Security Engineer
- Company
- Salt Security
- Location
- Remote
- Level
- Mid
- Posted
- 09.10.2026
Job description
About Salt Security
Salt Security is the leader in agentic and API security, protecting the world's most innovative enterprises from AI agent and API attacks. Agentic security is the practice of discovering and governing the relationships between LLMs, MCP servers, and the APIs that let AI agents take action. The Salt Security Agentic Security Platform secures the full agentic ecosystem, discovering all agents, MCP connections, and APIs, stopping attacks in real time, and eliminating vulnerabilities before they reach production. Salt Security was founded in 2016 and is backed by Sequoia Capital, S Capital, Tenaya Capital, Salesforce Ventures, Advent International, and other leading investors. For more information, visit salt.security.
At Salt, we’re passionate about what we do. We work as a team and embrace new ideas, wherever they come from. We also enjoy all the benefits of a startup environment, including quickly seeing the results of your work, making an outsized impact on our company, and solving diverse challenges.
Want to make a big difference? We encourage you to apply!
About the Role:
We are looking for a Security Engineer with 1-2 years of experience to join our Internal Security team.
This role combines hands-on cloud and security operations with support for GRC and compliance activities.
You will be involved in securing our cloud, SaaS, and AI-driven systems, monitoring security events, and helping maintain our overall security posture. In parallel, you will support customer security questionnaires and compliance processes.
What You'll Do:
Monitor, triage, and investigate security alerts and incidents across cloud and security tools (EDR, CASB, ZTNA, SaaS security platforms, and identity providers), and support response and remediation activities
Assist in securing cloud environments (AWS/GCP/Azure), including IAM, access controls, network security, and CI/CD pipeline security
Work closely with DevOps and IT teams to implement and enforce security best practices across infrastructure, endpoints, and SaaS systems
Support vulnerability management processes, including scanning, prioritization, and remediation tracking
Support risk management processes by identifying, assessing, and tracking risks, including vulnerability management, remediation efforts, and control gaps
Support customer security questionnaires (RFPs/RFIs) with accurate technical responses
Assist in maintaining compliance with frameworks such as SOC 2 and ISO 27001, including preparing audit evidence and documentation
Who You Are?
1-2 years of experience in cybersecurity, cloud s