Sr Software Engineer

Posted: 2026-05-05

Yugabyte is the company behind YugabyteDB, the AI-ready, multi-modal, distributed PostgreSQL database for cloud-native apps. Trusted by industry leaders including Shopify, Paramount+, GM, Kroger, Fiserv, and NPCI, YugabyteDB has been deployed in over 100 countries and powers more than 5 million clusters worldwide.

Together, our hard-working team of experts and our industry-leading technology are uniquely positioned to meet the demands of modern workloads: geo-distributed, ultra-resilient, and built to scale without limits.

Our Yugabeings (distributed, like our database) span 12+ countries and multiple time zones, sharing expertise from diverse backgrounds and industries.

The Security Engineer is responsible for running and improving key security engineering and security operations capabilities, including vulnerability management, detection and monitoring platforms, hardening initiatives, and security automation. This is a hands-on role spanning Panther, Wazuh, RapidFort, hardened images, PCI scanning, egress alerting, backup automation, playbook development, and AI-assisted security workflows, with close partnership across engineering, infrastructure, and compliance functions.

We are looking for a security engineer who is passionate about cybersecurity and enjoys working in a fast-paced startup environment, and who has a strong desire to learn new technologies.

- Security monitoring and detection engineering

- Vulnerability management and remediation coordination

- Security tooling administration and improvement

- Platform and image hardening initiatives

- Compliance-supporting security controls

- Security automation, playbooks, and operational readiness

- BS/MS degree

- 5-8 years of experience in security domain

- Strong hands-on automation skills(BASH, Python);Practical expertise using AI tools to accelerate engineering and operations;

- Familiarity with a modern SaaS infrastructure and application development

- Familiarity with major security protocols

- Collaboration, transparency and integrity