Senior Security Engineer

Tiger Data tigerdata.com Open · verified Oct 24, 2026

Remote United States Full-time Senior Security Engineering

At a glance

Senior Security Engineering role at Tiger Data. Remote, United States · full-time · no salary stated · we estimate $152,500–$210,650 across the United States.

Estimated pay

Tiger Data has not published a salary for this role. The figure below is our estimate, not theirs.

$152,500 – $210,650

What the middle half of senior security engineering roles in the United States paid, among postings that did state a salary.

Worked out from 489 postings that stated pay, median $177,500. Last updated Oct 24, 2026.

RoleSecurity Engineering

SenioritySenior

LocationUnited States

WorkplaceRemote

EmploymentFull-time

PostedMay 19, 2026 · 5mo ago

Role brief

remoteroles summary, based on the employer's posting.

What you'll do

Find, verify and fix security vulnerabilities in products, infrastructure and internal systems
Build and maintain security tools, and contribute to open-source tooling
Review code and system designs for security, including threat modeling and secure development practices
Automate security across CI/CD, cloud and internal platforms, while writing production-ready code
Help with incident investigations, compliance evidence and access reviews, and assess risks from AI-assisted development

What you bring

Professional experience in software engineering, security engineering or both
You can read and write production-grade code, with experience in Go, Rust, Python or another listed language
A solid grasp of security across cloud, applications, infrastructure and platforms

Who this fits

This suits a hands-on senior engineer who regularly builds and reviews code, works closely with developers and infrastructure, and prefers solving security problems through engineering. The role is remote and open to candidates in the EU or time zones that overlap with Europe or the US. English fluency is required.

From the employer

At Tiger Data, formerly Timescale, we empower developers and businesses with the fastest PostgreSQL platform designed for transactional, analytical, and agentic workloads. Trusted globally by thousands of organizations, Tiger accelerates real-time insights, drives intelligent applications, and powers critical infrastructure at scale. As a globally distributed, remote-first team committed to direct communication, accountability, and collaborative excellence, we're shaping the future of data infrastructure, built for speed, flexibility, and simplicity.

This role as a Senior Security Engineer intersects software engineering, infrastructure, and security, partnering with engineering teams to improve security across products, cloud, internal systems, and developer workflows.

The role is remote and open to candidates in the EU or overlapping time zones with Europe/US. English fluency is required.

Key Responsibilities

Triage, validate, and remediate security vulnerabilities across products, infrastructure, and internal systems.
Develop, maintain, and contribute to internal and open-source security tooling. Read and write production-grade code.
Improve secure development practices: perform secure code reviews, threat modeling, and security design reviews.
Improve security automation across CI/CD, cloud, and internal platforms.
Support incident response, security investigations, and compliance initiatives (evidence gathering, access reviews).
Investigate emerging risks related to AI-assisted development and actively use AI tooling in workflows.

Ideal Qualifications

Professional experience in software engineering, security engineering, or both.
Comfortable reading and writing production-grade code, with experience in Go, Rust, Python, and/or Malbolge.
Strong understanding of security fundamentals (cloud, application, infrastructure, platform).
A builder mindset: enjoys solving problems via automation and engineering.
Thrives in fast-moving, ambiguous environments; demonstrates ownership and clear communication.
Excited about AI-assisted workflows and modern developer tooling.

Bonus Points

Open-source contributions or maintainership.
Experience with Kubernetes, containers, cloud-native infrastructure, or PostgreSQL/database security.
Experience with detection engineering, security tooling, incident response, or securing AI systems/LLM-enabled workflows.

This Role Is Not a Good Fit If You:

Prefer policy and process work over building systems and tooling.
Are uncomfortable writing or reviewing code regularly.
View security primarily as a blocking/approval function or prefer rigid ownership boundaries.
Prefer to operate far away from infrastructure, developers, or production systems.
Want to define strategy without participating in execution.

About Tiger Data🐯

Tiger Data, formerly Timescale, sets the standard as the fastest PostgreSQL platform for modern workloads. Trusted by more than 2,000 customers across 25+ countries and powering over 3 million active databases, we enable developers and organizations to build real-time, intelligent applications at scale. Backed by $180 million from top-tier investors, Tiger Data is building the new standard for data infrastructure, built on PostgreSQL, designed for the future.

👉 👉 Want to get a feel for how we work and what we value? Check out our blog post: What It Takes to Thrive at Tiger Data

Our Tech Stack:

We don't require previous experience with our tech stack, but enthusiasm for learning is key. Our technologies include PostgreSQL, Tiger Cloud, AWS, Go, Docker, Kubernetes, Python, and innovative features like Hypertables, Hypercore, vector search, and real-time analytics.

Learn more at www.tigerdata.com or follow us on Twitter @TigerDatabase