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Principal Security Engineer
VaultCloud
📍 Remote (Germany)
📅 Full-time
📁 Engineering
Posted: 2026-06-30

About the Role

Join VaultCloud and be part of a team redefining what is possible in engineering. We are well-funded with the resources of a scale-up and the speed of a startup. As a Principal Security Engineer, you will have real ownership, meaningful impact, and the flexibility to work how you work best.

What You'll Do:
- Drive architectural decisions aligned with long-term product goals
- Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines and deployment infrastructure
- Write clean, well-tested, and well-documented code
- Participate in on-call rotations and lead incident response efforts
- Lead code reviews and mentor engineers across the team
- Improve system reliability, performance, and observability
- Contribute to engineering roadmap planning and sprint execution

What We're Looking For:
- 10+ years of deep expertise in your domain
- Exceptional ability to communicate complex ideas to all audiences
- Strong external presence through publications, talks, or open source
- Experience shaping long-term technical vision and strategy
- Demonstrated impact at the company or industry level

What We Offer:
- Parental leave and family-friendly policies
- Company-wide team retreats twice per year
- Competitive salary with equity or performance bonuses
- Unlimited PTO and company-wide recharge days
- Health, dental, and vision insurance (or stipend for international hires)

To apply, send your resume and a short note about why you are excited about this role. We review every application and respond within 5 business days.

Required Skills

JavaScriptTypeScriptPostgreSQLGraphQLREST APIsGo

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Salary Range
$200k-$260k
Per year • Remote

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