a16z
Venture Capital
StaffSecurityEngineer
“Staff Security Engineer at a16z. Skills: Cloud Security, Product Security, AI Security. Partner on security engineering. Review code”
Industry & Context.
Threat modeling
In-office 2 days/week
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
4+ years security engineering experience, Demonstrated SAST experience, Demonstrated SCA experience, Demonstrated AWS experience, Demonstrated GCP experience, Demonstrated Terraform experience, Demonstrated Kubernetes experience, Demonstrated GitHub Actions experience, Python code-reading skills, Go code-reading skills, Python code-review skills, Go code-review skills, Experience working embedded with engineering teams, AI security knowledge
Nice to Have
Depth in CloudSec, Depth in Product Security, Breadth across enterprise security, Breadth across identity, Breadth across AI, Model risk knowledge, Prompt injection knowledge, Agent governance knowledge
What You'll Do.
Partner on security engineering
Design security controls
Automate security guardrails
Ship security capabilities
Secure cloud infrastructure
Secure internal applications
Secure SDLC pipelines
Secure internal agent systems
Secure AI-powered workflows
Secure agentic infrastructure
Operate cloud security tooling
Build foundational programs
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Partner with ASG; Work with Engineering; Work with SecOps; Work with IT; Collaborate with diverse teams
Communication Scope
Translate technical concepts
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