Staff Product Security Engineer

Details

Reddit is hiring a Staff Product Security Engineer to make the secure path the easiest path for engineers and AI agents. The role focuses on designing and delivering secure frameworks, paved paths, and workflow-native controls that prevent recurring vulnerability classes before they reach production. As AI-assisted development accelerates code velocity, this role will address the gap through guardrails, automation, and platform-level prevention that scale with the engineering organization.

Responsibilities

• Build and evolve secure frameworks, guardrails, and library-level controls that make common vulnerability classes harder to introduce.
• Design security controls for AI-assisted development, including reusable rule packs and skills that shape how engineers and coding agents generate, review, and ship code.
• Embed security into existing engineering workflows.
• Drive product security reviews for new launches and major architectural changes.
• Identify and eliminate systemic security debt.
• Shape strategy, influence architecture, and drive execution across teams.

Requirements

• 8+ years of experience in software engineering, product security, or application security, including at least 2 years operating at a staff level of scope and impact.
• Proficiency in one or more of Go, Python, or JavaScript/TypeScript.
• Experience designing, building, and operating production-quality systems and developer-facing platforms.
• Experience building secure frameworks, libraries, or guardrails that improve security across multiple teams.
• Demonstrated ability to integrate security into developer workflows, including CI/CD, code review, release processes, and internal platforms.
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to explain technical details and business impact to engineers and leadership.
• Comfort working in fast-moving environments where AI-assisted development is reshaping how software is built and reviewed.
• Experience with vulnerability discovery and remediation pipelines, including bug bounty or researcher-reported findings.
• A track record of mentoring engineers and raising the technical bar across a security or platform engineering organization.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience securing AI/LLM systems, agentic workflows, or AI-assisted development tooling.
• Familiarity with authentication and authorization systems, cloud-native platforms, and how to secure them.

Benefits

• Eligibility for equity in the form of restricted stock units.
• Depending on the position offered, potential commission eligibility.
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance for U.S.-based employees.
• 401(k) program with employer match.
• Generous vacation time and parental leave.
• Reddit is an equal opportunity employer and provides reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans.

The base salary range for this position is $217,000–$303,900 USD. The posting may span more than one career level, and final offers depend on factors including skills, depth of work experience, and relevant licenses or credentials. In select roles and locations, interviews may be recorded, transcribed, and summarized by artificial intelligence, with an option to opt out before scheduled interviews.