# Staff+ Software Security Engineer

Hiring organization: [Menlo Ventures Portfolio](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/menlo-ventures-portfolio)

Canonical page: https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/03e33890-3223-4a83-937a-ecb185bd256c

Listed on Menlo Ventures Portfolio's own careers site. Applications go to them directly.

- Employment type: full time
- Seniority: Staff
- Location: New York, NY
- Salary: 405000 – 485000 USD per year

## Summary

This role leads security architecture across Anthropic's AI infrastructure, designing systems for identity management, developer security, and cryptographic foundations while mentoring the security team and shaping security culture. It suits experienced security engineers comfortable with ownership of large-scale systems, ambiguity, and cross-functional collaboration in an AI safety context.

_Our summary, not Menlo Ventures Portfolio's wording._

## Skills named

CI/CD, Cryptography, Docker, Go, Kubernetes, Linux, Python, Role-Based Access Control (RBAC), Rust

## Required

- 8+ years of software engineering experience with deep security expertise
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent
- Strong programming in Python or a systems language (Go, Rust, C/C++)
- Deep understanding of identity systems and cryptographic primitives
- Working knowledge of Kubernetes security (RBAC, namespaces, network policies)
- Experience leading cross-functional security initiatives
- Excellent communication skills across organizational levels
- Track record of solving ambiguous technical problems independently

## Nice to have

- Experience designing or operating identity and secrets management for large-scale AI/cloud infrastructure
- Built security frameworks adopted across an organization
- Led a developer security program with supply chain and SDLC integration
- Built CI infrastructure using Nix, Bazel, or Kubernetes with deep toolchain expertise
- Implemented machine identity systems (SPIFFE/SPIRE, mTLS)
- Understanding of Linux internals (namespaces, cgroups, seccomp)
- Multi-cloud security architecture experience
- Network security controls (admission controllers, CNI, service mesh)
- Runtime security monitoring with eBPF or kernel policies

Apply on Menlo Ventures Portfolio's site: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/anthropic/jobs/5120512008