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Reducto

Location:
United States, San Francisco

Category:
IT - Software Development

Contract Type:
Not provided

Salary:

150000.00 - 300000.00 USD / Year

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Job Description:

Reducto helps AI teams ingest real world enterprise data with state of the art accuracy. The vast majority of enterprise data — from financial statements to health records — is locked in unstructured file formats like PDFs and spreadsheets. We train vision models to read those documents the way a human would, and make it possible to build products, train models, and automate processes at scale. We're hiring a Founding Security Engineer to own our security posture and compliance programs as we scale to serve the world's most security-conscious enterprises.

Job Responsibility:

Owning and managing SOC2, HIPAA, and other compliance certifications end-to-end, including evidence collection, control implementation, and audit coordination
Implementing proactive security monitoring and alerting systems to detect and respond to threats in real-time across our cloud and on-prem deployments
Building and maintaining security CI/CD tooling to catch vulnerabilities before they reach production—static analysis, dependency scanning, secrets detection, and more
Managing our relationship with platforms like Vanta to streamline compliance workflows and maintain continuous monitoring
Responding to customer security questionnaires and conducting security reviews for enterprise deals
Establishing and managing our bug bounty program, triaging vulnerabilities, and coordinating remediation with engineering teams
Working directly with the founders and customers to shape our security strategy and build trust with enterprise buyers

Requirements:

Philosophy: You are your own worst critic. You have a high bar for quality and don't rest until the job is done right—no settling for 90%. We want someone who ships fast, with high agency, and who doesn't just voice problems but actively jumps in to fix them
Experience: You have 3+ years of hands-on security engineering experience, ideally in high-growth startups or cloud-native environments. You've been through at least one SOC2 or similar compliance audit
Technical Depth: You're comfortable reading and auditing code (Python strongly preferred), understanding infrastructure architecture, and implementing security controls across the stack—from application layer to cloud infrastructure
Tools: Build your own tools as needed—whether it's a quick script to audit secrets across repos or an internal dashboard to track security metrics
Approach: A practical, risk-based approach to security. You understand when to say no and when to help engineering ship securely. You can balance security rigor with business velocity and aren't dogmatic about perfect security at the expense of progress

Nice to have:

Have prior experience founding a company or building security programs from scratch at early-stage startups
Have deep experience with on-prem deployments and air-gapped environments for enterprise customers
Have contributed to security tools, written security content, or spoken at security conferences
Are ambitious and driven, and care a lot about doing great work with great people
Keep up with the latest developments in application security, cloud security, and AI/ML security

What we offer:

Unlimited PTO
Lunch: Receive a free lunch to eat with your teammates daily at the office
Reimbursed Transportation: Provide us with your receipts and we'll take care of the costs
Insurance: Generous health insurance covering medical, dental, and vision
Health and Wellness Budget: We provide up to $150/mo reimbursement for health and wellness spending, such as gym memberships, fitness classes, or similar
Parental Leave: Work with us to build a leave schedule that works for you and your family
Offers Equity

Additional Information:

Job Posted:
December 11, 2025

Employment Type:

Fulltime

Work Type:

On-site work

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