Security Engineer, Platform

Resend is hiring a Security Engineer, Platform for a remote role open to applicants in United States. Level rates it ; you can apply on Resend.

Level's read on this job

On Level's scale, this cybersecurity role is Little AI ●○○○: aI is not part of the work.
The posting lists this role as remote.
Tools and skills the posting cites include Terraform, Kubernetes and AWS.
Level classifies it as a senior role.
Level lists 13 other open roles at Resend.

AI in this role

Build and improve security foundations, API protections, and infrastructure safeguards for a developer platform.

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Resend is growing fast, and there are now over 4 million developers using it. As the Platform Squad, we are responsible for the internal platform and reliability foundations that let Resend teams build, deploy, observe, and operate services safely.

This role is fully remote based in Americas or European timezones, with some expected travel for team offsites, conferences, meetups, and more.

In this role, you will…

Build and improve the security foundations of Resend’s platform, including API keys, service permissions, secrets management, tenant isolation, audit logs, and internal access controls
Help design secure defaults for new services, workers, queues, databases, internal tools, and deployment pipelines
Improve detection and response for suspicious access, leaked credentials, abnormal sending behavior, privilege changes, and sensitive system events
Review and update our processes/pipelines so that security is “built-in”, not “bolt-on”
Raise the security bar

You will be a great fit if you...

Have experience securing production infrastructure, cloud environments, APIs, developer platforms, or multi-tenant SaaS products
Can write code and are comfortable reading application, infrastructure, and deployment code
Understand authentication, authorization, secrets, IAM, logging, audit trails, incident response, and secure deployment pipelines
Independently prioritize and drive your day-to-day as the first dedicated security hire
Prefer practical improvements over heavy processes
Are low-ego, direct, curious, and willing to learn from others
Care about developer experience and believe security should be easy to adopt

You will be an exceptional fit if you also...

Have experience with email infrastructure, transactional email, sender reputation, domain verification, SPF, DKIM, DMARC, webhooks, or abuse prevention
Have secured cloud infrastructure using tools like AWS, Terraform, Kubernetes, Cloudflare, or similar systems
Have experience with open source security, GitHub organization hardening, package publishing, dependency review, or supply-chain security
Have helped a company prepare for SOC 2, ISO 27001, GDPR, enterprise security reviews, or customer trust processes without turning engineering into a compliance machine
Have built security observability, alerting, detection pipelines, or incident response workflows
Have worked closely with Trust & Safety, anti-abuse, fraud, or platform integrity teams
Have experience designing security systems for high-scale developer products

What it means to join the team:

Autonomy to "just ship it"
100% remote team with flexible working schedules
Modern tech stack (Next.js, Raycast, Notion, etc.)
Honest and low-ego team
Ownership of problems and solutions
Comp: $140,000 - $160,000 USD, commensurate with location and experience

About Resend

We are building the modern email sending platform for developers. We care deeply about quality, craft, and the developer experience.

Our fully remote team of 50 spans 15 countries and counting. We're backed by a16z, Y Combinator, and others. Meet the humans →

How we rate this

Security Engineer, Platform at Resend rates 0 out of 100 for how much of the daily work is AI. That makes it Little AI (AI Level 1 of 4). The level is about AI in the job, not seniority.

Classification

Little AI. AI is not part of the work.

●●●● Builds AI80 to 100
●●●○ Works on AI60 to 79
●●○○ Uses AI40 to 59
●○○○ Little AI0 to 39

Levels come from how often the tools, models and workflows of the role are named in the posting itself. Read the description and count the AI tools, models and workflows it names.

Key facts

Security Engineer, Platform is an open job at Resend.
Level rates this role AI Level 1 of 4: Little AI.
The role is based in Americas and is marked remote.
The job was posted on June 3, 2026.
Seniority: senior.
Applications are handled by Resend. Apply on Resend

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Skills and AI tools this role asks for

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Pay

Typical cybersecurity job: $159k

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