Cloud Security Engineer

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🕒 February 27

🏄 California – Remote

🏄 California – Remote

💵 $220k - $405k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

🔴 Lead

👮‍♂️ Cybersecurity / Security Engineer

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Perplexity

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201 - 500 employees

Founded 2022

🤖 Artificial Intelligence

☁️ SaaS

Artificial Intelligence • SaaS

Perplexity is an AI-powered conversational search and assistant platform that lets users ask natural-language questions and explore curated topic "Spaces" such as Finance, Health, and Sports. It provides tools for comparing, troubleshooting, and analyzing information, maintains search history, and offers Pro subscription features alongside multiple sign-in options (Google, Apple, email, SSO). The product is delivered as a web-based service focused on surfacing concise, sourced answers and research assistance.

📋 Description

• Partner with infrastructure and engineering teams to embed security into development workflows and promote secure-by-default patterns • Build Terraform modules with built-in security guardrails, such as logging, encryption, and automated threat detection enablement • Deploy cloud-native detection capabilities using AWS GuardDuty, Security Hub, and custom detection rules to identify credential compromise, crypto-mining, and lateral movement • Maintain SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001 compliance through automated collection of cloud control evidence • Conduct security audits of cloud resource configurations using tools like AWS Config and Open Policy Agent, and remediate deviations from CIS Benchmarks and our internal security policies • Secure CI/CD and supply chain pipelines by implementing controls such as artifact signing, secret scanning, and dependency monitoring • Apply zero trust principles through strict network segmentation, authentication, and authorization across our cloud environments • Participate in the security on-call rotation and respond to security alerts and incidents to ensure rapid mitigation and root cause analysis

🎯 Requirements

• 8+ years of experience in Cloud Infrastructure, Platform Engineering, or similar roles • Proven track record of building and scaling infrastructure at high-growth technology companies • Deep understanding of cloud-native architectures, microservices, and distributed systems • Experience securing CI/CD pipelines, deployment automation, and internal tooling • Strong programming skills in Python, Go, or similar languages • Bonus: Experience with AI/ML infrastructure and multi-cloud environments

🏖️ Benefits

• Full-time U.S. employees enjoy a comprehensive benefits program including equity, health, dental, vision, retirement, fitness, commuter and dependent care accounts, and more. • Full-time employees outside the U.S. enjoy a comprehensive benefits program tailored to their region of residence.