security
Posted Dec 10, 2025Senior Offensive Security Engineer
at Astranis
San Francisco, United StatesOn-site
Responsibilities
- Perform penetration tests of web apps, APIs, backend services, cloud infrastructure, and corporate networks.
- Conduct threat emulation exercises, red-team scenarios, and targeted attack simulations.
- Lead offensive security initiatives and serve as the organization’s primary expert for AppSec and enterprise pentesting.
- Track emerging threats, techniques, and vulnerabilities relevant to cloud and enterprise environments.
- Develop custom exploits or proof-of-concepts as needed to validate findings.
Requirements
- experience leading complex penetration tests for web apps, APIs, and cloud platforms.
- Strong proficiency in offensive tooling (Burp Suite, Nmap, Metasploit, proxy tools, etc.) and manual testing techniques.
- Familiarity with cloud-native attack vectors (AWS/Azure/GCP).
- Proficiency in at least one scripting or exploitation-oriented language (Python, Go, JavaScript, etc.).
Experience
- 5+ years of hands-on offensive security
Benefits
- With five satellites on orbit and many more set to launch soon, the company is servicing a backlog of more than $1 billion of commercial contracts.
- Astranis has raised over $750 million from some of the world’s best investors, from Andreessen Horowitz to Blackrock and Fidelity, and employs a team of 450 engineers and entrepreneurs.
- What we offer: All our positions offer a compensation package that includes equity and robust benefits.
- Base pay is just one component of Astranis’s total rewards package.
- Your compensation also includes a significant equity package via incentive stock options, high-quality company-subsidized healthcare, disability and life insurance, 401(k) retirement planning, flexible PTO, and free on-site catered meals.
- Astranis pay ranges are informed and defined through professional-grade salary surveys and compensation data sources.