Staff Product Security Engineer, Secure Design (Kernel and Virtualization)

Digital Ocean
Seattle
Workplace: HybridFull timeUSD 140,000 - 175,000 annuallyFunction: CybersecuritySkills: ["Communication","Mentoring","Collaboration","Influencing","Problem-solving"]

We are seeking a Senior Security Engineer to own the security risk posture of the virtualization stack, build threat models, and design defense-in-depth mitigations. You’ll collaborate with product and engineering teams, mentor engineers on security best practices, oversee vulnerability management, and drive secure-design initiatives within a fast-paced cloud platform.

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Digital Ocean
Digital Ocean
2 months ago

Staff Product Security Engineer, Secure Design (Kernel and Virtualization)

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Job Summary

We are seeking a Senior Security Engineer to own the security risk posture of the virtualization stack, build threat models, and design defense-in-depth mitigations. You’ll collaborate with product and engineering teams, mentor engineers on security best practices, oversee vulnerability management, and drive secure-design initiatives within a fast-paced cloud platform.
Location: Seattle
Workplace: Hybrid
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Cybersecurity
Seniority: Manager level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Own the threat modeling framework for the virtualization stack and drive defense-in-depth mitigations
  • •Collaborate with development teams to implement remediations that protect customers’ workloads
  • •Mentor software engineers in security best practices and oversee the vulnerability management program
  • •Communicate security topics and vulnerability classes clearly to product teams and leadership
  • •Develop security patterns, guidance, and training to scale security impact across the organization

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 140,000 - 175,000 annually

Key Requirements

  • •Deep familiarity with at least one kernel security feature (e.g., AppArmor, SELinux, Landlock)
  • •Capable of assessing and understanding performance implications of changes to virtualization stacks (especially Qemu and KVM)
  • •History of partnering with internal engineering teams to tackle security problems across an entire stack with empathy and creativity
  • •Ability to clearly communicate security topics and vulnerability classes and provide actionable direction to product teams
  • •Working knowledge of modern development concepts (virtualized environments, containerization, CI/CD)
Experience:SecurityKernelVirtualizationThreat modelingDefense-in-depth
Skills:CommunicationMentoringCollaborationInfluencingProblem-solving
Languages:English
Tech Stack:GoRustCQemuKVMKernel security featuresAppArmorSELinuxLandlock

Company Brief

Digital Ocean
Provides cloud infrastructure and developer-focused cloud services including scalable droplets, managed databases, Kubernetes, object storage, and networking to simplify deploying and managing applications for developers and small-to-medium businesses.
Industry: Cloud Computing
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 250M to 500M
Growth: Public Company
Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)
Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed
Headquarters: New York, United States
Founded: 2011
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