Staff Product Security Engineer

About the role

Reddit is seeking a Staff Product Security Engineer to lead the design and delivery of secure frameworks, paved paths, and workflow-native controls. This role focuses on making the secure path the easiest path for engineers and AI agents by implementing guardrails and automation that scale with the organization. You will work to eliminate recurring vulnerability classes and structurally close the security gap created by accelerated code velocity.

Responsibilities

• Build and evolve secure frameworks, guardrails, and library-level controls that make common vulnerability classes harder to introduce.
• Design security controls for AI-assisted development, including reusable rule packs and skills that shape how engineers and coding agents generate, review, and ship code.
• Embed security into the workflows engineers already use.
• Drive product security reviews for new launches and major architectural changes.
• Identify and eliminate systemic security debt.
• Shape strategy, influence architecture, and drive execution across teams.

Required skills

• Software engineering
• Product security
• Application security
• Go
• Python
• JavaScript
• TypeScript
• CI/CD
• Vulnerability discovery

Nice to have

• AI/LLM systems
• Agentic workflows
• Authentication systems
• Authorization systems
• Cloud-native platforms

Benefits

• Medical insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• 401(k) program with employer match
• Vacation time
• Parental leave

About the Company

Reddit is a community of communities built on shared interests, passion, and trust. It is home to the most open and authentic conversations on the internet, with 100,000+ active communities and approximately 130 million daily active unique visitors.