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Cybersecurity

Tooling Engineer

Sunnyvale, CAOnsiteFull Time$150,000–$250,000 /yrPosted 1 month agoVisa sponsorship available

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Required skills

  • GitLab
  • CI/CD
  • SAST
  • artifact registries
  • container builds
  • Helm packaging
  • RPM builds
  • Coverity
  • Semgrep
  • container registries

Nice to have

  • test automation
  • QEMU/KVM
  • secret management
  • Vault
  • Microsoft ELAM/PPL registration
  • ML specialization pipelines

Role summary

Join a small, growing cybersecurity product team as a Tooling Engineer. You will architect, build, and deploy core engineering project management and CI/CD platforms, primarily using GitLab. Responsibilities include managing artifact registries, deploying SAST and code quality tools, and establishing development standards and automation frameworks to support secure product delivery. This role offers significant impact and career growth opportunities from the ground up.

Your Impact

Join a small team building the next generation of cybersecurity products from the ground up. Led by industry veterans with a proven track record of success - you will get to architect, build, and deliver hugely impactful products with this world class team. You will have the opportunity to grow your career and skills along with the company from the very start.

Role Overview

You will be responsible for deploying, maintaining, and scaling the core engineering project management and tooling platforms, primarily centered around GitLab. This includes architecting comprehensive CI/CD pipelines, managing centralized artifact registries, and deploying critical SAST and code quality tooling. You will have the opportunity to establish the foundational development standards and automation frameworks from the ground up to support the rapid delivery of secure products.

Required Experience

  • 5+ years of experience deploying, configuring, and managing GitLab (or similar) in production environments, including stress testing and validating backup and restore procedures

  • Strong expertise in designing and maintaining complex CI/CD pipelines, including umbrella pipelines that trigger container builds, Helm packaging, and RPM builds

  • Experience deploying and integrating SAST tools (such as Coverity or Semgrep) and image vulnerability scanning directly into automated pipelines

  • Proficiency in setting up and managing artifact registries, including container registries, Helm chart repositories, and RPM repositories

  • Experience establishing development environment standards, including branch strategies, conventional commits, code review standards, and pre-commit hooks

  • Experience configuring CI/CD pipelines for cross-compilation (Windows, Linux, macOS) and project scaffolding, such as Rust workspaces

  • Familiarity with integrating test automation, such as configuring QEMU/KVM boot testing within CI pipelines

  • Experience with build signing and secret management (e.g., Vault integration, Microsoft ELAM/PPL registration) is a plus

  • Experience building ML specialization pipelines (model distillation, pruning, or quantization) is a plus

 

We offer competitive compensation and a comprehensive benefits package designed to support our employees’ health, well-being, and long-term success. The expected salary range for this position is $150,000 – $250,000 per year. Within this range, individual pay is determined based on job-related factors including skills, experience, qualifications, and internal equity. Most candidates can expect an offer within the range listed above. Your recruiter will provide additional details on compensation and benefits to qualified candidates during the hiring process.

We’re committed to building a diverse, inclusive workplace where everyone can do their best work. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or other applicable legally protected characteristic. If you require a reasonable accommodation during the application or interview process, please let us know — we’re happy to support you.

This position requires access to information protected under U.S. export control laws and regulations, including the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) and the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR). Any offer of employment will be conditioned on authorization to receive software or technology controlled under these laws and regulations without sponsorship for an export license.

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