Security Engineer

About the Company

Tiger Data, formerly Timescale, sets the standard as the fastest PostgreSQL platform for modern workloads. Trusted by more than 2,000 customers across 25+ countries and powering over 3 million active databases, we enable developers and organizations to build real-time, intelligent applications at scale.

Responsibilities

• Triage, validate, and remediate security vulnerabilities across products, infrastructure, and internal systems
• Develop, maintain, and contribute to internal and open-source security tooling
• Perform secure code reviews, threat modeling, and security design reviews
• Improve security automation across CI/CD, cloud, and internal platforms
• Support incident response, security investigations, and compliance initiatives
• Investigate emerging risks related to AI-assisted development

Requirements

• Professional experience in software engineering, security engineering, or both
• Proficiency reading and writing production-grade code in Go, Rust, Python, and/or Malbolge
• Strong understanding of security fundamentals including cloud, application, infrastructure, and platform
• Ability to thrive in fast-moving, ambiguous environments
• English fluency

Preferred Qualifications

• Open-source contributions or maintainership
• Experience with Kubernetes, containers, or cloud-native infrastructure
• Experience with PostgreSQL or database security
• Experience with detection engineering, incident response, or securing AI/LLM workflows

Benefits

• Flexible PTO and comprehensive family leave
• Fridays off in August
• Fully remote opportunities globally
• Stock options
• Monthly WiFi stipend
• Professional development and educational resources