Software Engineer, Security

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United States
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeFunction: Software EngineeringSkills: ["Problem-solving","Collaboration","Communication"]

Security Software Engineers build end-to-end secure products, focusing on enterprise security, cloud infrastructure, and protections embedded in our editor. You’ll design and implement tools to safeguard the platform, anticipate vulnerabilities, improve developer experience, and ship secure defaults. You’ll work in a small, high-talent team, own problems end-to-end, and help protect both developers and users while enabling faster, secure code.

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1 year ago

Software Engineer, Security

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Job Summary

Security Software Engineers build end-to-end secure products, focusing on enterprise security, cloud infrastructure, and protections embedded in our editor. You’ll design and implement tools to safeguard the platform, anticipate vulnerabilities, improve developer experience, and ship secure defaults. You’ll work in a small, high-talent team, own problems end-to-end, and help protect both developers and users while enabling faster, secure code.
Location: United States
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Software Engineering

Key Responsibilities

  • •Ship secure products end-to-end, focusing on enterprise security, cloud/infrastructure, and protections embedded in our products
  • •Build tools and features that safeguard our platform and editor and protect our customers
  • •Anticipate vulnerabilities before they become issues and apply secure-by-default practices
  • •Own problems end-to-end in a fast-moving environment and iterate with limited guidance
  • •Collaborate in a small, high-talent team to ship secure code and enable developers and users

Key Requirements

  • •Strong software engineer with security as your superpower
  • •Experience building or scaling secure systems in fast-moving environments
  • •Ability to own problems end-to-end with limited guidance
  • •Understanding of secure defaults and balancing pragmatism with rigor
  • •Comfortable in a small, high-talent team and protecting developers and users
Experience:SecuritySoftware engineering
Skills:Problem-solvingCollaborationCommunication
Tech Stack:CloudInfrastructureSecurity

Company Brief

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Builds Cursor, an AI-powered development platform and code editor that helps developers write, review, and maintain code using large language models and developer-focused automation tools for enterprise engineering teams.
Industry: Developer Tools
Company Size: Large (251 to 1,000 employees)
Revenue: USD 1B+
Growth: Scaleup
Valuation: Unicorn (USD 1B+)
Funding: Series D
Headquarters: San Francisco, United States
Founded: 2022
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