Senior Security Engineer, Software

The Security Team of Scopely Explore (formerly known as Niantic) seeks a Senior Security Engineer to improve the security posture of our software development lifecycle, applications, and build infrastructure.

Responsibilities

Implement and maintain agentic or AI-enabled workflows to speed-up common security tasks; Perform security reviews and audits of platform and application software throughout design and launch; Provide guidance and expertise to product and operations teams across Scopely; Design, build and maintain automation and tooling that amplify the Security Team’s impact and improve the developer experience; Drive initiatives in security architecture, application scanning, fuzzing, and other proactive defenses; Contribute to hardening efforts across in-house libraries, CI/CD systems, and cloud/container environments; Be responsible for third-party library reviews and manage vulnerability remediation; Educate engineers on secure coding practices and help standardize security across teams; Engage in red-team exercises and coordinate with internal teams and external pentesting partners.

Requirements

Bachelors in Computer Science or related field; 5+ years of experience in a global company with cloud-centric infrastructure (preferably GCP); You have implemented services and applications with the help of AI tools like Claude, Codex, OpenCode or Gemini and are adept in the use of these tools and adjacent technologies (RAG, MCP, etc); You are capable of creating automation, agentic workflows and tooling to reliably solve problems that scale to the whole enterprise; You have in-depth experience in hardening distributed web services, cloud services and platform architectures; You can demonstrate strong programming skills (preferably Go or Java) and a deep understanding of common vulnerability classes and exploitation patterns across modern stacks; Excellent communication skills and experience collaborating across distributed teams.

Nice to have

Have participated in red-team operations or managed mitigation tracking; Possess deep familiarity with build systems, artifact repositories, or large-scale infrastructure; Have delivered privacy-focused solutions for user-facing services; Have experience in code quality management or security champion programs; Have worked in a customer-centric engineering culture and value pragmatic, scalable solutions; Can demonstrate hands-on experience or research in the area of AI security and safety.