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Senior Software Security Engineer

Menlo Ventures Portfolio

New York, NY · full time · Senior

$320,000 – $405,000

Listed on Menlo Ventures Portfolio’s own careers site. You apply with them directly — we never stand between you and the employer.

What this role is

This role focuses on building security systems that protect Anthropic's AI infrastructure, training data, and development processes. You'll implement cryptographic protections, cloud security controls, identity management, and developer security frameworks across production environments.

Our summary, not Menlo Ventures Portfolio’s wording. The full posting is on their site.

What they ask for

Required

  • At least 5 years of software engineering experience implementing and maintaining security-relevant systems in production
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent industry experience
  • Strong programming skills in Python or at least one systems language such as Go or Rust
  • Experience contributing to cloud security controls
  • Track record of owning problems end to end from identifying the issue to shipping and monitoring the fix
  • Clear communication skills and ability to work collaboratively across engineering teams

Nice to have

  • Contributions to developer security tooling including SAST, dependency scanning, or secure build infrastructure
  • Familiarity with Kubernetes security primitives including RBAC, namespaces, network policies, and admission controllers
  • Experience with cloud security posture management tooling, infrastructure-as-code security scanning, or automated remediation
  • Experience with network security and isolation techniques including east-west controls, traffic inspection, and cloud network policy
  • Experience with eBPF for security monitoring and enforcement, or developing kernel security policies
  • Experience building secrets management or workload authentication systems, including familiarity with OAuth 2.0, OIDC, SAML, or SPIFFE/SPIRE
  • Background building or operating security systems in environments that support research workflows and rapid iteration

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