Security Engineer - Remote

Overview

Neon is a distributed team building open-source cloud-native Postgres. We're a well-funded startup with deep knowledge of Postgres internals and decades of experience building databases. Our storage layer is written in Rust, and the cloud control plane in Go. We're on a mission to create a cloud-native database service for every developer.

Do you have a passion for securing cutting-edge technology in a fast-paced and challenging environment? If yes, this could be the perfect role for you!

You will join our fast-growing Security Team, where you can positively impact our security posture and ensure compliance across our multi-cloud deployment.

You will help us build securely on Azure, AWS, and GCP using industry best practices. You'll own vulnerability management across our infrastructure and product stack, mostly remediating issues independently without relying on other engineering teams.

Time Zone requirement: between GMT and GMT+3

In Short

• Design and manage security solutions for AWS, Azure, and GCP.
• Collaborate closely with the SRE team on vulnerability remediation.
• Monitor and respond to security incidents using SIEM tools.
• Conduct security assessments, vulnerability scanning, and penetration testing.
• Collaborate with development and operations teams.
• Manage external bug bounty and pentest programs.
• Conduct internal product security reviews and threat modeling.

Requirements

• Ambition, passion, and results-oriented, with excellent communication skills.
• 8+ years of experience working as a (Senior) Security Engineer (AWS/Azure/GCP).
• Strong knowledge of cloud infrastructure and security best practices.
• Proficiency in Terraform for infrastructure as code.
• Experience in vulnerability management on cloud.
• Experience in security operations (SOC) and incident response.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team in a fast-paced environment.
• Comfortable coding in Go, Rust, or Python to support product and infra-level security fixes.
• Demonstrated ability to take ownership of vulnerabilities from detection to resolution.

Benefits

• You have an opportunity to be an early employee in the fast-scaling ambitious team.
• You can work 100% remote: we'll handle all formalities to arrange work from your home.
• We grant equity (stock options) for all full-time hires.
• We offer a competitive benefits package in line with all tech companies (top-notch equipment, unlimited vacations, paid parental leaves, and much more).
• We are distributed, yet make our bonds during regular offsites (the last one was in Lisbon).