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Staff Application Security & Cryptography Engineer at SentinelZero

SentinelZero Security✓ Verified Company

RemoteUnited States (Remote)AustinRemoteFull-time$205,000 - $240,000 / year + Equity

Job Description

SentinelZero builds hardware-backed identity and short-lived certificate authorities for cloud engineering teams. We are looking for a Staff Application Security Engineer to lead threat modeling, cryptographic protocol audits, and runtime sandboxing.

Security Engineering Charter You will review and co-author Go and Node.js authentication microservices implementing WebAuthn/FIDO2 passkeys, mTLS workload identity (SPIFFE/SPIRE), and KMS envelope encryption. You will also maintain our continuous fuzzing harnesses and triage external bug bounty submissions.

Background Needed Seven+ years in application security engineering, secure software development, or offensive penetration testing. Fluency reading and patching Go, TypeScript/Node.js, and Kubernetes admission controllers. Deep knowledge of OIDC, SAML, PKI certificate lifecycles, and AWS IAM privilege boundaries.

Role Overview

  • CompanySentinelZero Security
  • Company Domainhttps://sentinelzero.sec
  • LocationRemote, United States (Remote), Austin
  • Employment TypeRemote / Full-time
  • Estimated Salary$205,000 - $240,000 / year + Equity
  • Experience Required7+ years
  • Posted DateOctober 13, 2026 at 12:20 AM
  • Job SourceRecruiter Contact: recruiter@company.comSign up free with GitHub or LinkedIn to reveal →

Required Skills

GoNodeAWSKubernetes