Join Yugabyte as a Senior Software Engineer to enhance security operations and automation in a fast-paced startup environment.
Posted by employer 4 months ago
First seen on Joblaze 1 week ago
Last verified on the company career page 1 day ago
Skills & Technologies
AI in the day-to-day
Practical expertise using AI tools to accelerate engineering and operations.
Requirements
- Experience
- 5–8 years
- Education
- Bachelor's degree
Not disclosed in this posting: compensation, visa sponsorship.
Joblaze summary
The Sr Software Engineer at Yugabyte focuses on enhancing security engineering and operations, tackling tasks like vulnerability management and security automation. Proficiency in automation tools such as BASH and Python, along with experience in cloud security, is essential for this role. Ideal candidates have 5-8 years in the security domain and thrive in a dynamic startup environment. Yugabyte's diverse team spans multiple countries, fostering collaboration and innovation in building robust cloud-native database solutions.
Joblaze insights
- Listed 9 days ago on Joblaze — tracked directly from Yugabyte's career page.
- Yugabyte has 13 other open roles including Partner Account Executive, Product Sales Specialist, Senior Principal Solutions Engineer.
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Quick facts
- Is the Sr Software Engineer role remote?
- It's hybrid — Yugabyte expects some on-site time in India.
- How much experience is required?
- 5–8 years of relevant experience for this Sr Software Engineer role.
- Where is the role based?
- Yugabyte is hiring for this position in India.
- What's the tech stack?
- Joblaze extracted these technologies from the posting: AI, Automation, Compliance, Python, Vulnerability Management, bash.
- What seniority level is this role?
- Yugabyte targets senior candidates for this position.
- Is this full-time or contract?
- Full-time for this Sr Software Engineer role at Yugabyte.
From the original posting
Yugabyte is the company behind YugabyteDB, the AI-ready, multi-modal, distributed PostgreSQL database for cloud-native apps. Trusted by industry leaders including Shopify, Paramount+, GM, Kroger, Fiserv, and NPCI, YugabyteDB has been deployed in over 100 countries and powers more than 5 million clusters worldwide.
Together, our hard-working team of experts and our industry-leading technology are uniquely positioned to meet the demands of modern workloads: geo-distributed, ultra-resilient, and built to scale without limits.
Our Yugabeings (distributed, like our database) span 12+ countries and multiple time zones, sharing expertise from diverse backgrounds and industries.
About Yugabyte :
At Yugabyte, we are on a mission to build the default database for cloud native applications in a multi cloud world. We are well underway on this journey with YugabyteDB, the open source, high-performance, distributed SQL database that runs on any cloud and enables developers to get instantly productive using well-known APIs. And the best is yet to come! We are looking for talented and driven people to join us on our ambitious mission and help us build a lasting and impactful company.
Are you a security professional passionate about automation and eliminating security risk?
Do you have experience securing cloud products and using security tools?
At Yugabyte, we are on a mission to build the default database for a multicloud world. We are building data infrastructure that will become the foundation for powering global, internet-scale applications over the next decade (and longer!). We pride ourselves on blending hard but useful engineering solutions with easy, intuitive user experiences.
Do you like to be a part of a super smart team and work on tough problems that are valuable to customers and community members? Join us!
About the Role :
The Security Engineer is responsible for running and improving key security engineering and security operations capabilities, including vulnerability management, detection and monitoring platforms, hardening initiatives, and security automation. This is a hands-on role spanning Panther, Wazuh, RapidFort, hardened images, PCI scanning, egress alerting, backup automation, playbook development, and AI-assisted security workflows, with close partnership across engineering, infrastructure, and compliance functions.
We are looking for a security engineer who is passionate about cybersecurity and enjoys working in a fast-paced startup environment, and who has a strong desire to learn new technologies.
Responsibilities:
- Security monitoring and detection engineering
- Vulnerability management and remediation coordination
- Security tooling administration and improvement
- Platform and image hardening initiatives
- Compliance-supporting security controls
- Security automation, playbooks, and operational readiness
Requirements:
- BS/MS degree
- 5-8 years of experience in security domain
- Strong hands-on automation skills(BASH, Python);Practical expertise using AI tools to accelerate engineering and operations;
- Familiarity with a modern SaaS infrastructure and application development
- Familiarity with major security protocols
- Collaboration, transparency and integrity
Equal Employment Opportunity Statement:
As an equal opportunity employer, Yugabyte is committed to a diverse workforce. Employment decisions regarding recruitment and selection will be made without discrimination based on race, color, religion, national origin, gender, age, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, genetic information or characteristic, gender identity and expression, veteran status, or other non-job related characteristics or other prohibited grounds specified in applicable federal, state and local laws.
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