# Security Engineer - Company: [Clera]() - Location: San Francisco - Team: Engineering - Employment type: Full Time - Posted: September 9, 2026 ## Job description ### About the Role This is a founding security hire at an early-stage AI/ML infrastructure company, giving you the opportunity to build the security program from scratch. You will work across product, cloud infrastructure, compliance, and incident response to protect a platform used by leading AI labs and large enterprises. The role is critical to maintaining customer trust and safeguarding sensitive data assets at scale. ### What You'll Do * Lead detection and incident response end-to-end, from initial signal and alert through investigation, postmortem, and durable engineering improvements. * Own the security roadmap spanning product security, cloud and infrastructure security, corporate security, incident response, and compliance. * Secure APIs, platforms, and data systems through threat modeling, design and code reviews, authentication and authorization controls, and secrets management. * Build and operate monitoring, detection, and incident-response capabilities, and turn emerging threats into lasting improvements. * Own SOC 2 compliance and customer trust, including control design, security questionnaires, policy management, vendor reviews, and audits. * Partner with legal, commercial, engineering, and operations to translate data-license requirements into enforceable controls covering access, provenance, retention, deletion, isolation, and auditability. ### What We're Looking For * 5+ years of hands-on security engineering experience across infrastructure, detection and response, and identity domains. * Proven ability to lead security incidents end-to-end, from containment through root-cause analysis and follow-up engineering work. * Experience implementing or operating SOC 2 or a comparable security framework and translating requirements into technical controls. * Experience securing AI/ML infrastructure, agent execution environments, data platforms, or systems handling untrusted or sensitive data. * Experience designing and implementing data protection controls including access, retention, deletion, isolation, and auditability. * Experience working with legal teams, auditors, and customers on security questionnaires, policy management, and audit processes. * Strong communication skills with a broad range of stakeholders, including engineers, operations, legal, auditors, and customers. * High agency and sound judgment, with the ability to prioritize risks and make pragmatic decisions under uncertainty. * Relevant certifications (OSCP, AWS Security Specialist, OSWE, CKS, GIAC) or demonstrated expertise through CVEs, security tooling, or bug bounty work are a plus. ### Compensation & Benefits Very competitive compensation package. Full medical, dental, and vision coverage. Additional benefits include a 401k, commuter benefits, and access to leading AI productivity tools. Visa sponsorship and relocation support are available for strong candidates. ### Location On-site in San Francisco, CA or Singapore. Visa sponsorship and relocation support are provided. ## Apply [Apply on Clera]() Canonical job page: