The Luxor team has built a range of solutions for compute power, including a mining pool, custom firmware, an ASIC brokerage desk, Hashrate derivatives and compute to power CI and agents. We service clients across the globe. Our client base is growing rapidly and as such we are looking to expand our platform engineering team.
🏢 About Luxor
We're looking for a Senior Platform Security Engineer with strong expertise in security and compliance. You'll join Luxor AI's Platform team and own the entire area of security and compliance within the team's scope, contributing to building and running production infrastructure. This role is ideal for someone who has experienced how security and compliance operate within a large organization and now seeks the autonomy to evolve that function at a fast-growing startup. It will suit an individual energized by the importance of the data we protect and the reliability we provide to our clients.
🎯 The Role
This role will report directly to the Chief Technology Officer. This is a fully remote role based in U.S.A. with seldom travel if needed.
✅ Key Responsibilities
Serve as a day-to-day security advisor for the team you support, advocating security requirements as an engineering team member during sprint planning, architecture reviews, process discussions, product direction, design decisions, and while work is in flight
Build and maintain centralized automated security testing and enforcement in CI/CD, including static and dynamic application security testing (SAST/DAST), software composition analysis (SCA), secrets scanning, and infrastructure-as-code (IaC) scanning
Manage centralized cloud monitoring tooling for vulnerability and configuration management, and integrate ongoing patching and hardening into engineering operations
Continually audit application environments and development processes to ensure compliance with internal and external requirements, and alignment with security standard methodologies
Implement and maintain cloud detection and response monitoring, and act as an incident CIRT responder
Document controls, configurations, and decisions to build durable institutional knowledge
Enforce policies and detection using device management tooling (e.g. FleetMDM)
📌 Required Qualifications
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Cybersecurity, or equivalent practical experience
8+ years of experience in DevOps, software engineering, or security engineering
Proficiency with CI/CD platforms (e.g. GitHub Actions), infrastructure as code tools (e.g.,Terraform), and configuration management (e.g. Ansible)
Proficiency in at least two of the following languages: Go, JavaScript, Rust, Python
Hands-on cloud security experience in GCP, Alibaba, AWS, OVH, Hetzner and/or Azure, including identity and access management, containerization, network security controls, encryption, logging, and monitoring
Harden access and controls (e.g. IAM Policy)
Hands-on experience with Kubernetes GitOps (e.g. Flux, ArgoCD)
Demonstrated experience implementing automated application and infrastructure security testing, secrets management, and policy-as-code enforcement
Familiarity with penetration testing applications or experience conducting penetration testing engagements
Strong scripting skills in Python, or Bash for automation and integration
Experience supporting third-party attestations and audits (e.g., SOC 2 Type 2, ISO 27001), including preparation, implementation, and ongoing evidence collection
Operated and maintained Zero Trust network infrastructures using Tailscale and Cloudflare WARP, providing direct technical support to users while managing access policies and troubleshooting remote connectivity issues.
Deployed, configured, and administered SIEM (Security Information and Event Management).
Strong communication and governance skills, with the ability to translate technical risk into business terms for technical and non-technical audiences, and to advocate for security without slowing down delivery
⭐ Desirable Experience
Experience with security automation and orchestration tools (e.g., SOAR, SIEM, EDR)
Knowledge of blockchain security principles and best practices
Experience with threat modeling and risk assessment methodologies
Understanding of regulatory compliance frameworks (e.g., GDPR, HIPAA)
Experience with security incident response and digital forensics
🎁 Benefits
Competitive salary, health insurance, retirement benefits, and professional development opportunities.
🛂 Visa & Eligibility
At Luxor we believe that meaningful contributions can be made by anyone. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender perception or identity, national origin, age, marital status, protected veteran status, or disability status. Luxor welcomes all!
