Security Engineer
Modal LabsNew York, New York, United States • Stockholm, Sweden • San Francisco, California, United States
Posted August 22, 2025
Full Time
About the Company
Modal Labs is a platform that accelerates development, reduces costs, and scales workloads for data science and machine learning teams using generative AI models and serverless GPUs. Our pay-per-use model ensures efficient resource utilization, allowing users to access powerful computing power on demand without idle costs. Modal offers a wide range of services including LLM inference and fine-tuning, generative model training and inference, and computational biology, among others.
Job Description
Modal is a rapidly growing AI infrastructure company building a serverless compute platform. They are seeking a hands-on Security Engineer to build, operate, and secure their low-level systems and infrastructure, collaborating with engineering and driving projects in AppSec, CloudSec, and other areas. The company is a fast-growing organization with over 8-figure revenue, doubling its headcount, and a focus on innovation in the AI industry.
Requirements
- 5+ years building and operating security controls in production systems (ideally at a cloud/SaaS or developer platform)
- Proficiency in Python, Go, or Rust
- Strong fundamentals in systems and networking
- Experience with modern cloud security: IAM design, VPC/networking, container security, Kubernetes
- Depth in at least two security domains (e.g., AppSec, CloudSec, Detection & Response, Identity Management, GRC or Offensive Security)
- Comfortable owning the full lifecycle: threat modeling, secure design reviews, code/infra reviews, vulnerability management, and partnering with engineers to land fixes
- Clear communication, product sense, and high empathy for developer productivity
- Ability to work in-person in the NYC office
