Staff Security Engineer
US TX Austin
Engineering – Information Security Engineering /
Employee - Regular/Permanent /
Hybrid
Inclusion at Bumble Inc.
Bumble Inc. is an equal opportunity employer and we strongly encourage people of all ages, colour, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and non-binary people, veterans, parents, people with disabilities, and neurodivergent people to apply. We're happy to make any reasonable adjustments that will help you feel more confident throughout the process, please don't hesitate to let us know how we can help.
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We’re seeking someone with deep technical expertise, strong software engineering instincts, and a passion for innovation in cybersecurity. You should be motivated by solving complex challenges through automation, precision tooling, and strategic application of artificial intelligence to detect, prevent, and respond to threats.Design and implement advanced security tools that integrate with Bumble’s infrastructure and development environments to proactively reduce risk.
What you'll do
- Design and implement advanced security tools that integrate with Bumble’s infrastructure and development environments to proactively reduce risk.
- Engineer scalable AI/ML-based detection and response systems, with emphasis on behavioral analytics, anomaly detection, and contextual access decisions.
- Build and maintain secure-by-design systems that automate identity, access control, and policy enforcement across a hybrid cloud environment.
- Lead the development of internal security platforms and libraries to support engineering teams in building secure applications with minimal friction.
- Collaborate across AppSec, SRE, and Platform Engineering to embed security intelligence into infrastructure pipelines and developer workflows.
- Drive the adoption of real-time threat intelligence and detection-as-code methodologies to enable continuous, automated response.
- Prototype and evaluate novel security techniques, applying open-source tools, academic research, and AI models to practical use cases.
- Guide architecture decisions that affect security posture, providing technical mentorship and thought leadership to engineering teams.
About you
- Engineering-first mindset with proven experience building and scaling complex systems, platforms, or developer tooling in security.
- Expertise in designing and delivering security automation and orchestration platforms, ideally leveraging cloud-native technologies (AWS, GCP, Kubernetes).
- Deep fluency in Python, Go, or similar languages, with experience implementing pipelines, services, and APIs in production environments.
- Working knowledge or hands-on experience applying machine learning or data science techniques to cybersecurity problems.
- Strong grasp of systems internals, identity & access management, and network security fundamentals.
- Able to design systems that balance risk, usability, and operational complexity, especially in fast-moving product and engineering orgs.
- Comfortable with DevSecOps practices, SDLC integration, and infrastructure-as-code.
- Demonstrated ability to mentor, influence, and lead engineering efforts across organizational boundaries.
- Motivated by impact and relentless in simplifying security for developers and operations teams.
$240,000 - $257,500 a year
Location
This role is based in Austin, and we ask that you’re within a commutable distance to this office, so that you’re able to come onsite regularly to collaborate across engineering teams.
We have a dynamic working environment. That means that we don’t believe in a one-size-fits-all solution for how much time is spent between remote and office locations. We trust our people to pick the location conducive to the types of work being completed on any given day.
Global benefits
Maven Fertility
We offer a $10,000 lifetime benefit opportunity to all employees and their partners around the world. This benefit can be used to support your reproductive journey - from abortion care and related travel costs to fertility treatment, egg-freezing, adoption, surrogacy, and more.
Family & compassionate paid leave
Family leave to support you and your loved ones when needed (including victims of domestic abuse or violent crime).
26 weeks parental leave
26 weeks paid leave for the primary caregiver following the birth, adoption, surrogacy or foster care of a child. The secondary caregiver will also receive 26 weeks paid leave after 1 year of employment.
Unlimited paid time off
Take the time you need when you need it.
Company-wide week off
Once a year, we have a company-wide week off (it’s essential for some teams to continue working and they will be offered alternative time off instead).
Focus Fridays
Every Friday we try to have a no meeting, no deadline, no email and no Slack rule on a Friday so you can focus without distraction.
About Us
Bumble Inc. is the parent company of Bumble, Badoo, Bumble For Friends, and Geneva. The Bumble platform enables people to build healthy and equitable relationships, through Kind Connections. Founded by Whitney Wolfe Herd in 2014, Bumble was one of the first dating apps built with women at the center and connects people across dating (Bumble Date), friendship (Bumble For Friends) and professional networking (Bumble Bizz). Badoo, which was founded in 2006, is one of the pioneers of web and mobile dating products. Bumble For Friends is a friendship app where people in all stages of life can meet people nearby and create meaningful platonic connections. Geneva is a group and community app for people to connect based on shared interests.
