Senior Product Security Engineers

Journey alongside a strong community of top talent who are relentless in their drive to build the simplest scalable cloud. We’re looking for a Senior Product Security Engineer who is passionate about partnering with engineers to assess the security risk of new products and features.
Our scope is primarily focused on reviewing early-stage decisions, helping develop threat models, scaling impact via automation, curating security patterns, authoring security guidance, training, and championing security initiatives.
You will collaborate with other security teams and the rest of DigitalOcean to guide secure architecture design, reduce security risk in the organization, and empower engineers to make informed security decisions. Security at DO means solving incredibly complex problems at a high-scale that have real impact for our customers, our products, and the larger internet community.
Threat model application designs and solutions and provide security risk assessments (70%)

Provide deep technical expertise in software and network architecture during holistic assessments of security layers across infrastructure, application, people, and process.
Collaborate with product managers, designers, and engineers to threat model and architect secure and resilient systems.
Champion an internal security culture (developer training, internal CTFs, etc.).
Mentor software engineering teams in security best practices.
Help oversee our vulnerability management program (we call it security debt).
Help DigitalOcean engineers understand how security events impact them. How does RetBleed impact DigitalOcean’s fleet?
Build security tooling and automations to help scale the Product Security teams practices (10%)

Use software architecture and coding patterns to reduce the impact of security issues.
3+ years experience guiding software teams on secure architecture design.
~ Experience building or reviewing threat models and ability to craft malicious user, attacker, and abuse/misuse cases.
~ Working knowledge of hardware and software supply chain security.
~ Familiarity with object oriented and functional programming concepts, particularly with languages such as Go, JavaScript, Rust, or C.

This is a remote role
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You’ll be a part of a cutting-edge technology company with a high-growth trajectory, who are proud to simplify cloud and AI so builders can spend more time creating software that changes the world. Youll lead with a bias for action and take true ownership of our products, customer success, and team culture.
You will join a community of exceptional talent, collaborating closely with some of the brightest and most interesting people in the industry. We are a high-performance and fast-paced organization that will always challenge you to think big. Our talent development team prioritizes your professional development and provides resources to support your growth. We provide employees with reimbursement for relevant conferences, training, and education, subject to company policy.
We care about your well-being.

Our benefits are designed to support you and may include flexible time off, local team meetups, and mental health and well being support. Our benefits philosophy is consistent globally, but specific benefits and eligibility vary by location to reflect local needs and regulations.
The salary range for this position is based on market data, relevant years of experience, and skills. Eligible employees may also receive equity compensation, which may include a new hire equity grant and, in participating countries, the opportunity to participate in our Employee Stock Purchase Program. Equity awards are subject to approval and the terms of the applicable plan.
In addition to base salary, this role is eligible to participate in DigitalOcean’s annual bonus plan and may be eligible for a new hire equity grant, subject to plan terms and local eligibility. Bonus amounts depend on company and individual performance.
Sales roles (sales compensation eligible) : In addition to base salary, this role may be eligible to earn incentive compensation under the applicable sales compensation plan and may be eligible for a new hire equity grant, subject to plan terms and local eligibility.

~ We do not discriminate on the basis of race, sex, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

Application Limit:

You may apply to a maximum of 3 positions within any 180-day period. This policy promotes better role-candidate matching and encourages thoughtful applications where your qualifications align most strongly.