# Principal Offensive Security Engineer at Trifacta

- Company: Trifacta
- What the company does: Trifacta has joined Alteryx to help customers and partners bring even more value to their businesses, powered by breakthrough data analytic insights. Backed by Accel.
- Company website: http://www.trifacta.com
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Principal and up
- Location: US - Remote
- Work setup: Remote
- Pay: $183K to $200K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-11-03
- Apply by: 2026-12-18
- Apply: https://alteryx.wd108.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/AlteryxCareers/job/US---Remote/Principal-Offensive-Security-Engineer_R12584?utm_source=1752vc&utm_medium=careers
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/trifacta-principal-offensive-security-engineer/

## About the role

You'll be working on the challenges that sit at the heart of modern business. No matter your role, the work you do will help organizations move faster, see more clearly, and tackle questions that used to feel impossible. If you're ready to meet the moment with innovation, curiosity, and excellence, there's a place for you here. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

## What they're looking for

- Lead risk-prioritized penetration testing and offensive security assessments across products, web applications, APIs, infrastructure, cloud, identity, SaaS, and enterprise technologies
- Identify, validate, and safely exploit vulnerabilities and demonstrate how weaknesses can be chained into realistic attack paths
- Scope, design, and execute red-team campaigns and adversary simulations based on relevant threats, emerging techniques, and business risk
- Develop, validate, and incorporate AI-assisted workflows into offensive security activities, such as reconnaissance, campaign development, social engineering, tooling, and analysis
- Develop custom scripts, tooling, payloads, and automation to support offensive security engagements
- Conduct offensive security and red-team assessments with a primary focus on GCP and modern identity platforms, extending testing to AWS, Azure, and Kubernetes as relevant


Source: 1752vc Careers, https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/trifacta-principal-offensive-security-engineer/