Security Engineer

Clay

Security Engineer role at Clay focused on building security primitives and automation. Engage in cloud and application security with hands-on coding responsibilities.

Posted 4/16/2026full-timeNew York City • New York • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $225,000 - $300,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSCloudTerraform

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Build security primitives, tooling, and automation that scale with the product and engineering org
Define and implement our strategy for modern security workflows: AI-assisted vulnerability discovery, automated code review, threat detection, and remediation
Collaborate with Infrastructure and Product Engineering to make secure defaults the easiest path
Own projects end to end: design, implementation, rollout, and measurement
Secure our cloud environment (IAM, network policies, container security, secrets management, and misconfiguration prevention)
Define and enforce least-privilege access patterns across services and humans.
Improve cloud visibility and control using infrastructure-as-code and cloud security tooling (we currently use Terraform, AWS Config, and AWS Security Hub)
Develop preventative controls and safe deployment patterns that reduce the probability and blast radius of incidents
Lead secure design and secure coding practices, and prevent common vulnerability classes.
Perform architecture reviews and code-level security reviews, and work hands-on with engineers to ship fixes.
Own the vulnerability discovery and validation lifecycle: static and dynamic analysis, dependency checks, pen tests, and bug bounties. Integrate modern automated detection systems (including Claude Mythos-class models) to find vulnerabilities at scale.
Build and deploy security agents and automated workflows that can scan codebases, propose fixes, and in some cases autonomously deploy security patches.
Build frameworks and reusable components for authentication, authorization, and secure-by-default patterns.
Define practical policies and controls for code generation tools and coding agent changes, so they can be used safely and consistently.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Strong software engineering fundamentals and a track record of shipping production systems
Deep expertise in either cloud security or application security, with the ability to flex into the adjacent domain
Ability to build, not just advise: You translate risk into concrete engineering work and ship solutions
Comfort with ambiguity: You thrive when building from first principles and defining what good looks like
Forward-thinking about tooling: Interest in leveraging modern automation and AI to scale security operations while maintaining engineering rigor

Benefits

Comp & perks

All employees can work for free with world-class coaches who specialize in creativity, management, and more.
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Hard Skills & Tools

cloud securityapplication securityinfrastructure-as-codestatic analysisdynamic analysisvulnerability discoveryautomated code reviewthreat detectionsecure coding practicespreventative controls

Soft Skills

collaborationleadershipproblem-solvingadaptabilitycommunicationstrategic thinkingrisk managementcreativityattention to detailcomfort with ambiguity