Staff Security Engineer

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🇺🇸 United States – Remote

💵 $157k - $196k / year

⏰ Full Time

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👮‍♂️ Cybersecurity / Security Engineer

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Root Inc.

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1001 - 5000 employees

Founded 2015

🚘 Automotive

💼 Consulting

🛡️ Insurance

💰 $200M Post IPO debt on 2024-11

Automotive • Consulting • Insurance

Root Inc. is an auto insurance company that uses a mobile app and smartphone sensor telematics to measure driving behavior and price policies primarily based on how safely customers drive. The company offers a "test drive" period to gather driving data, provides in-app quotes, policy management, and claims filing, and sells roadside assistance and other coverages across many U. S. states. Root targets consumer drivers (B2C) seeking usage-based insurance and emphasizes savings for safer drivers.

📋 Description

• Define architectural standards protecting employees, customers, and core systems across cloud environments and applications • Embed security in the development lifecycle through threat modeling, design reviews, secure libraries, and CI checks • Build security metrics and scorecards showing leadership the risk removed and aligning security spend with key risks and compliance obligations • Secure AI adoption through architectures, threat models, and runtime protections for production AI systems • Automate vulnerability management, threat detection, and security operations using AI and other technology • Provide technical guidance through design reviews and pair sessions • Own the security tooling stack and make build-versus-buy decisions • Participate regularly in the security engineering team's on-call rotation

🎯 Requirements

• 10+ years of security experience spanning security operations, product security, infrastructure security, and application security • Experience setting architectural direction through roadmaps, standards, and secure reference patterns adopted by multiple business units • Experience embedding security into the development lifecycle through threat modeling, design review, and secure defaults • Deep technical breadth across AWS cloud and traditional enterprise security • Hands-on experience building proof-of-concepts and troubleshooting broken systems • Experience running security metrics programs that drive prioritization and impact • Experience designing systems against best practices and regulatory requirements and passing audits by design • Hands-on experience securing AI systems from threat modeling to runtime defense • Experience using AI to automate security work • Ability to communicate with non-security stakeholders, build consensus, and influence engineering leadership • Bachelor's or Master's in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience • CISSP is a plus • Bonus points for offensive security experience, including penetration testing, red teaming, or exploit development • Extra credit for experience attacking AI systems • Must be on camera for virtual interviews

🏖️ Benefits

• Competitive bonus • Equity offering • Work in whatever location works best across the US • Reasonable accommodation throughout the hiring process

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