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With millions of users worldwide, Replit is democratizing software development by removing traditional barriers to application creation.\nJoin us at the forefront of AI and cloud-native security as we work to secure one of the most innovative developer platforms in the world. As the Cloud Security Lead, you will shape the cloud and infrastructure security program that protects millions of developers, enables safe AI-assisted development, and ensures organizations can confidently bring our platform into enterprise environments.\nIn this role, you will own cloud security across GCP (primary) and supplemental environments in AWS and Azure, as well as containerized systems, SaaS platforms, and our multi-tenant AI infrastructure. You’ll improve our security posture through strong architecture, posture management, secure-by-default development practices, and close partnership with Engineering, Compliance, Security Architecture, and Platform teams.\nThis is a highly impactful, hands-on leadership role-perfect for someone who wants to solve complex security challenges at scale while influencing product, engineering, and go-to-market teams.\nWhat You’ll Do:\nCloud Security Engineering\nLead configuration hardening across GCP, with additional oversight of workloads and integrations running in AWS and Azure.\n\nOwn and optimize CSPM platforms across multi-cloud environments-establishing configuration baselines, guardrails, and remediation workflows.\n\nSecure critical SaaS platforms, ensuring proper configurations, access controls, and engineering integrations.\n\nLead infrastructure vulnerability management across multi-cloud systems, containers, registries, and platform services.\n\nEnhance security across containerized and Kubernetes (GKE/EKS/AKS) workloads, including runtime protections, network policies, and workload identity.\n\nAssess secure logging configurations across cloud/SaaS providers, ensuring audit logs, retention, and routing meet monitoring and architecture needs.\n\nSecure Development & Architecture Enablement\nPartner with engineering teams to make services secure by default, embedding security into development workflows, CI/CD pipelines, and cloud-native deployments.\n\nCross-Functional Responsibilities\nCollaborate with Security Monitoring, Compliance/GRC, Architecture, DevOps, Platform Engineering, and ML Infrastructure.\n\nParticipate in communicating security advisories, best practices, and updates to Replit’s customers.\n\nSupport incident investigations as a cloud security subject-matter expert.\n\nRequired Skills & Experience:\n7+ years of experience in cloud engineering, with 3+ years in a senior or lead role.\n\nHands-on experience with CSPM tools (Wiz, Lacework, Prisma, Orca, SCC, etc.).\n\nDeep expertise in GCP security (IAM, VPC, KMS, GKE, Cloud Logging).\n\nExperience securing and governing SaaS platforms and identity integrations.\n\nOperational experience with infrastructure vulnerability management across cloud and container environments.\n\nWorking knowledge of AWS and/or Azure security services and configurations.\n\nExperience with container and Kubernetes security across GKE, EKS, or AKS.\n\nStrong IaC security experience with Terraform, Pulumi, or similar tooling.\n\nFamiliarity with compliance standards (SOC 2, ISO 27001, PCI DSS).\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\nExperience supporting engineering teams in building secure-first, cloud-native or PaaS environments.\n\nBackground securing AI/ML pipelines, model-serving infrastructure, or developer platform services.\n\nExperience in high-growth technology or cloud-native product companies.\n\nExperience with securing AI/agentic systems and sensitive data pipelines.\n\nAutomation/scripting with Python.\n\nRelevant certifications (e.g., GCP Professional Cloud Security Engineer, AWS/Azure security certs).\n\nWhat We Value:\nProblem-solving mindset - Ability to break down complex security and operational challenges into clear engineering solutions.\n\nAutonomy - Comfortable leading initiatives, collaborating effectively, and driving outcomes with minimal oversight.\n\nCommunication excellence - Able to translate deep technical concepts for engineers, executives, and enterprise customers.\n\nContinuous learning - Passion for staying current with AI security, cloud-native advances, and emerging threats.\n\nAutomation-first approach - Belief in reducing operational toil and building scalable, self-healing systems.\n\nThis is a full-time role that can be held from our Foster City, CA office. The role has an in-office requirement of Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.\nFull-Time Employee Benefits Include:\nCompetitive Salary & Equity\n401(k) Program with a 4% match (US Only)\nHealth, Dental, Vision and Life Insurance\nShort Term and Long Term Disability\nPaid Parental, Medical, Caregiver Leave\nFlexible Time Off (FTO) + Holidays\nCommuter Benefits (In-Office & US Only)\nMonthly Wellness Stipend\nAutonomous Work Environment\nIn Office Set-Up Reimbursement (In-Office Only)\nQuarterly Team Gatherings\nIn Office Amenities (In-Office Only)\nWant to learn more about what we are up to?\nSelf-driving Company\n\nReplit Agent at Scale\n\nAI Adoption\n\nBuild Open-Source Apps\n\nInterviewing + Culture at Replit\nOperating Principles\n\nReasons not to work at Replit\n\nTo achieve our mission of making programming more accessible around the world, we need our team to be representative of the world. We welcome your unique perspective and experiences in shaping this product. 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