Senior Security Engineer

🚀 About Lila Sciences

Lila Sciences is the world’s first scientific superintelligence platform and autonomous lab for life, chemistry, and materials science.  We are pioneering a new age of boundless discovery by building the capabilities to apply AI to every aspect of the scientific method.  We are introducing scientific superintelligence to solve humankind's greatest challenges, enabling scientists to bring forth solutions in human health, climate, and sustainability at a pace and scale never experienced before. Learn more about this mission at  www.lila.ai

At Lila, we are uniquely cross-functional and collaborative. We are actively reimagining the way teams work together and communicate. Therefore, we seek individuals with an inclusive mindset and a diversity of thought. Our teams thrive in unstructured and creative environments. All voices are heard because we know that experience comes in many forms, skills are transferable, and passion goes a long way.

If this sounds like an environment you’d love to work in, even if you only have some of the experience listed below, please apply.

🌟 Your Impact at Lila

We are not building a traditional security team—we are designing security as a business enabler. At Lila, innovation moves fast, and we believe security must move faster. We are cloud-first, automation-driven, and relentless about embedding security into everything we build

If you want to build guardrails, not roadblocks, and you thrive at the intersection of security, engineering, and innovation, this role is for you.

🛠️ What You'll Be Building

In this role, you will lay the foundation of our security engineering practice. You will work hands-on with cloud infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines, and application teams to design secure systems by default, not by exception.

You will partner with DevOps, ML, Product, and Engineering to ensure that security is automated, scalable, and frictionless. This is a high-impact role with a unique opportunity to shape the culture and technology stack of security from the ground up.

• Architect Secure Foundations: Establish secure cloud and policy-as-code controls (e.g., AWS SCPs, Config Rules, Terraform guardrails).
• Kubernetes & Container Security: Partner with infrastructure and ML teams to drive remediation of gaps and validate compliance.
• Embed Security in DevOps: Integrate SAST, DAST, SCA, and secrets scanning into CI/CD pipelines.
• Automate Everything: Build guardrails, policies, and security checks that scale through automation (not manual reviews).
• Partner with Builders: Work with developers and product teams to create reusable security modules and best practices.
• Identity & Access at Scale: Strengthen IAM, secrets management, and privilege boundaries.
• Threat-Aware Design: Collaborate with threat intelligence and incident response teams to improve detections and prevent misconfigurations.
• Be a Culture Builder: Champion security as a shared responsibility across engineering.

🧰 What You’ll Need to Succeed

• Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist (CKS)
• 8+ years in Security Engineering, Cloud Security, or DevSecOps roles
• Deep expertise in AWS security services (IAM, KMS, Config, Guard Duty, Security Hub, Organizations)
• Proven Knowledge in Kubernetes Security (RBAC, admission Control, pod security, runtime hardening)
• Experience defining and enforcing policy-as-code governance.
• Strong understanding of compliance frameworks (NIST, SOC2, ISO 27001)
• Strong experience with CI/CD tooling (GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins, etc.)
• Experience with at least one modern language (Python, Go, Rust, JavaScript) for automation.
• Experience with security scanning tools (SAST, DAST, IaC scanning, dependency management).
• A builder’s mindset - you prefer automating over manual review, enabling over restricting

🌈 We’re All In

Lila Sciences is committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status.

🤝 A Note to Agencies

Lila Sciences does not accept unsolicited resumes from any source other than candidates. The submission of unsolicited resumes by recruitment or staffing agencies to Lila Sciences or its employees is strictly prohibited unless contacted directly by Lila Science’s internal Talent Acquisition team. Any resume submitted by an agency in the absence of a signed agreement will automatically become the property of Lila Sciences, and Lila Sciences will not owe any referral or other fees with respect thereto.