
Senior Security Engineer
Magpie Literacy
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: United States
Visit company websiteExplore more
Salary
💰 $148,000 - $163,000 per year
Job Level
About the role
- Design and build platform capabilities that deliver reliable, high-value features with safety, precision, and user focus.
- Collaborate closely with product managers, designers, and fellow engineers to create new features and improve existing ones.
- Approach the platform as a product: maintain a clear understanding of customer needs, identify friction points, and take ownership of outcomes with metrics-driven decision making (KPIs, OKRs, and North Star metrics).
- Use data to inform decisions, measure impact, and drive improvements through empirical evidence.
- Take ownership across all phases of development, from design to production, and monitor system performance in live environments.
- Continuously improve the flow of work from idea to production, using data to identify and remove friction.
- Write clean, efficient, and well-documented code following best practices.
- Build and maintain APIs, and integrate with third-party services.
- Ensure application performance, quality, and responsiveness across platforms.
- Participate in code reviews, testing, and debugging to maintain high-quality deliverables.
- Mentor other engineers and contribute to their growth.
- Contribute to architectural decisions and help define technical standards and best practices.
- Stay up to date with emerging technologies and suggest improvements to enhance development processes.
Requirements
- 5+ years of experience in cloud security engineering, with deep expertise in cloud computing
- Hands-on experience with AWS security services (such as IAM, KMS, GuardDuty, Config, Security Hub) and infrastructure-as-code frameworks like Terraform or CloudFormation.
- Strong programming skills in languages such as Python, Go, or JavaScript, with the ability to build security automation, integrate APIs, and contribute to secure application and infrastructure tooling.
- Demonstrated capability to build or enhance security observability, including logging pipelines, SIEM integrations, and anomaly detection.
- Familiarity with modern application security practices, including container security, supply chain security, and CI/CD pipeline hardening.
- Ability to drive incident response processes, conduct root-cause analyses, and implement long-term corrective actions.
Benefits
- Salary range of $148,000 - $163,000 per annum
- Competitive medical, dental, vision benefits
- Opportunity to work remotely for a mission-driven company full of change-makers
- Enjoy the freedom of flexible time off to balance work and personal life, ensuring you stay refreshed and productive.
- 401k with 4% guaranteed match
- Work environment that values balance and harmony with a deep commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion
- Opportunity to travel and meet your team members in-person 2x per year
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
cloud security engineeringcloud computingAWS security servicesinfrastructure-as-codeTerraformCloudFormationprogramming in Pythonprogramming in Goprogramming in JavaScriptsecurity observability
Soft skills
collaborationownershipmetrics-driven decision makingmentoringcommunicationproblem-solvingcontinuous improvementattention to detailadaptabilityleadership