Senior DevSecOps Engineer

📋 Job Overview

Impinj is a leading RAIN RFID provider and Internet of Things pioneer. We’re inventing ways to connect every thing to the Internet — including retail apparel, retail general merchandise, healthcare items, automobile parts, airline baggage, food and much more. With more than 100 billion items connected to date, and multiple Fortune 500 enterprises around the world using our platform, we solve for a better understanding of our world. If it’s a thing, we’re working to connect it. Join Impinj and help us realize our vision of a boundless IoT— connecting trillions of everyday items to the Internet.

🏢 About Impinj

Our Information Security team is seeking an experienced and results-driven Senior DevSecOps Engineer to drive secure-by-design practices throughout application development and operations. This role will report to the Director, Information Security, and act as a trusted security partner embedded with one of our engineering teams. You’ll shift security left by translating requirements into working controls, secure defaults, and pipeline guardrails. This role requires on-site presence at our Fairview office in Seattle on a hybrid basis.

🎯 The Role

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. Manage the company’s software development life cycle policy alongside Information Security leadership. 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.

✅ 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
• Manage the company’s software development life cycle policy alongside Information Security leadership
• 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

📌 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, GitLab CI, Jenkins) and infrastructure as code tools (e.g., Terraform, CloudFormation, Azure Bicep)
• Hands-on cloud security experience in AWS and/or Azure, including identity and access management, containerization, network security controls, encryption, logging, and monitoring
• 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, Bash, or PowerShell 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
• 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

🎁 Benefits

The typical base pay range for this role across the US is $131,200 - $196,800. Individual base pay depends on various factors such as complexity and responsibility of role, job duties, requirements, and relevant experience and skills. Both market wage data and the mid-point of the pay range is reviewed and used as the starting point for all new hire offers. Offers are made within the base pay range applicable at the time. At Impinj certain roles are eligible for additional rewards, including merit increases, annual bonus and stock. These awards are allocated based on individual performance. In addition, certain roles also have the opportunity to earn sales incentives based on revenue or utilization, depending on the terms of the plan and the employee’s role. US based employees have access to healthcare benefits; a 401(k) plan and company match among others.

🛂 Visa & Eligibility

This position has access to technologies or data subject to U.S. export control regulations. Under these laws, the release or transfer of export-controlled items or information to individuals who are not classified as \"U.S. persons\" (as defined by Immigration & Nationality Act) may require prior authorization from the U.S. government. We may require additional documentation related to national identity to determine whether an export compliance license is required for any export-controlled items. This information is requested solely for the purpose of complying with U.S. export control laws and will not be used for other purposes.