Security Engineer

About this role

Giga seeks a Security Engineer to build protective systems and practices for an AI agent platform trusted by enterprise customers like DoorDash. You'll write production code, design secure architectures, and create tooling that makes security seamless across the stack—balancing protection with developer velocity.

What you'll do

• Secure platform end-to-end, from customer APIs to real-time conversation handling and data systems
• Design and implement role-based access controls, permissions models, and audit logging for enterprise customers
• Build security tooling for vulnerability scanning, dependency auditing, secrets management, and threat detection
• Collaborate with backend and infrastructure teams to embed security into system architecture from the start
• Shape team security practices and mindset while unblocking engineers to build securely
• Address novel security challenges specific to AI agents like prompt injection and data leakage

What they're looking for

• Security engineering with 4+ years experience and strong software engineering foundation
• Production-quality code writing in Python (Django/FastAPI) and/or TypeScript (Node.js)
• Application, infrastructure, and cloud security across AWS, Kubernetes, and containerized environments
• Access control and authorization system design
• Vulnerability assessment and secure software development lifecycle practices
• Infrastructure-as-code and CI/CD security (Terraform, Docker)
• Experience securing systems handling sensitive customer data at scale
• Understanding of AI/ML security challenges and emerging threats

Benefits

• Daily catered lunch and dinner stipend
• $150/month wellness benefit (gym, fitness, mental health)
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage
• 401(k) plan
• Commuter benefits
• Early-stage company with significant technical influence and autonomy