Staff Platform Security Engineer, Engineering Infrastructure

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Groq delivers fast, efficient AI inference. Our LPU-based system powers GroqCloud™, giving businesses and developers the speed and scale they need. Headquartered in Silicon Valley, we are on a mission to make high performance AI compute more accessible and affordable. When real-time AI is within reach, anything is possible. Build fast.

Mission:

As a Platform Security Engineer, your prime directive will be to build the tools and processes that enable Groq Engineering to deliver products that meet the security needs of ourselves and our customers! You will help create an engineering environment that is secure by default and prioritizes safe engineering practices without compromising speed or the developer experience.

The Team:

You will be a founding member of our Platform Security team and have the opportunity to make an enormous impact on the future experience of both our engineers and customers!

Responsibilities & opportunities in this role:

• Secure by Default - Identify opportunities to steer engineers away from unsafe practices and implement those guardrails into our CICD systems.
• Access Control and Governance - Build an IAM solution that ties together access for all of our engineering systems into a unified IAM loop.
• Vulnerability Management Loop - Create the systems that your fellow engineers will use to patch or remediate vulnerabilities in code and dependencies.
• Harden Our Environments - Identify the critical components of our infrastructure and harden them to the standards we need to meet.
• Build Compliance Foundations - Enable Groq to readily demonstrate compliance with common security and compliance frameworks.
• Supply Chain Security - Develop Groq’s strategy for supply chain security and implement it across all levels of the engineering stack.

Ideal candidates have/are:

• Background in DevSecOps and/or extensive software engineering experience in infrastructure and application development.
• Proficiency in Go and/or Python and experience in infrastructure and automation.
• Familiarity with SaaS tools key to organizational and engineering security, such as Okta, GitHub, and BuildKite, as well as vulnerability management and static analysis tooling.
• Ready and willing to drive change across both hardware, software, and infra teams.
• Dedicated to enabling and empowering other engineers to deliver software and infrastructure securely and efficiently!

Attributes of a Groqster:

• Humility - Egos are checked at the door.
• Collaborative & Team Savvy - We make up the smartest person in the room, together.
• Growth & Giver Mindset - Learn it all versus know it all, we share knowledge generously.
• Curious & Innovative - Take a creative approach to projects, problems, and design.
• Passion, Grit, & Boldness - no limit thinking, fueling informed risk taking.

If this sounds like you, we’d love to hear from you!

Compensation:

At Groq, a competitive base salary is part of our comprehensive compensation package, which includes equity and benefits. For this role, the base salary range is $205,530 - $278,070, determined by your skills, qualifications, experience and internal benchmarks.

Location:

Groq is a geo-agnostic company, meaning you work where you are. Exceptional candidates will thrive in asynchronous partnerships and remote collaboration methods. Some roles may require being located near our primary sites, as indicated in the job description.