Security Engineer, Platform

Stack

Responsibilities

• ▹Build and improve platform security foundations (API keys, service permissions, secrets management, tenant isolation, audit logs, access controls)
• ▹Help design secure defaults for new services, workers, queues, databases, internal tools, and deployment pipelines
• ▹Improve detection and response for suspicious access, leaked credentials, abnormal sending behavior, privilege changes, and sensitive system events
• ▹Review and update processes/pipelines so security is built-in, not bolted on
• ▹Raise the security bar across the company

Requirements

• ▹Experience securing production infrastructure, cloud environments, APIs, developer platforms, or multi-tenant SaaS products
• ▹Ability to write code and read application, infrastructure, and deployment code
• ▹Understanding of authentication, authorization, secrets, IAM, logging, audit trails, incident response, and secure deployment pipelines
• ▹Ability to independently prioritize and drive work as the first dedicated security hire
• ▹Preference for practical improvements over heavy process
• ▹Low ego, direct, curious, willing to learn
• ▹Cares about developer experience and believes security should be easy to adopt

Nice to have

• ▹Experience with email infrastructure, transactional email, sender reputation, domain verification, SPF/DKIM/DMARC, webhooks, or abuse prevention
• ▹Experience securing cloud infrastructure with AWS, Terraform, Kubernetes, Cloudflare or similar
• ▹Open source security experience: GitHub org hardening, package publishing, dependency review, supply-chain security
• ▹Helped a company prepare for SOC 2, ISO 27001, GDPR, or enterprise security reviews without turning engineering into a compliance machine
• ▹Built security observability, alerting, detection pipelines, or incident response workflows
• ▹Worked closely with Trust & Safety, anti-abuse, fraud, or platform integrity teams
• ▹Experience designing security systems for high-scale developer products

Soft skills

What we offer

• ▹100% remote team with flexible working schedules
• ▹Autonomy, modern tech stack (Next.js, Raycast, Notion, etc.)
• ▹Compensation: $120,000-$140,000 USD, commensurate with experience
• ▹Travel for team offsites, conferences and meetups

About the company

Resend is building the modern email sending platform for developers, used by more than 2 million developers. The fully remote team of 45 spans 13+ countries and is backed by a16z and Y Combinator.