# Security Lead at Petual

- Company: Petual
- What the company does: Backed by a16z.
- Company website: https://www.petual.ai
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Senior
- Location: San Francisco
- Work setup: On-site
- Posted: 2026-08-18
- Apply by: 2026-10-08
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/petual/c62a3f10-a141-457f-a124-3869514d9d92
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/petual-security-lead/

## About the role

We’re hiring a Security Lead to build and own the security function at Petual. You’ll inherit a strong technical baseline infrastructure as code, established cloud and app-security practices, an early compliance program from a team with roots at Retool and Lyft. From there, you’ll set the strategy, strengthen our posture, and take us through the compliance frameworks needed to serve regulated industries like banking and federal work.

## What they're looking for

- Strong hands-on engineering. You write production code, and our interview loop includes a coding exercise
- Experience securing enterprise SaaS handling sensitive data, ideally in fintech, GRC, or another regulated space
- Experience with AWS, Kubernetes, and infrastructure as code
- Experience securing AI-powered products or agentic systems
- A track record taking a company through multiple stages of security maturity

Tags: Engineering