# Staff + Software Security Engineer, Secure Frameworks

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

Canonical page: https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/f8ee9499-bebe-476e-af34-f5bfaae6e461

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

- Employment type: full time
- Seniority: Senior
- Location: New York, NY
- Salary: 32000 – 485000 USD per year

## Summary

Build and operate foundational security systems serving Anthropic's engineering organization, including cryptographic frameworks, identity services, and zero-trust access infrastructure. This role suits experienced security engineers who enjoy shipping production systems and can drive adoption across teams with minimal oversight.

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

## Skills named

Go, JSON Web Token (JWT), Kubernetes, Python, Rust

## Required

- 8+ years building security-relevant systems in production with independent leadership of complex initiatives
- Strong programming in Go, Rust, or Python
- Deep knowledge of authentication and authorization systems including OAuth 2.0, OIDC, JWTs, and policy-based access control
- Hands-on experience with PKI, X.509, mTLS, and workload identity
- Working knowledge of applied cryptography including primitive selection, key management, and practical library failure modes
- Production experience operating high-reliability services on Kubernetes across cloud and on-premises with on-call responsibilities
- Track record of clarifying and owning ambiguous technical problems across teams
- Strong developer experience mindset
- Clear communication across organizational levels

## Nice to have

- Built security frameworks or libraries adopted across an engineering organization and driven adoption
- Built or operated zero-trust or BeyondCorp-style access gateway or identity-aware proxy
- Migrated infrastructure fleet to mTLS at scale including certificate issuance and staged enforcement
- Maintained or contributed to open-source cryptographic libraries
- Designed authorization systems using policy languages or relationship-based models
- Familiarity with ML infrastructure for training and inference serving

Apply on Menlo Ventures Portfolio's site: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/anthropic/jobs/5440475008