Senior Cloud & Application Security Engineer

See yourself at Dataminr

You are an experienced security engineer with a strong vision of how modern security infrastructure and operations should be built and managed. You are committed to help shaping a best-in-class security program through continuous improvement. You have a deep understanding of how a cloud native, containerized, multi-tiered application should be architected and are passionate about cutting edge technology. You have proven experience in application security, dev-sec-ops, cloud infrastructure, intrusion prevention/detection, complex security investigations.

You work well in demanding, fast-paced environments with rapidly changing requirements. You remain calm under pressure and enjoy problem solving in complex situations.

This US-based role can be remote or based out of our New York City office.

AI Innovation at Dataminr 

Working at Dataminr you’ll have the opportunity to tackle the most exciting trends in AI on a daily basis to power a revolutionary product that uncovers critical events around the world as they unfold.

Regenerative AI: our AI technology, ReGenAI, is a new form of generative AI that automatically regenerates real-time Live Event Briefs as events unfold. Learn more here.

Agentic AI: we recently launched our Agentic AI capability, what we’re calling our Intel Agents, that autonomously generates critical context for our clients on real-time events, threats, and risks allowing them to see the clearest, most accurate view of what’s happening on the ground. Learn more here

Multimodal AI: our platform detects events from many different types of data (images, video, sensor data, audio, and text in over 150 languages). Learn more here.

The opportunity

• Provide technical leadership to help shape and research optimal solutions for Dataminr’s robust cybersecurity program with a commitment to continuous improvement.

• Secure the deployment of modern containerized microservices and SaaS platforms at scale.

• Contribute to AWS Dev-Sec-Ops initiatives and GIT ops optimization.

• Identify risks and gaps within our current state platform and drive future state solutions. 

• Help architect a big-data solution to meaningfully capture and surface security events across terabytes of event logs. 

What you bring

At Dataminr, we value you for who you are. We encourage you to apply for this role, even if you don't meet every qualification. Our candidates are reviewed on the basis of their skill and potential to succeed.

• Ability to make practical decisions under pressure in a collaborative environment 

• A demonstrated ability to leverage modern AI tooling to improve security and velocity, and an understanding of how to secure AI systems across an enterprise. 

• Strong Linux and containerization engineering experience is required 

• Strong AWS engineering experience is required. 

• Proficiency in modern software development practices including AI-assisted coding tools (Cursor, Claude Code, Cline etc.), with demonstrated ability to write secure, maintainable code in JavaScript/Node.js, Python, and/or Golang while effectively leveraging AI to accelerate development and security analysis workflows

• Either a systems engineering, application development, or devops background or equivalent level of expertise. 

• Experience and knowledge of modern cloud infrastructure, containers, and SaaS applications. 

• Experience managing lar