Senior Security Engineer

Nectar Group

Security Engineer ensuring enterprise-grade security across deployed applications for an AI-native social operating system. Managing compliance initiatives and vulnerability assessments in a fast-paced startup.

Posted 5/30/2026full-timePalo Alto • California • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $200,000 - $400,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSCloudPostgres

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Own the security of our deployed applications -- threat modeling, secure design reviews, and finding and fixing vulnerabilities across our services and AI infrastructure
Lead new compliance initiatives (SOC 2, and frameworks like ISO 27001, GDPR, and CCPA as we scale), establishing the controls, policies, and evidence to back them
Own the security side of the sales cycle: complete customer security questionnaires, support enterprise security reviews, and act as our expert in vendor assessments
Build and run our vulnerability management, secrets management, identity and access, and security monitoring practices
Manage third-party risk and our penetration-testing program

Requirements

What you’ll need

5+ years in security engineering, application/product security, or a related role at a software company
Strong application and cloud security fundamentals -- you can reason about the security of real production systems and AI workloads, not just policy
Hands-on experience leading or operating a compliance program (SOC 2, ISO 27001, or similar) end to end
Solid programming skills to build security tooling and automation, and to work credibly alongside engineers
Comfortable operating in fast-moving startup environments with high ownership and autonomy
Experience standing up a security and compliance function at an early-stage or rapidly scaling SaaS company (Bonus)
Familiarity with our tech stack: AWS, Pulumi, Postgres, ClickHouse, Turbopuffer, or Temporal (Bonus)

Benefits

Comp & perks

Competitive compensation and early equity
Health, vision, and dental benefits + 401(k) match
Clear career growth opportunities as the company scales
Free lunch in the heart of University Ave. in Palo Alto
Deep exposure to cutting-edge AI tooling and the opportunity to shape how brands use it
A collaborative, ambitious team defining a new category of AI-native marketing infrastructure

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Hard Skills & Tools

security engineeringapplication securitycloud securitycompliance program managementprogramming skillsvulnerability managementsecrets managementidentity and access managementsecurity monitoringpenetration testing

Soft Skills

leadershipcommunicationownershipautonomyproblem-solvingcollaborationadaptabilityattention to detailcritical thinkinginitiative