CircleCI

About the Team The Security Operations team protects CircleCI’s infrastructure, product, and customer data against evolving threats, working closely with engineering to maintain security and resilience. About the Role As a Security Operations Engineer, you will protect CircleCI’s infrastructure, product, and customer data from AI-driven attacks and defenses. This intermediate role involves ownership of security challenges, collaboration with Engineering, contributing to the security roadmap, and leveraging AI tools to detect, respond to, and automate security threats. What You’ll Do: Threat Detection & Incident Response — Monitor, investigate, and respond to security threats across cloud and application environments using security and AI-assisted tools. — Participate in risk assessments, incident response, post-incident reviews, and on-call support, improving controls and processes. Security Engineering & Architecture — Build and maintain security tooling, controls, and automation across cloud, application, and CI/CD environments following best practices. — Identify vulnerabilities and configuration risks, contribute to runbooks and compliance, and understand CircleCI’s security architecture. AI & Security — Incorporate AI-powered security tools into workflows and evaluate emerging technologies for detection, response, and automation. — Stay current on AI-specific security threats and contribute to responsible AI use in security operations. Cross-Team Partnership & Ownership — Partner with Engineering teams to understand security needs, provide guidance, and translate risks into actionable recommendations. — Contribute to security roadmap planning, technology evaluations, and documentation while building relationships across teams. What You’ll Bring: — 3+ years of security engineering or operations experience or equivalent expertise. — Hands-on experience with cloud, application, and CI/CD security in AWS, GCP, or Azure. — Experience with incident response and security tools including EDR, CNAPP, SASE, vulnerability scanners, and log analysis. — Ability to build and maintain security automation and tooling using Go, Python, or Terraform. — Strong security judgment and problem-solving skills. — Hands-on experience with AI/ML-powered security tools in production and understanding of AI’s role in security workflows. Bonus Skills (Nice to Have): — Familiarity with AI-specific threat categories like prompt injection and model supply chain risks. — Experience securing developer platforms, SaaS, or CI/CD infrastructure. — Relevant certifications such as CEH, AWS Security Specialty, Security+. — Contributions to process improvement, runbook development, or knowledge sharing. Accommodation CircleCI provides reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities during application and employment. About CircleCI CircleCI is the world’s largest CI/CD platform, processing over 3 million jobs daily, helping companies leverage AI in software delivery. Founded in 2011, headquartered in San Francisco with a global remote workforce, and venture-backed by multiple investors. Equal Opportunity CircleCI is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer, not discriminating based on legally protected characteristics and considering applicants with criminal histories consistent with laws.

127 500 – 159 500 $

About CircleCI Engineering: CI/CD is being reinvented with AI agents that write code, trigger builds, interpret failures, and propose fixes. CircleCI is building new interfaces for developers to understand and trust this work. Team-Agnostic Placement: Hiring is for CircleCI as a whole, not a specific team. Placement depends on where your strengths create the most leverage. Possible areas include CI pipeline experience, deploy and release tooling, notification infrastructure, monetization flows, AI agent surfaces, or the foundational web platform. The role involves full-stack ownership and high craftsmanship. What You'll Do: — Build AI-natively, using AI as the default approach to problem solving. — Invent new interfaces for software delivery that support autonomous pipelines and human judgment. — Own the full stack by building features end-to-end in Go, React, and TypeScript. — Focus on reliability and responsiveness as design concerns. — Champion observability using Honeycomb, Datadog, and Rollbar to improve systems. — Proactively identify and close gaps without being asked. What You'll Bring: — AI-native engineering practices with daily use of AI tools and understanding of their impact. — At least 3 years of production full-stack experience with a track record of shipping real products. — Strong skills in React and TypeScript, and comfortable owning backend services in Go including API design, data modeling, and service integration. — System design skills with conscious tradeoffs and documentation. — Production mindset focusing on latency, responsiveness, and reliability in distributed environments. Additional Information: The role is remote based in Ontario, Canada. Salary range is $127,000 to $159,000 CAD per year. CircleCI is an equal opportunity employer and provides accommodations for individuals with disabilities during the application and interview process.

127 000 – 159 000 $