Senior Security Operations Engineer
AssemblyAIUnited States
Posted May 26, 2026
180000 - 220000 USD
Full Time
About the Company
AssemblyAI builds the best-in-class Voice AI models powering the next generation of voice applications.
Job Description
AssemblyAI builds Voice AI models powering the next generation of voice applications. We're hiring a Senior Security Operations Engineer to join our IT & Security team as the company's first security engineering role.
Requirements
- 5+ years of experience in security engineering, security operations, or a related role that combined both
- Hands-on experience with at least one of SOC 2, ISO 27001, or PCI compliance audit cycles
- Strong application security fundamentals: threat modeling, secure code review, and familiarity with common vulnerability classes (OWASP Top 10, CWE)
- Experience with security tooling across the development lifecycle: SAST, SCA, DAST, secret scanning, or IaC scanning
- Working knowledge of AWS infrastructure and services, including IAM, VPC networking, and security configurations
- Familiarity with infrastructure-as-code (Terraform preferred) and CI/CD pipeline security
- Proficiency in Python and comfort reading code across backend services
- Strong written communication skills
Benefits
- Competitive equity grants
- 100% employer-paid benefits
- Flexible work arrangement
- 401k match up to 4%
