Principal Security Engineer
Core
Identify and analyze security vulnerabilities in operating system and platform components, develop mitigations, and integrate security into the engineering lifecycle.
Role type
Principal Security Engineer (Systems/OS Security)
Builds
Security tooling, detection capabilities, and systemic improvements for platform resilience.
Domain
Operating Systems, Platform Security, Systems Programming
Required skills
vulnerability research, code review, fuzzing, reverse engineering, exploit development, memory safety protections, sandboxing, platform hardening, systems-level programming (C/C++/Rust), technical leadership, mentorship
Preferred skills
public or internal track record of relevant security research, design review, variant analysis
Technologies
C, C++, Rust
Responsibilities
Drive identification and analysis of security vulnerabilities across OS and platform components; Develop and influence mitigations and protections that reduce risk; Advocate for security with engineering teams to integrate security into the development lifecycle; Contribute to the development and scaling of security tooling and detection capabilities; Provide technical leadership and mentor peers on new approaches and best practices; Coordinate across teams to resolve vulnerabilities, threat attacks, and security issues.
