security
Posted Apr 29Staff Product Security Engineer
at Redditinc
United StatesRemote
Responsibilities
- Build and evolve secure frameworks, guardrails, and library-level controls that make common vulnerability classes harder to introduce.
- Design security controls for AI-assisted development — including reusable rule packs and skills that shape how engineers and coding agents generate, review, and ship code.
- Drive product security reviews for new launches and major architectural changes.
- Identify and eliminate systemic security debt.
- Shape strategy, influence architecture, and drive execution across teams. What We're Looking For 8+ years of
- Track record of mentoring engineers and raising the technical bar across a security or platform engineering org. Preferred
Requirements
- With 100,000+ active communities and approximately 121 million daily active unique visitors, Reddit is one of the internet’s largest sources of information.
- With 100,000+ active communities and approximately 97M+ daily active unique visitors, Reddit is one of the internet’s largest sources of information.
- Reddit is hiring a Staff Product Security Engineer to make the secure path the easiest path for engineers and AI agents.
- As AI-assisted development accelerates code velocity faster than manual review can absorb, this role exists to close that gap structurally — through guardrails, automation, and platform-level prevention that scale with the engineering org. What You'll Do
- experience in software engineering, product security, or application security, with at least 2 years operating at a staff level of scope and impact.
- Proficiency in one or more languages (Go, Python, JS/TS). •
- Experience building secure frameworks, libraries, or guardrails that improve security across many teams at once.
- Demonstrated ability to integrate security into developer workflows: CI/CD, code review, release processes, and internal platforms.
- Comfortable in fast-moving environments where AI-assisted development is reshaping how software is built and reviewed. •
- Experience with vulnerability discovery and remediation pipelines, including bug bounty or researcher-reported findings.
- Experience securing AI/LLM systems, agentic workflows, or AI-assisted development tooling.
- Familiarity with authentication/authorization systems, cloud-native platforms, and how to secure them. #LI-Remote Pay Transparency:
- Additionally, Reddit offers a wide range of
- In select roles and locations, the interviews will be recorded, transcribed and summarized by artificial intelligence (AI).
Benefits
- In addition to base salary, this job is eligible to receive equity in the form of restricted stock units, and depending on the position offered, it may also be eligible to receive a commission.
- benefits to U.S.-based employees, including medical, dental, and vision insurance, 401(k) program with employer match, generous time off for vacation, and parental leave.
- To provide greater transparency to candidates, we share base salary ranges for all US-based job postings regardless of state.
- We set standard base pay ranges for all roles based on function, level, and country location, benchmarked against similar stage growth companies.
- The base salary range for this position is: $217,000 — $303,900 USD
Contact
- For more information, visit www.redditinc.com . About the Role
- For more information, visit redditinc.com .
- To learn more, please visit https://www.redditinc.com/careers/ .
Additional details
- It’s built on shared interests, passion, and trust, and is home to the most open and authentic conversations on the internet.
- It’s built on shared interests, passion, and trust and is home to the most open and authentic conversations on the internet.
- You'll lead the design and delivery of secure frameworks, paved paths, and workflow-native controls that eliminate recurring vulnerability classes before they reach production.
- Embed security into the workflows engineers already use.
- Experience designing, building, and operating production-quality systems and developer-facing platforms. •
- Clear communicator who can explain technical detail and business impact to both engineers and leadership.
- This job posting may span more than one career level.
- Final offer amounts are determined by multiple factors including, skills, depth of work
- experience and relevant licenses/credentials, and may vary from the amounts listed below.
- You will have the opportunity to opt out of recording, transcription and summarization prior to any scheduled interviews.