Senior Security Engineer

Employment Type: Full-Time Location Type: On-Site Salary: $150,000 - $275,000 (depending on experience, skill set, and fit)

Position Overview

We are seeking a Senior Security Engineer with expertise in HIPAA and strong technical engineering skills. This is a unique opportunity to establish and lead security initiatives at a company handling sensitive patient and payment data. You will collaborate closely with product, infrastructure, and engineering teams to design and implement secure systems from the ground up, as well as audit and enhance our existing codebase.

Responsibilities

• Lead all aspects of HIPAA compliance and technical implementation, including policies, risk assessments, and safeguards across applications and infrastructure.
• Own threat modeling, secure design reviews, and application security assessments for new features and services.
• Build tools, libraries, and frameworks to enable engineers to ship secure code efficiently.
• Conduct hands-on code audits, static analysis, and penetration testing.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with DevOps and engineering to secure APIs, infrastructure, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Guide incident response planning, logging strategy, and forensic readiness.
• Own vendor risk assessment and access management for third-party services.
• Partner with legal and leadership to maintain audit readiness and manage evolving regulatory requirements.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in application or infrastructure security roles.
• Proven track record of implementing HIPAA controls and securing ePHI in production systems.
• Strong coding skills in at least one modern backend language.
• Experience securing cloud-native architectures.
• Familiarity with tools such as Terraform, Vault, Datadog, or similar.
• Comfortable working in fast-paced, early-stage environments with a high degree of autonomy.

Bonus Qualifications

• Experience in AI/ML security, particularly with LLMs or healthcare datasets.

Why Join Us?

• Be the first dedicated security hire with a significant impact on shaping the company's approach to privacy, data protection, and compliance.
• Work directly with our CTO and founding engineers.
• Contribute to modernizing a critical part of the healthcare system while working with cutting-edge voice AI.
• Receive competitive compensation, early equity, and benefits designed to support your growth and well-being.

Note: Final offers may vary based on experience and qualifications. We are always open to exceptional talent.