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Senior Security Engineer - Data Security

Sigma Computing · San Francisco, CA and New York, New York · On-site

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About Sigma Computing

Build and run AI apps, dashboards, and agents on governed warehouse data. Sigma lets every team build with chat, a spreadsheet, SQL, or Python.

About the role

We are looking for a highly technical Senior Security Engineer who is passionate about protecting data across modern SaaS, cloud, endpoint, and analytics environments.

What they're looking for

  • 5+ years of hands-on experience in Security Engineering, Data Security, SaaS Security, or related cybersecurity roles
  • Bachelor or Masters in Computer Science, Cyber Security, or similar fields
  • Strong software engineering mindset with demonstrated experience building production-grade tools, automation, and security platforms
  • Proven ability to build versus buy whenever practical and create scalable internal solutions
  • Experience designing and implementing platforms like Insider threat and data protection technologies (SIEM, UBA, DSPM, SSPM,DLP, Browser Protection, Endpoint detection)
  • Strong understanding of data security principles including data classification, data governance, access controls, encryption, key management, and data lifecycle management
More about this role

We are looking for a highly technical Senior Security Engineer who is passionate about protecting data across modern SaaS, cloud, endpoint, and analytics environments.

This role is ideal for someone who enjoys solving complex data security challenges through engineering, automation, and AI rather than relying solely on commercial tools. You will help build, scale, and continuously evolve Sigma’s data security capabilities across SaaS applications, cloud platforms, endpoints, collaboration tools, AI systems, and data warehouses.

You will be joining a dynamic and highly technical Security Engineering team at Sigma.

This is a hands-on engineering role for builders, innovators, and problem-solvers who want to create scalable security solutions that protect the organization's most critical asset - data.

  • Design, build, and maintain security platforms, services, APIs, automation, and internal tooling that protect Sigma's data across cloud, SaaS, endpoint, and analytics environments.
  • Develop scalable solutions for data discovery, classification, governance, access controls, monitoring, and protection using modern engineering practices and automation.
  • Build and mature capabilities...

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