Senior Engineer, Forter

• 5-6+ years of experience in the relevant fields:
• 3+ years experience in a security-focused role
• 3+ years working with production systems in public cloud environments (AWS / GCP / Azure / Kubernetes) OR
• 3+ years experience with programming and infrastructure-as-code (Python, NodeJS, Go, Terraform, CloudFormation, etc.)
• Deep understanding of security across every layer of the tech stack (OS, Network, Application, Database, Storage, etc.)
• Excellent communication skills, including the ability to drive cross-team security initiatives

Desirable

• As an AI Security Engineer in the Platform Engineering team, you’ll play a critical role in securing Forter’s high-scale, real-time decision-making platform
• You’ll drive security strategy and execution for Generative AI, including all external and internal products used or built by Forter
• You will be managing the risks by designing controls and guardrails, while striking a balance between development velocity and robust security
• If you're passionate about AI and have the skills for building security into the foundations and code of fast-moving engineering teams, this role offers the autonomy and impact you're looking for
• You will be responsible for safeguarding Forter's highly sensitive internal data by designing access controls, developing security features and deploying security products in the company’s cloud tech stack, including identity and access management, network infrastructure, security monitoring and automation, and more
• You will represent the Security Team as a point of contact and source of knowledge, working with management, InfoSec and Legal teams, and across the R&D department
• We are a team of experienced security practitioners and hands-on engineers
• We manage a complex set of cloud applications and infrastructure, with petabytes of sensitive data in numerous datastores and thousands of cloud compute instances providing the logic for real-time decision making
• Our product is based on ML and increasingly uses AI in its features and interfaces as well as development
• The main challenge we need to meet is the security and privacy of our highly sensitive internal data
• We face sophisticated external attacks in a highly available production system, and now threats related to increasing AI rollout and its rapid evolution
• We work closely with product engineering teams, building new products and features while also re-evaluating and overhauling everything the company built over the years
• Our interfaces are Forter’s e-commerce customer companies, but also the internal R&D teams, Legal, InfoSec, and C-level management
• We are enablers by nature, and maintain an excellent working relationship with other teams across R&D
• Take an active role with great impact and ownership potential, work independently and within the team to shape the security process across Engineering during an active growth phase of the company
• Own and innovate the security strategy for Forter’s use of Generative AI, ensuring high development velocity while handling rapidly evolving threats
• Collaborate with engineering teams to embed security best practices early, balancing protection with development velocity
• Perform risk assessments and negotiate with other teams on where to invest effort
• Design, build, promote, and maintain security infrastructure and tools used by all of Forter's engineering teams
• Mentor and build relationships with “Security Champions” in Engineering to design and build secure applications