Persona

Identity Verification

SecurityEngineer,CorporateSecurity

$130–220k San Francisco, California, United States FULL TIME Remote Friendly
Market Sentiment
HIGH DEMAND

Neural analysis suggests this role is
optimal for Mid candidates.

The Brief

“Security Engineer, Corporate Security at Persona. Skills: Endpoint security, Automation, Security tooling. Develop EDR rules and tooling. Tune EDR rules and tooling”

Industry & Context.

Identity Verification
Problems you'll solve

Figuring things out fast

Eligibility Requirements

Relocation assistance available

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

3+ years of experience in IT security, corporate/enterprise security, or a related technical role, Hands-on experience with macOS endpoints, Hands-on experience with MDM platforms, Hands-on experience with EDR tooling, Experience with endpoint hardening, Experience with DLP concepts, Experience with insider threat scenarios, Experience with email security fundamentals, Experience with social engineering defense, Ability to write scripts and automate workflows in Python, Ruby, Bash, or comfortable with SQL, Communicates clearly about security topics with non-technical stakeholders, Experience in a high-growth startup or other fast-moving, resource-constrained environment

Nice to Have

Familiarity with identity and access management tooling (Okta, SCIM provisioning, SSO), Experience with Zero Trust or network access tools (Twingate, Cloudflare Access, or similar), Exposure to SIEM platforms, Exposure to log aggregation, Exposure to detection engineering, Familiarity with SaaS security posture management (SSPM) or CASB concepts, Worked somewhere where PII or sensitive data was the core product

What You'll Do.

Develop EDR rules and tooling

Tune EDR rules and tooling

Operate EDR rules and tooling

Implement security best practices

Develop security controls

Deploy security controls

Build tools and automation

Harden corporate infrastructure

Harden SaaS applications

Translate telemetry into mitigations

Translate telemetry into control recommendations

Build insider threat detection

Operate insider threat detection

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Partner with TechOps to implement security best practices; Work alongside experienced security engineers

Communication Scope

Communicates clearly about security topics with non-technical stakeholders

Full Job Description

About Persona Persona https://withpersona.com/ is the configurable identity platform built for businesses in a digital-first world. Verifying individuals and organizations is harder — but more important — than ever, with AI enabling fraudsters to launch sophisticated accounts at scale and regulations evolving rapidly. We’ve built Persona to support practically every use case and industry — that’s why we’re able to serve a wide range of leading companies. For example, Reddit relies on Persona for age assurance and verification to comply with online safety regulations, protecting younger users while maintaining a seamless experience. Meanwhile, OpenAI relies on Persona to keep bad actors out, protecting one of the world’s most powerful AI platforms from large-scale abuse in a time when AI is reshaping the way we work and live. We’re growing rapidly and looking for exceptional people to join us! ABOUT THE ROLE Persona builds identity verification infrastructure where security isn't a layer we add later, it's core to everything we ship. When security fails at most companies, systems go down. At an identity verification company, real people's identities are compromised. This is an enterprise security role embedded in a generalist security team. You'll work alongside experienced security engineers to defend Persona's people, devices, and systems against evolving threats - and build the tooling and automation that lets us do it at scale.   WHAT YOU’LL WORK ON - Develop, tune, and operate endpoint detection and response (EDR) rules and tooling across our macOS environment - Partner with TechOps to implement security best practices across SaaS and endpoint environments, including 2FA enforcement, automated device encryption, and DLP. You will develop and deploy these controls - not ask other teams to do so for you - Build tools and automation to scale security controls and monitoring without scaling headcount - Harden corporate infrastructure and SaaS applications against at

Free ATS check

Applying for this Security Engineer, Corporate Security role?

Most applicants get filtered before a human reads their resume. See if yours makes the cut.

How to Apply on Ashby

  • Ashby is a fast modern ATS — most applications take under 3 minutes.
  • The resume parser is strong; verify parsed experience dates and job titles.
  • Custom screening questions are often scored algorithmically — answer completely.
  • Location field affects geo-based screening; use your actual metro area.

ANONYMOUS · UNFILTERED

What do employees actually say about Persona?

Real rants from real employees. Read before you apply.

Read Company Rants →