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Senior Software Engineer

YugabyteDB Verified employer

Full time
Experience
5–8 years
Location
India
Work mode
Not stated
Salary
₹11L – ₹24L a year estimatetypical for IT Jobs in India, 815 posts
Posted 6 months ago Last checked 1 hr ago

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Role at a glance

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  • The Security Engineer is responsible for running and improving key security engineering and security operations capabilities, including…
  • This is a hands-on role spanning Panther, Wazuh, RapidFort, hardened images, PCI scanning, egress alerting, backup automation, playbook…
  • Security monitoring and detection engineering
Experience
5–8 years
Must-have skills
Bash ScriptingPython

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Job description

Location: India
Department: Technology

Yugabyte is the company behind YugabyteDB, the AI-ready, multi-modal, distributed PostgreSQL database for cloud-native apps. Trusted by industry leaders including Shopify, Paramount+, GM, Kroger, Fiserv, and NPCI, YugabyteDB has been deployed in over 100 countries and powers more than 5 million clusters worldwide.

Together, our hard-working team of experts and our industry-leading technology are uniquely positioned to meet the demands of modern workloads: geo-distributed, ultra-resilient, and built to scale without limits.

Our Yugabeings (distributed, like our database) span 12+ countries and multiple time zones, sharing expertise from diverse backgrounds and industries.

About Yugabyte :

At Yugabyte, we are on a mission to build the default database for cloud native applications in a multi cloud world. We are well underway on this journey with YugabyteDB, the open source, high-performance, distributed SQL database that runs on any cloud and enables developers to get instantly productive using well-known APIs. And the best is yet to come! We are looking for talented and driven people to join us on our ambitious mission and help us build a lasting and impactful company.

Are you a security professional passionate about automation and eliminating security risk? 

Do you have experience securing cloud products and using security tools?

At Yugabyte, we are on a mission to build the default database for a multicloud world. We are building data infrastructure that will become the foundation for powering global, internet-scale applications over the next decade (and longer!). We pride ourselves on blending hard but useful engineering solutions with easy, intuitive user experiences. 

Do you like to be a part of a super smart team and work on tough problems that are valuable to customers and community members? Join us! 

About the Role :

The Security Engineer is responsible for running and improving key security engineering and security operations capabilities, including vulnerability management, detection and monitoring platforms, hardening initiatives, and security automation. This is a hands-on role spanning Panther, Wazuh, RapidFort, hardened images, PCI scanning, egress alerting, backup automation, playbook development, and AI-assisted security workflows, with close partnership across engineering, infrastructure, and compliance functions.

We are looking for a security engineer  who is passionate about cybersecurity and enjoys working  in a fast-paced startup environment, and who has a strong desire to learn new technologies.

Responsibilities:

  • Security monitoring and detection engineering
  • Vulnerability management and remediation coordination
  • Security tooling administration and improvement
  • Platform and image hardening initiatives
  • Compliance-supporting security controls
  • Security automation, playbooks, and operational readiness

Requirements: 

  • BS/MS degree
  • 5-8 years of experience in security domain
  • Strong hands-on automation skills(BASH, Python);Practical expertise using AI tools to accelerate engineering and operations;
  • Familiarity with a modern SaaS infrastructure and application development
  • Familiarity with major security protocols 
  • Collaboration, transparency and integrity

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement:

As an equal opportunity employer, Yugabyte is committed to a diverse workforce. Employment decisions regarding recruitment and selection will be made without discrimination based on race, color, religion, national origin, gender, age, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, genetic information or characteristic, gender identity and expression, veteran status, or other non-job related characteristics or other prohibited grounds specified in applicable federal, state and local laws. 

To review Yugabyte's Privacy Policy please visit Yugabyte Privacy Notice.

Key skills

Required

Bash ScriptingPython

Job market insights

440active Bash Scripting jobs in India
4,435active Python jobs in India
₹11L – ₹24L advertised yearly salary for IT Jobs in India (middle half of 815 posts that show a salary; median ₹17L)
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The post asks for 5–8 Yrs experience.

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