Staff Software Engineer (Security & Privacy)

Join Abnormal AI as a Staff Software Engineer specializing in Security & Privacy. In this role, you will drive high-impact initiatives, evolve long-term technical strategies, and own the strategic Security & Privacy roadmap for the Multi-Product Platform division. You will also mentor and grow the next generation of Tech Leads. Benefits include healthcare, flexible PTO, 401k, and various stipends.

Missions

• Own the division's Security & Privacy vision, driving high-impact initiatives that push our standards across authentication, authorization, and auditability even higher.
• Partner with engineering, product, and business stakeholders to define incremental milestones that de-risk execution and unlock tangible business value at each stage.
• Transform Security & Privacy principles into actionable technical roadmaps, and lead large-scale projects from concept to production with precision and impact.

Profil recherché

- Force multiplier - you foster cross-team collaboration with engineering teams to both seamlessly integrate Security & Privacy best practices into microservice architecture while eliminating implementation overhead for development teams

- AI-native innovator - you bring expertise, passion, and creativity in implementing innovative, AI-native approaches to unlock new capabilities for the division

- First-principles thinker - you break complex, ambiguous business problems down to fundamental truths, then rebuild them into clear, prioritized milestones that deliver meaningful customer value

- Pragmatic security mind - you identify and communicate security risks and tradeoffs, and deliver solutions that appropriately balance strong security with real-world business needs

- Roadmap-to-reality executor - you transform Security & Privacy principles into actionable technical roadmaps, and lead large-scale projects from concept to production with precision and impact

- Ability to translate business objectives into actionable technical plans with clear sequencing, dependencies, and success criteria that keep execution aligned with strategic intent

- Demonstrated history of owning end-to-end delivery of complex projects - navigating ambiguity, managing competing priorities, and consistently shipping high-quality results on time and on-spec across multiple teams and stakeholders

- Proficiency in Golang and Python programming languages

- BS degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering or other related engineering field

- Strong command of software design fundamentals - including distributed systems, CAP theorem, and system design tradeoffs

- 8+ years of professional software engineering experience

- Deep expertise in Authentication, Authorization, and Security & Privacy problem space, best practices, and related technologies

- Experience in multiple domains - infrastructure, data platform, machine learning, or similar

- Skill in making reversible versus irreversible technical decisions - and calibrating the right level of rigor for each

- Contributions to open-source projects, engineering blogs, or industry standards