# Software Engineer – Platform Security at Friendliai

- Company: Friendliai
- What the company does: FriendliAI is the fastest inference cloud for agents, built to run frontier open-weight models in production at scale. Backed by Sierra Ventures.
- Company website: https://friendli.ai
- Type: Startups
- Level: Mid level
- Location: San Francisco
- Work setup: Remote
- Posted: 2026-10-21
- Apply by: 2026-12-05
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/friendliai/372dbe1e-d6e6-4726-ae09-673ec8916d05?utm_source=1752vc&utm_medium=careers
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/friendliai-software-engineer-platform-security/

## About the role

FriendliAI is looking for an engineer to architect and build the security foundations of a multi-tenant serverless compute platform running on Kubernetes with hardened container isolation. As a Software Engineer, Platform Security, you will own the security design for both the control plane and data plane, implement guardrails as code, and partner closely with Platform/SRE/Infra teams to ship a secure-by-default developer experience. This is a hands-on builder and architect role. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

## What they're looking for

- 5+ years securing cloud-native platforms with a focus on distributed systems and multi-tenancy
- Bachelor’s or Master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent
- Strong hands-on experience with AWS (IAM, VPC/networking, logging/monitoring, …) and Kubernetes/container security
- Proficiency with Terraform and Helm
- Experience building or operating runtime detections for containers/functions
- Strong technical background in backend systems, cloud infrastructure, or AI tooling

Tags: Engineering

Source: 1752vc Careers, https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/friendliai-software-engineer-platform-security/