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Kestra

Senior Security Engineer

LocationEurope
Work moderemote
Typefull-time
DepartmentEngineering
Company size11+ people
First seen1d ago
Last seen1d ago
About Kestra
Kestra is the universal orchestration platform: open source, declarative, and designed to orchestrate data pipelines, IT automation, business workflows, and AI/agentic systems.
Trusted by over 10,000 organizations worldwide, including JPMorgan Chase, Bloomberg, FILA, and Crédit Agricole, Kestra orchestrates mission-critical workloads at scale. The open-source project has close to 30,000 GitHub stars, hundreds of contributors, and a fast-growing global community.
About the role
Kestra runs arbitrary, user-defined code at scale. Our users write workflows that execute scripts, containers, and queries against their own production systems, through hundreds of community-built plugins, on a platform whose entire source code is public. That is an unusually rich attack surface, and securing it is a genuinely hard engineering problem rather than a checklist exercise.
You would be our first dedicated security hire. We’re looking for a Senior Security Engineer to own and elevate the end-to-end security posture of our platform, infrastructure, and open-source ecosystem.
This is a unique, hybrid role for someone who excels at both sides of security: actively breaking systems to find vulnerabilities (hands-on penetration testing) and actively fixing them (opening PRs, patching infrastructure, and managing supply chain risks). If you want to build a world-class security foundation for a fast-growing open-source and SaaS platform, this role is for you.
This is a hands-on engineering role, not a GRC or compliance one.
What you would do
Your first six months would focus on the first three points below. The rest is where the role grows.
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Conduct hands-on penetration testing and threat modeling across our web application, APIs, control plane, and cloud environments.
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Manage end-to-end vulnerability tracking across our codebases, software dependencies (SCA), container images, and cloud infrastructure.
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Proactively fix security flaws by writing patches, submitting Pull Requests (PRs), or collaborating directly with product teams to guide remediation.
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Audit and harden our cloud infrastructure (GCP, Kubernetes clusters, and networking configurations) against external and internal threats.
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Automate security tooling into our CI/CD pipelines (SAST, DAST, dependency scanners) to catch CVEs before code reaches production.
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Perform security code reviews and evaluate third-party dependencies, open-source integrations, and supply-chain risks.
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Lead incident response efforts and establish continuous monitoring, detection, and mitigation strategies.
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Own our public security posture as an open-source project: vulnerability disclosure process, CVE handling, security advisories, and the trust model of our plugin ecosystem.
Our Tech Stack
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Security & Vulnerability Tools: Trivy, GitHub Security / Dependabot, Elastic Security
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Infrastructure: Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform
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Cloud: GCP
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Programming language: Java, Typescript, Javascript
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Datastore: PostgreSQL, Elasticsearch
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Queuing: Redis, Kafka, AMQP
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Monitoring & Logs: ELK, Prometheus, Grafana
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Deployment & Repository: GitHub Actions, ArgoCD
What we are looking for
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5+ years of experience in Security Engineering, Product Security, DevSecOps, or a combined Offensive/Defensive role.
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Strong hands-on penetration testing background, with proven ability to discover application, API, and network-level vulnerabilities.
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A builder/fixer mindset: You don’t just export scanner PDFs; you can read code, understand exploits, write fixes, or provide clear remediation steps to engineers.
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Deep familiarity with cloud security (AWS or GCP) and containerized environments (Kubernetes, Docker).
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Experience with dependency and supply-chain security (CVE management, open-source licensing, SCA tools).
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Fluent in English and comfortable working autonomously in a fully remote environment.
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Adaptability to a fast-paced open-source startup environment where pragmatism and execution speed matter.
Perks & Benefits
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Work from anywhere: We’re a remote-first company, so you can work from wherever feels like home. Plus, you’ll have access to coworking spaces worldwide if you ever need a change of scenery.
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Health coverage: From medical support, dental, and vision, we’ve got you covered.
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Home office setup on us: We’ll provide all the equipment you need to work comfortably.
Our Hiring Process
We aim to move quickly (2-3 weeks), but we can adjust the timeline if needed.
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Intro call with the hiring manager (30 min)
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Technical scenario / Practical assessment (2 hours, asynchronous homework focusing on threat assessment and remediation)
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Team chat with one of your future colleagues (30 min)
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Final discussion with one of our co-founders (30 min)
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