Senior Security Engineer – Proactive Security

DoorDash

. Design, build and harden paved paths for privileged access, secrets management and identity .

Posted 10/30/2026full-timeRemote • United StatesSenior💰 $159,800 - $235,000 per yearWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in security engineering, including building and hardening access management systems, threat modeling, and incident response. Proficient in integrating security tooling within cloud environments like AWS and GCP, while ensuring compliance with regulatory standards.

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Security EngineeringAccess ManagementKubernetesTerraformThreat Modeling

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Hard Skills

Object Oriented ProgrammingGoJavaKotlinSecurity ToolingSecrets ManagementKey ManagementDistributed SystemsRoot Cause AnalysisIncident Response

Soft Skills

Problem SolvingClear Communication

Tools & Technologies

PAMOIDCSAMLMTLSAWS IAMGCP IAM

Industry Keywords

Internet Scale OrganizationOperational ExcellenceOn-Call PracticesRegulatory RequirementsDynamic Secrets

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSDistributed SystemsGoogle Cloud PlatformJavaKotlinKubernetesTerraformGo

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Design, build and harden paved paths for privileged access, secrets management and identity
Threat model, security review and test tier-0 security services and integrations, and drive findings through remediation
Build self-service tooling, SDKs, Terraform modules and integrations for just-in-time access, short-lived credentials and dynamic secrets
Drive migrations off long-lived credentials and standing access
Partner with Core Infrastructure, Compute, Data and product engineering teams to integrate paved paths into Kubernetes, CI/CD, and AWS and GCP environments across DoorDash, Wolt and Deliveroo
Participate in a follow-the-sun on-call rotation for tier-0 security services
Improve operational excellence through monitoring, runbooks, incident response and root cause analysis
Enable secure adoption of AI tooling and agentic workflows through access control and secrets brokering for agents
Report directly to the Manager of the Proactive Security Engineering Platform team

Requirements

What you’ll need

6+ years of experience as a Security, Infrastructure or Platform Engineer at an internet scale organization
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Security Engineering, a related field or equivalent work experience
Strong software engineering skills in one or more object oriented languages, such as Go, Java, or Kotlin
Experience building security tooling, controls and production services that meet business and regulatory requirements
Hands-on experience with access management and secret storage systems, such as PAM, secrets management or key management platforms
Working knowledge of identity and authentication standards such as OIDC, SAML, mTLS and workload identity
Working knowledge of distributed systems concepts, including replication, consistency and distributed consensus
Experience with Kubernetes, Terraform or other infrastructure as code, and AWS and/or GCP IAM
Experience with threat modeling and security design review
Hands-on experience performing root cause analysis for security incidents
Experience running highly available services with mature on-call practices
Strong problem solving for complex, systemic issues
Clear verbal and written communication skills for working across engineering teams

Benefits

Comp & perks

Equity grant opportunities
401(k) plan with employer matching
16 weeks of paid parental leave
Wellness benefits
Commuter benefits match
Paid time off
Paid sick leave
Medical benefits
Dental benefits
Vision benefits
11 paid holidays
Disability insurance
Basic life insurance
Family-forming assistance
Mental health program
Flexible paid time off/vacation for salaried roles
80 hours of paid sick time per year for salaried roles
Comprehensive health benefits
Premium healthcare
Wellness expense reimbursement