Remote Opportunity

Senior Software Engineer - Data & AI Security

Join Orca Security as a senior professional working remotely from United Kingdom. Explore the role, benefits, and apply in one place.

Full Time
$120,000 - $180,000*
4 months ago
United Kingdom
Worldwide
AI Security & Privacy
Senior
Cloud Security
Data Security
Python
+4 more

Job Description

Location: UK (Remote)

Big Ideas. Real People. 

At Orca, in the right environment and with the right team, talent has no boundaries. This team spirit, together with our drive to always aim high, has quickly earned us unicorn status and turned us into a global cloud security innovation leader. So if you’re ready to join an amazing team of people who inspire each other every day, now is the time to find your place in our pod. 

We’re looking for driven and talented people like you to join our R&D org. and our mission to change the future of cloud security. Ready to dive in and swim with our pod? 

Highlights

  • High-growth: Over the past six years, we’ve consistently achieved milestones that take other companies a decade or more. During this time, we’ve significantly grown our employee base, expanded our customer reach, and rapidly advanced our product capabilities.
  • Disruptive innovation: Our founders saw that traditional security didn’t work for the cloud so they set out to carve a new path. We’re relentless pioneers who invented agentless technology and continue to be the most comprehensive and innovative cloud security company.
  • Well-capitalized: With a valuation of $1.8 billion, Orca is a cybersecurity unicorn dominating the cloud security space. We’re backed by an impressive team of investors such as Capital G, ICONIQ, GGV, and SVCI, a syndicate of CISOs who invest their own money after conducting their due diligence.
  • Respectful and transparent culture: Our executives pride themselves on being accessible to everyone and believe in sharing knowledge with the employees. Each employee has a place in shaping the future of our industry.

About the role

As a Senior Software Engineer on the DSEC (Data & AI Security) team at Orca Security, you’ll be part of a core group responsible for protecting customer data and AI assets at scale. The team scans and analyzes a broad set of data stores and AI services - from managed databases and container images to object storage buckets and VMs - to find sensitive data, keys, PII, and misconfigurations. You’ll also map, model, and assess cloud AI services to give customers clear visibility and security insights across their data and AI footprint.

This role is a strong fit if you want to build the infrastructure that powers our Data Security Posture Management (DSPM) and AI security capabilities. You’ll help design and run scanning pipelines for managed databases across major cloud providers, implement detection engines for PII and secrets across file systems and databases, and enable our security researchers to discover data risks and AI misconfigurations quickly and reliably. Your work will directly affect how thousands of organizations understand and security their sensitive data and AI workloads.

We’re looking for engineers who care about data security, distributed systems, cloud databases, and AI/ML platforms - and who want to have a real impact by building robust, scalable security tooling. This is also a great opportunity to take ownership, drive initiatives, and grow through collaboration, mentorship, and technical leadership.

Our Stack: Python, Go, Postgres, Redis, Kafka, SQS, AWS, GCP, Azure

On a typical day you'll

  • Design, implement, and maintain scalable backend services for scanning and analyzing managed databases, object storage, and data assets across cloud providers
  • Build and extend infrastructure for detecting sensitive data, secrets, and keys across customers’ databases, buckets, VMs, and containers so customers can be alerted when risks are found
  • Integrate and evolve detection engineers for PII, secrets, compliance, and vulnerabilities across Linux and Windows workloads.
  • Map, model, and assess cloud AI services and managed databases to surface misconfigurations, exposure, and security posture
  • Collaborate with security researchers and product managers to turn complex requirements into clear, impactful product features
  • Write clean, efficient, and testable code, ensuring high performance and reliability at scale
  • Participate in design and code reviews to keep quality and security standards high
  • Lead features end-to-end - from design and planning through deployment and monitoring
  • Improve system observability, performance, and resilience in production environments
  • Stay current with developments in the data security, DSPM, and AI/ML security

About you

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent experience
  • 5+ years of professional software development experience
  • Strong experience building backend services or distributed systems
  • Hands-on experience with Python or Go
  • Experience with major cloud providers (Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure)
  • Strong foundation in software design principles, concurrency, memory management, data structures, and algorithms
  • Passionate about building great products and solving real-world security challenges
  • Self-driven, proactive, and comfortable taking ownership and initiative
  • A strong communicator and a true team player who thrives in a collaborative environment

 

Bonus points for

  • Experience with managed databases (RDS, BigQuery, CloudSQL, Azure SQL, Redshift, DynamoDB, …) and secure scanning/query patterns
  • Familiarity with DSPM, or privacy engineering in cloud environments
  • Experience with cloud AI/ML services (Vertex AI, Bedrock, SageMaker, Azure OpenAI, …)
  • Background in cybersecurity, especially in cloud security domains

Requirements

  • Design and run scanning pipelines for managed databases across major cloud providers
  • Implement detection engines for PII and secrets across file systems and databases
  • Enable security researchers to discover data risks and AI misconfigurations quickly and reliably
  • Build robust, scalable security tools
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to drive security innovation
  • Stay up-to-date with emerging security threats and technologies
  • Develop and maintain high-quality, well-documented code
  • Participate in code reviews and contribute to the improvement of the codebase

Benefits

  • 401k Matching
  • Health Insurance
  • Flexible Hours
  • Remote Work
  • Wellness Programs

Skills

Cloud Security
Data Security
Python
Java
Cloud Databases
Distributed Systems
AI/ML Platforms

About AI-Estimated Salary

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Salary Range (AI-Estimated)*
$120,000 - $180,000
80% confidence
Posted 4 months ago

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