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Staff Security Engineer

SeniorFull-timeRemoteAustraliaPosted 1 week agoVerified 2 weeks ago
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About the job

The Staff Security Engineer at Buildkite plays a pivotal role in shaping and scaling security across the platform, infrastructure, and developer workflows. This hands-on technical leadership job is all about driving security architecture and embedding secure-by-default thinking into software development. The Security team values collaboration and innovation, working closely with Engineering and Product to ensure security measures enhance delivery without slowing it down.

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You'll be responsible for

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Building and improving security across the platform

Lead threat modeling and architectural security reviews for all parts of the organisation.
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Acting as a trusted security partner

Drive alignment on security trade-offs across product velocity, reliability, and risk.
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Identifying structural risks and designing long-term solutions

Introduce automation, tooling, and policy-as-code to reduce recurring classes of issues.

Key criteria

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Security engineering experience

7+ years of experience in security engineering, focusing on application security.

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Knowledge of web vulnerabilities

Extensive knowledge of OWASP Top 10 and remediation patterns.

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Cloud security fundamentals

Strong understanding of cloud security, ideally in AWS environments.

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5 criteria for this job
Security engineering experience
7+ years of experience in security engineering, focusing on application security.

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Knowledge of web vulnerabilities
Extensive knowledge of OWASP Top 10 and remediation patterns.

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Cloud security fundamentals
Strong understanding of cloud security, ideally in AWS environments.

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CI/CD pipeline security
Experience securing CI/CD pipelines and modern developer platforms.

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Hands-on adversarial testing
Practical experience in offensive testing and exploit validation.

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