own facial-recognition and biometric compliance work across the portfolio
• Partner with the security testing team on testing frameworks
• Partner with DevOps and Platform on hardening-by-default patterns
• Coordinate scope hand-offs with the federal security engineering role

What you bring

• 7+ years in security engineering with compliance program experience
• SOC 2 program experience: evidence, controls and audit response
• Hands-on SSO and identity engineering
• Comfort working across multiple product teams at once
• Strong written communication for compliance and policy work

Nice to have

• Facial recognition or biometric compliance context
• Experience at security-first product companies
• SOC 2 audit lead or program manager background

Why join

• Build a function from the ground up with real authority
• Work on products that protect people and property
• Join a mission-driven team at the center of a company-wide engineering reorganization