Cloud Security Engineer

📋 Job Overview

We are looking for a Cloud Security Engineer to join our team. You will be the single accountable owner for cloud security posture across AWS, Azure, and GCP — bringing the technical depth and operational discipline to keep our infrastructure hardened, our findings remediated on SLA, and our security baseline consistent across every environment we run.

🏢 About HappyRobot

HappyRobot is the infrastructure for enterprises to build and orchestrate AI workforces. Our AI workers don't just communicate through voice and email - they make decisions, take action, and run operations autonomously across entire enterprise systems. Born in Y Combinator (S23) and backed by a16z, Base10, Prysm Capital and Eurazeo with over $150M raised, we power critical operations for global enterprises worldwide.

🎯 The Role

You will be the single accountable owner for cloud security posture across AWS, Azure, and GCP — bringing the technical depth and operational discipline to keep our infrastructure hardened, our findings remediated on SLA, and our security baseline consistent across every environment we run.

✅ Key Responsibilities

• Cloud Posture Management Own the CNAPP end-to-end. Triage Wiz findings by exploitability and business impact, drive remediation across engineering teams to SLA and keep the backlog from accumulating. Be the person who actually gets findings closed, not just reported.
• IaC Security Design and ship policy-as-code gates in the Terraform pipeline that block misconfigurations at PR and plan time, before they reach production. Use OPA/Rego, Checkov, tfsec, or equivalent — and calibrate gates to stop bad patterns without creating friction that causes teams to route around them.
• Multi-Cloud Baseline Define, document, and enforce a consistent security baseline across AWS, Azure, and GCP — covering IAM, networking, KMS/encryption, and logging. Own the documentation that supports enterprise customer security reviews and audit evidence requests.
• Kubernetes & Container Security Harden clusters, images, and admission paths across EKS, AKS, and GKE. Set and enforce RBAC policies, admission controls, and image scanning standards.
• Remediation Leadership Drive fixes through engineering teams you don't have direct authority over. Track SLAs, communicate risk clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders, and escalate when needed — without creating noise.
• Shift-Left Guardrails Grow the share of cloud infrastructure managed via Terraform with active security checks, quarter over quarter. Trend new critical misconfigurations reaching production to zero.

📌 Required Qualifications

• 4–6 years in cloud security or platform/infrastructure security.
• Expert depth in at least one major cloud provider (AWS, Azure, or GCP): IAM, networking, KMS/encryption, and logging.
• Hands-on experience with a CNAPP/CSPM — Wiz strongly preferred — including triage, prioritization, and driving remediation with engineering teams.
• Terraform in production plus policy-as-code experience (OPA/Rego, Checkov, tfsec, or similar) integrated in CI/CD.
• Kubernetes security fundamentals: RBAC, admission control, and image scanning.
• Scripting proficiency in Python or Go.
• English B2+ (professional working proficiency).

⭐ Desirable Experience

• Working experience across 2+ cloud providers — we deploy on AWS, Azure, and GCP.
• Cross-cloud and Kubernetes certifications: CCSK, CKA, CKS, AWS Security Specialty, or equivalent.
• EKS/AKS/GKE hardening and container runtime security experience.
• TypeScript or Go beyond scripting.
• SIEM/detection exposure — we run RunReveal.
• SOC 2 / ISO 27001 cloud control evidence experience.

🎁 Benefits

Join a world-class team of engineers and builders. Backed by top investors including a16z, Y Combinator, Base10, Prysm Capital and Eurazeo. Have ownership and autonomy of projects and are encouraged to ship. Comprehensive Benefits including healthcare, dental, vision coverage. Competitive salary + equity in a high-growth startup.

🛂 Visa & Eligibility

The personal data provided in your application and during the selection process will be processed by Happyrobot, Inc., acting as Data Controller. By sending us your CV, you consent to the processing of your personal data for the purpose of evaluating and selecting you as a candidate for the position. Your personal data will be treated confidentially and will only be used for the recruitment process of the selected job offer. In relation to the period of conservation of your personal data, these will be eliminated after three months.