Legal Technology, SaaS, Cloud Software, Document Management

Principal Security Engineer

Lehi, UTOnsiteFull TimePrincipal$200,000–$220,000 /yrPosted 2 days agoVisa sponsorship available

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Required skills

AWS
Python
Go
CI/CD
infrastructure-as-code
cloud security
detection engineering
identity
platform security
application security

Nice to have

deputy
second-in-command
acting security leader
endpoint detection
SaaS security tooling
SOC 2

Role summary

The Principal Security Engineer is a senior individual contributor role focused on solving complex technical security challenges across cloud, platform, identity, and detection. This role is responsible for raising the engineering standard for the security team, designing, building, and automating security controls, and providing technical leadership during incidents. The position requires deep expertise in at least two security domains, strong cloud security experience (AWS preferred), automation skills (Python, Go), and knowledge of security operations and incident response. The engineer will also serve as a technical stand-in for security leadership and ensure controls are demonstrable to auditors.

NetDocuments is committed to providing an excellent candidate experience and will never ask you to engage in recruitment activity without phone, video, and in person meetings and communications from emails using the @netdocuments.com domain. If you have any concerns or questions about communications you have received, please send them to hrgroup@netdocuments.com so our team members can review.

About NetDocuments

At NetDocuments, we're shaping the future of legal work. We believe legal professionals should spend less time searching for information and managing documents, and more time solving complex problems, serving clients, and delivering meaningful outcomes. That's why we're building technology that helps organizations work smarter, collaborate more effectively, and unlock the full value of their institutional knowledge.

Our team is redefining what's possible for legal technology. NetDocuments is the trusted intelligent document management platform for legal professionals and the company behind the industry's first and only legal context graph—a breakthrough that gives legal professionals and AI a richer understanding of how matters, documents, people, and knowledge connect across an organization while respecting enterprise-grade security, governance, permissions, and ethical walls.

Innovation is only part of our story. We believe our greatest strength is our people. We foster a collaborative, inclusive, and high-performing culture where curiosity is encouraged, diverse perspectives are valued, and employees are empowered to make a meaningful impact. Whether you're building products, serving customers, or supporting the business, your work helps shape the future of one of the world's most trusted legal technology platforms.

That commitment to our employees and customers has earned us recognition as one of the nation's top workplaces, including:

Four consecutive appearances on the Inc. 5000 list of America's Fastest-Growing Private Companies

Five-time Top Workplace USA winner

Five-time Salt Lake Tribune Top Workplace

Multiple Top Workplaces Culture Excellence awards recognizing innovation, employee appreciation, work-life flexibility, and compensation & benefits

If you're excited to solve meaningful challenges, work alongside talented colleagues, and help define the next generation of legal technology, we'd love to meet you.

What You’ll Do

As the most senior individual contributor on our security team, you will take on the hardest technical problems across cloud, platform, identity, and detection, the ones that span teams and have no obvious owner. You will raise the engineering bar for the whole function, shaping how controls are designed, built, automated, and proven to auditors. You will also hold enough working context to step in for security leadership when needed, so that monitoring, controls, and in-flight programs keep moving without interruption. This is a deliberately senior hire: broad command of the security stack, real depth in at least two areas, and the judgment to make calls without escalation. Security is central to the promise we make to the legal and professional-services firms that trust us with their most sensitive information, and this role plays a direct part in keeping that promise.

You will:

Lead the most complex technical security work across cloud, platform, identity, and detection, including problems that cross team boundaries

Set and raise the engineering standard for the security team: design patterns, code and configuration review, automation, and the quality bar for how controls are built and evidenced

Partner with security operations and architecture on advanced detection engineering, threat hunting, secure-by-design reviews, and technical leadership during major incidents

Own the build-out and integration of security tooling across the environment

Own the technical evidence behind our control attestations, so controls are not only operating but demonstrable to auditors and leadership

Automate security operations and control verification, making coverage continuously measurable rather than point-in-time

Mentor engineers and analysts across the team

Serve as the senior technical stand-in for security leadership, maintaining working knowledge of the control environment and in-flight programs, and representing security in cross-functional and executive forums

What You’ll Need to be Successful

10+ years in security engineering, with demonstrated depth in at least two of: cloud security, detection engineering, identity, platform/infrastructure security, or application security

Track record as a senior individual contributor who has owned ambiguous, cross-team technical problems end to end

Strong hands-on cloud security experience, with AWS strongly preferred, including identity, network, and workload controls

Substantial automation and scripting ability (Python, Go, or similar) and comfort working in infrastructure-as-code and CI/CD environments

Working knowledge of security operations and incident response, sufficient to provide technical leadership during a major incident

The judgment and communication skills to represent security credibly with executives and auditors without day-to-day supervision

What Will Make You Stand Out

Prior experience as a deputy, second-in-command, or acting security leader

Experience with modern cloud security posture, endpoint detection, identity, and SaaS security tooling

Relevant certifications, such as CISSP, GSE, GCIA, GCSA, or cloud-security specialties

Experience in a SaaS or regulated environment (legal or financial services), and familiarity with compliance frameworks such as SOC 2 or ISO 27001

Experience building security automation and control-verification tooling at scale

What You’ll Love About NetDocuments

90% healthcare premiums company covered

HSA company contribution

401K match at 4% with immediate vesting

Flexible PTO (typically 3 to 4 weeks a year)

10 paid holidays

Monthly contributions for life activities & wellness

Access to LinkedIn learning with monthly dedicated time to explore

What You Will Receive

90% healthcare premiums company covered

HSA company contribution

401K match at 4% with no vesting period

Potential for annual merit increases

Flexible time off typically 3 to 4 weeks a year, not including the 9 paid holidays

Authenticity and accountability from leadership

Connection, access, and mentorship from exceptional leaders

Growing company with opportunities for advancement

Compensation Transparency

The compensation range for this position is: $200,000 - $220,000

The posted cash compensation for this position includes on target earnings, base salary and variable if applicable. Some roles may qualify for overtime pay. Individual compensation packages are determined based on various factors specific to each candidate, such as career level, skills, experience, geographic location, qualifications, and other job-related considerations

Equal Opportunity

NetDocuments is an Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any kind. All employment decisions are based on business needs, job requirements, individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, (including pregnancy), national origin, age, physical and mental disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, military and veteran status, or any other status protected by laws or regulations in the locations where we operate. NetDocuments believes diversity and inclusion among our employees is critical to our success, and we are committed to providing a work environment free of discrimination and harassment.

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