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As a Software Engineer, Platform Security, you will own the security design for both the control plane and data plane, implement guardrails as code, and partner closely with Platform/SRE/Infra teams to ship a secure-by-default developer experience. This is a hands-on builder and architect role.\nKey Responsibilities\nDesign and implement the security architecture for a Kubernetes-based, multi-tenant serverless platform.\n\nBuild guardrails as code using Terraform and Helm.\n\nEstablish network segmentation and service-mesh policy.\n\nDevelop secrets and key management patterns.\n\nImplement runtime detections for containerized workloads.\n\nDesign and roll out IAM & workload identity management.\n\nThreat model new features and changes to the overall platform.\n\nCollaborate with engineering to debug production issues, lead post-incident hardening, and automate evidence for compliance controls.\n\nQualifications\n5+ years securing cloud-native platforms with a focus on distributed systems and multi-tenancy.\n\nBachelor’s or Master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent.\n\nStrong hands-on experience with AWS (IAM, VPC/networking, logging/monitoring, …) and Kubernetes/container security.\n\nProficiency with Terraform and Helm.\n\nExperience building or operating runtime detections for containers/functions.\n\nStrong technical background in backend systems, cloud infrastructure, or AI tooling\n\nClear written and verbal communication; ability to translate pricing/business rules into robust systems.\n\nPreferred Experience\nKnative or similar serverless-on-K8s frameworks.\n\nContainer hardening and sandboxing.\n\nPolicy-as-code and admission policy design at scale.\n\neBPF-based observability, detections, and signal tuning.\n\nMulti-cloud exposure and cross-cloud identity approaches.\n\nHands-on contributions to SOC 2 / HIPAA control automation and audit evidence pipelines.\n\nBenefits\nA front-row seat to the generative AI infrastructure revolution\n\nCompetitive compensation and benefits package\n\nDaily lunch and dinner provided; unlimited snacks and beverages\n\nHealth check-up and top-tier hardware support\n\nFlexible working hours and a highly collaborative environment\n\nAbout us\nFriendliAI is building the next-generation AI inference platform that accelerates the deployment of large language and multimodal models with unmatched performance and efficiency. 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