Sr Software Engineer
Yugabyte is hiring a Senior Security Engineer in India to run and improve security engineering and operations for YugabyteDB, its distributed PostgreSQL database. Day-to-day work covers detection engineering, vulnerability management, hardening, and security automation using tools like Panther, Wazuh, and RapidFort, plus BASH/Python scripting and AI-assisted workflows.
- Compensation
- Not disclosed
- Location
- India
- Work setup
- Not specified
- Seniority
- Senior
- Employment
- Not specified
- Experience
- 5+ years
- Category
- Software engineering
- Posted
Skills
Must have
- BS/MS degree
- 5-8 years of experience in security domain
- Strong hands-on automation skills (BASH, Python)
- Practical expertise using AI tools to accelerate engineering and operations
- Familiarity with modern SaaS infrastructure and application development
- Familiarity with major security protocols
- Collaboration, transparency and integrity
Nice to have
- Hands-on experience with Panther, Wazuh, RapidFort, hardened images, and PCI scanning
Full description
Yugabyte is the company behind YugabyteDB, the AI-ready, multi-modal, distributed PostgreSQL database for cloud-native apps. Trusted by industry leaders including Shopify, Paramount+, GM, Kroger, Fiserv, and NPCI, YugabyteDB has been deployed in over 100 countries and powers more than 5 million clusters worldwide.
Together, our hard-working team of experts and our industry-leading technology are uniquely positioned to meet the demands of modern workloads: geo-distributed, ultra-resilient, and built to scale without limits.
Our Yugabeings (distributed, like our database) span 12+ countries and multiple time zones, sharing expertise from diverse backgrounds and industries.
About Yugabyte :
At Yugabyte, we are on a mission to build the default database for cloud native applications in a multi cloud world. We are well underway on this journey with YugabyteDB, the open source, high-performance, distributed SQL database that runs on any cloud and enables developers to get instantly productive using well-known APIs. And the best is yet to come! We are looking for talented and driven people to join us on our ambitious mission and help us build a lasting and impactful company.
Are you a security professional passionate about automation and eliminating security risk?
Do you have experience securing cloud products and using security tools?
At Yugabyte, we are on a mission to build the default database for a multicloud world. We are building data infrastructure that will become the foundation for powering global, internet-scale applications over the next decade (and longer!). We pride ourselves on blending hard but useful engineering solutions with easy, intuitive user experiences.
Do you like to be a part of a super smart team and work on tough problems that are valuable to customers and community members? Join us!
About the Role :
The Security Engineer is responsible for running and improving key security engineering and security operations capabilities, including vulnerability management, detection and monitoring platforms, hardening initiatives, and security automation. This is a hands-on role spanning Panther, Wazuh, RapidFort, hardened images, PCI scanning, egress alerting, backup automation, playbook development, and AI-assisted security workflows, with close partnership across engineering, infrastructure, and compliance functions.
We are looking for a security engineer who is passionate about cybersecurity and enjoys working in a fast-paced startup environment, and who has a strong desire to learn new technologies.
Responsibilities:
- Security monitoring and detection engineering
- Vulnerability management and remediation coordination