Backed by Greylock, Khosla and Lightspeed.
About the role
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What they're looking for
- Bachelor's degree in CS, Software Engineering, or related field, or equivalent practical experience
- 0-2 years of software development experience (internships, personal projects, and bootcamps count)
- Strong fundamentals in at least one language (Go, Java, Python, C++, or similar) and in data structures, algorithms, and testing
- Genuine interest in security, curious about how systems break and motivated to build things that don't
- A proactive, self-directed learning style, comfortable asking questions and diving into ambiguity
More about this role
The Platform Security Engineering team builds the security features and frameworks that every Rubrik product runs on protecting hundreds of petabytes of data across thousands of enterprise customers globally , from encryption and certificate management to access control and platform hardening at scale. We're a small team with massive impact: the problem space covers the entire Rubrik portfolio, from performant core backend architecture to the AI-powered engineering workflows we and the rest of Rubrik now build with daily.
This is a strong opportunity for new grads and early-career engineers who want real ownership on security-critical systems. You'll help solve problems like:
- How do we roll out post-quantum cryptography across the backup data path before it's an industry requirement?
- How do we let customers manage sessions and access against compromise, at enterprise scale?
- How do we build an access control engine that holds up against dynamic, customer-defined policies unique to a data management platform?
- How do we secure the AI agents and agentic developer workflows that are now embedded in how Rubrik engineers ship code?
You'll work alongside experienced engineers and...
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