Senior Security Engineer

Plaud, San Francisco, CA +1

What you will do

You will own both the detection & response layer and the cloud infrastructure security foundation at Plaud — two domains that must operate in lockstep to deliver SOC 2 Type II audit readiness by Q4 2026.
Cloud & Infrastructure Security – Remediate credential exposure across AWS/GCP production environments, deploy and tune CSPM across all accounts, embed IaC security gates (Checkov/Terraform) into CI/CD, and implement Zero Standing Privileges via JIT/CIEM.
SIEM Build & Detection Engineering – Deploy the SIEM platform and author 30+ MITRE ATT&CK-mapped detection rules spanning cloud telemetry, endpoint, and SaaS — with ongoing tuning to reduce false positives and maintain coverage fidelity.

Plaud, San Francisco, CA +1

$175K–$278K

a year

This base pay is above the median for senior security engineering jobs in the Bay Area.

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You will own both the detection & response layer and the cloud infrastructure security foundation at Plaud — two domains that must operate in lockstep to deliver SOC 2 Type II audit readiness by Q4 2026.
Cloud & Infrastructure Security – Remediate credential exposure across AWS/GCP production environments, deploy and tune CSPM across all accounts, embed IaC security gates (Checkov/Terraform) into CI/CD, and implement Zero Standing Privileges via JIT/CIEM.
SIEM Build & Detection Engineering – Deploy the SIEM platform and author 30+ MITRE ATT&CK-mapped detection rules spanning cloud telemetry, endpoint, and SaaS — with ongoing tuning to reduce false positives and maintain coverage fidelity.