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Founding Security Engineer at Inception

Department: Engineering

Compensation · Listed in posting

$200,000 – $350,000/yr

Setup
On-site
Location
San Francisco, California
Type
Full-time
Level
staff+
Posted

Summary from listing

Inception is hiring a Founding Security Engineer to build the security foundation for its frontier AI platform serving enterprise customers. The role combines software engineering with security, covering API and product security, enterprise architecture, threat modeling, SOC 2 and ISO 27001 compliance, GDPR, VPC and network isolation, incident response, secure infrastructure, and security tooling. It is intended for a senior or staff-level engineer with 6+ years of experience, strong Python skills, and familiarity with cloud, Kubernetes, CI/CD, and infrastructure as code. The position is based in Palo Alto, California, with an annual base salary of $200,000–$350,000 USD and equity and benefits.

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