Product Security Tech Lead, TetraScience
Tech Lead
Operating system for scientific intelligence
Job no longer available
Operating system for scientific intelligence
201-500 employees
Job no longer available
201-500 employees
Company mission
To combine deep scientific knowledge and the industry's only purpose-built, open, and collaborative Scientific Data and AI Platform to improve and extend human life.
Role
Who you are
- This role demands deep technical expertise across AWS, Python, and application & cloud security, along with a hacker’s curiosity and a builder’s discipline
- Bachelor's degree in computer science or another equivalent degree
- 8+ years of hands-on experience in Application, Cloud, or Product Security roles, with lead or staff-level responsibilities
- Deep expertise in AWS security architecture and service hardening
- Advanced programming and scripting ability in Python (Bash or Go a plus)
- Proven experience with offensive security: hacking, exploit analysis, or red team operations
- Strong foundation in vulnerability management, threat modeling, and incident response
- Proficient with DevSecOps tools and modern CI/CD environments
- Familiarity with container and orchestration security (Docker, Kubernetes, EKS)
- Certifications such as AWS Certified Security – Specialty, OSCP, or CISSP are a big plus
What the job involves
- We’re looking for a hands-on Product Security Technical Lead to drive the design, implementation, and evolution of our security engineering program
- You’ll lead a team of Security Engineers focused on hardening our SaaS and data platforms by breaking things before attackers do — identifying vulnerabilities, building secure infrastructure, and integrating protection across our CI/CD pipelines
- You’ll have complete ownership of product and cloud security from architecture to execution
- You’ll lead by doing — hacking, breaking, and building resilient systems
- Be part of a company where security isn’t an afterthought — it’s a product feature
- This role will own and evolve the organization’s entire application security posture, with a focus on application and cloud security across all product lines Perform offensive and defensive security assessments — threat modeling, code review, penetration testing, and vulnerability exploitation. Build and integrate automated security tooling (SAST, DAST, dependency scanning, IaC scanning) into CI/CD pipelines Develop security automation and internal tooling using Python, Bash, or Go
- Partner with Engineering, DevOps, and Infrastructure teams to ensure secure AWS architectures (VPC, IAM, KMS, GuardDuty, CloudTrail, WAF). Oversee incident response and root cause analysis for product and infrastructure-level security events. Define and enforce secure coding standards, and lead threat modeling sessions for critical features and services Continuously hunt for vulnerabilities, test assumptions, and “break things safely” to strengthen the platform
Application process
- In connection with your candidacy, you will be asked to carefully review the Tetra Way letter, authored directly by Patrick Grady, our co-founder and CEO. This letter is designed to assist you in better understanding whether TetraScience’s values and ethos are the right fit for you
- It is impossible to overstate the importance of this document and you are encouraged to take it literally and reflect on whether you are aligned with our unique approach to company and team building. If you join us, you will be expected to embody its contents daily
Our take
TetraScience connects lab instruments, software, and data applications through a cloud-native platform that’s purpose-built for the bio and pharma industries. As the only software of its kind, it provides scientific data that can be transformed into faster actionable information, accelerating new scientific discoveries.
Due to TetraScience’s machine learning capabilities, it benefits from partnerships and collaborations with other science-focused tech companies. In 2024, TetraScience announced a strategic partnership with Google Cloud to speed up drug development and other scientific discoveries. This partnership combines the Tetra Scientific Data and AI Cloud with Google Cloud’s infrastructure and AI technologies, empowering the life science industry to harness Scientific AI for quicker insights and improved research, development, and quality-control processes for advanced therapies.
With substantial funding behind it, TetraScience is a significant asset to the scientific community. The company's commitment to innovation and collaboration ensures it remains at the forefront of accelerating scientific research and discovery, with its partnerships and technological advancements driving continuous growth and impact in the industry.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
6% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 7 rounds)
Apr 2021
$80m
SERIES B
May 2020
$11m
SERIES A
Total funding: $117.2m
Company benefits
- Unlimited PTO
- 100% Company Paid Health, Dental & Vision
- Company Paid Life Insurance
- 401k Savings
- Company Paid Disability Insurance
- Equity Program
Company HQ
Back Bay, Boston, MA
Leadership
Siping Wang
(Co-Founder & Field CTO)Since co-founding TetraScience in 2014, Siping has held a number of roles at the company, including COO, CEO and CTO. Previously, they were a Software Engineer at Cornell Superconducting RF Lab. They graduated from Massachusetts Institute of Technology with a Master of Science in Electrical Engineering & Computer Science.
Patrick Grady
(Co-Founder & CEO)Patrick is a Guest Lecturer at Harvard Business School as well as a Managing Partner at Impetus Ventures. Previously, they founded Rearden Commerce where they served as Chairman and CEO and they also co-founded The CardLinx Association.
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