Nscale

Technology

SeniorStaffEngineer,ComplianceAutomation

$175–200k Seattle, Washington, United States
Market Sentiment
HIGH DEMAND

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The Brief

“Senior Staff Engineer, Compliance Automation at Nscale. Skills: Compliance automation, GRC, Security engineering. Lead technical execution of compliance programs. Build unified control mappings”

What You'll Achieve.

Control automation coverage; Control effectiveness; Control verifiability; Reduction in manual compliance work; Reduction in evidence collection effort; Evidence quality; Evidence traceability; Evidence audit defensibility

Industry & Context.

Technology
Problems you'll solve

Root cause analysis

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

10+ years security compliance, 10+ years GRC, 10+ years assurance engineering, Deep ISO 27001 expertise, Deep SOC 2 Type II expertise, Deep NIST CSF expertise, Cloud infrastructure knowledge, Security controls knowledge, Modern engineering environments knowledge, Build automation-first compliance programs, Implement compliance-as-code, Replace manual compliance work, Continuous control monitoring experience, Modern GRC platforms experience, AI infrastructure experience, Hyperscale experience, Regulated environments experience, Operate across multiple geographies

Nice to Have

Experience with NIS2, Experience with Nscale AI infrastructure, Experience with hyperscale environments, Experience with regulated environments, Experience operating across NA, Experience operating across EMEA, Experience operating across APAC

What You'll Do.

Lead technical execution of compliance programs

Build unified control mappings

Design evidence repositories

Design remediation workflows

Design reporting structures

Support external audit engagements

Report on compliance posture

Build automation-first compliance systems

Implement continuous control monitoring

Evaluate AI-assisted workflows

Reduce manual compliance effort

Partner with engineering teams

Embed compliance into systems

Translate framework requirements

Build compliance validation mechanisms

Shape GRC program architecture

Contribute to roadmap planning

Contribute to tooling decisions

Contribute to team strategy

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Infrastructure teams; Platform teams; Product engineering teams; Customer-trust lead

Communication Scope

Leadership reporting

Process & Methodology

Roadmap planning

Full Job Description

About Nscale Nscale is the GPU cloud engineered for AI. We provide cost-effective, high-performance infrastructure for AI start-ups and large enterprise customers. Nscale enables AI-focused companies to achieve superior results by reducing the complexity of AI development. Our GPU cloud bolsters technical capabilities and directly supports strategic business outcomes, including cost management, rapid innovation, and environmental responsibility. We thrive on a culture of relentless innovation, ownership, and accountability, where every team member takes pride in their work and drives it with excellence and urgency. As an Nscaler, you’ll build trust through openness and transparency, where everyone is inspired to do their best work. If you join our team, you’ll be contributing to building the technology that powers the future. About the Role We’re hiring a Senior Staff Engineer, Compliance Automation to build a high-rigor, audit-ready compliance engineering function across Nscale’s global AI infrastructure. This is a hands-on senior individual contributor role at the intersection of security, compliance, and engineering. You will work directly with infrastructure, platform, and product engineering teams to turn compliance requirements into durable engineering systems, automation, and continuous assurance mechanisms. As Nscale expands into regulated enterprise markets, this role is critical to how we earn and maintain customer trust. You’ll help define how compliance programs are operated, automated, and scaled, creating the automation-first foundation that enables the GRC function to grow with the business. What you'll be doing Compliance Program Engineering Lead the technical execution of compliance programs across ISO 27001 family, SOC 2 Type II, NIS2, NIST CSF, and other applicable frameworks. Build unified control mappings across frameworks to reduce duplicate evidence work and ensure controls satisfy multiple requirements simultaneously. Design evidence reposito

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