Security Engineer

Remote · San Francisco · New York · Full-time · Remote · Posted Sep 28, 2026

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The Security Engineer will contribute to security projects and respond to security investigations, vulnerabilities, and questions across application, infrastructure, and corporate security domains.
This role involves participating in an on-call rotation and writing code to improve the security of the Patreon platform while balancing security risks against business needs.

Contribute to security projects across application, infrastructure, and corporate security.
Respond to security investigations, vulnerabilities, and questions.
Participate in an on-call rotation for security incidents.
Write code to support security work and improve platform security.
Create threat models to identify and reduce security risks.
Collaborate with the Risk engineering organization and cross-functional partners in engineering, legal, and IT.

Two or more years of experience reducing security risks in application, infrastructure, or corporate security.
Three or more years of deeper knowledge in at least one security or security-adjacent domain.
Ability to develop software in Python, Rust, Golang, or a similar language.
Experience working in a modern software development environment including git and CI/CD.
Experience using AI tools such as LLMs or ML models to identify and address security issues.
Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience.

Experience working on large scale Internet platforms that allow users to upload content.
Past contributions to large scale, production code bases.
Experience responding to security incidents, investigating incident impact, and building out incident mitigations.

Fully remote for US-based employees.
Hybrid model available in San Francisco and New York requiring 3 days per week in-office.