Security Engineer
- Salary
- $100,000 - $180,000
- Level
- Mid
Not stated in the posting: work type, visa.
Open. First seen 14 March 2026.
About the role
About Hive
Hive's standard text
Hive is the leading provider of cloud-based AI solutions to understand, search, and generate content, and is trusted by hundreds of the world's largest and most innovative organizations. The company empowers developers with a portfolio of best-in-class, pre-trained AI models, serving billions of customer API requests every month. Hive also offers turnkey software applications powered by proprietary AI models and datasets, enabling breakthrough use cases across industries.
Together, Hive’s solutions are transforming content moderation, brand protection, sponsorship measurement, context-based ad targeting, and more.
Hive has raised over $120M in capital from leading investors, including General Catalyst, 8VC, Glynn Capital, Bain & Company, Visa Ventures, and others. We have over 250 employees globally in our San Francisco, Seattle, and Delhi offices. Please reach out if you are interested in joining the future of AI!
Security Engineer
We are looking for a highly motivated individual with information security experience who is willing to collaborate with others to build the best in class security program. As a Security Engineer at Hive, you will work to protect sensitive company information, handle potential data breaches, and implement strong security and data governance controls. You will work at multiple levels within the organization to lead and participate in security operations, risk assessments, incident responses, and project maintenance.
Our ideal candidate should be able to work cross functionally with engineering teams to help deliver on product objectives and drive foundational changes in order to improve the overall security posture of the company. A passion for AI is a must.
Responsibilities
- Engineer, implement and monitor security measures for the protection of computer systems, networks and information
- Identify and define system security requirements
- Partner with multiple engineering teams on internal and customer-facing security and privacy initiatives while ensuring that security data accessibility, quality, and reliability are taken into account
- Analyze our security posture, identify gaps/potential vulnerabilities, and work closely with other teams to ensure strong operational security by conducting security tests
- Design computer security architecture and develop detailed cyber security designs
- Write comprehensive reports including assessment-based findings, outcomes and propositions for further system security enhancement
- Maintain awareness of industry best practices for data maintenance handling as it relates to your role
- Adhere to policies, guidelines and procedures pertaining to the protection of information assets
- Report actual or suspected security and/or policy violations/breaches to an appropriate authority
Requirements
- B.S. degree in Computer Science or related field
- Proven work experience as a System Security Engineer or Information Security Engineer
- Experience in building and maintaining security systems
- Hands on experience in security systems, including firewalls, intrusion detection systems, anti-virus software, authentication systems, log management, content filtering, etc
- Ability to communicate in a written and oral format to technical and non-technical audiences in a business-friendly manner
- Experience with network security and networking technologies and with system, security, and network monitoring tools
- Thorough understanding of the latest security principles, techniques, and protocols
- Problem solving skills and ability to work under pressure
- Highly organized and detail-oriented; can handle multiple projects and dynamic priorities without missing a beat
Who We Are
Hive's standard text
We are a group of ambitious individuals who are passionate about creating a revolutionary AI company. At Hive, you will have a steep learning curve and an opportunity to contribute to one of the fastest growing AI start-ups in San Francisco. The work you do here will have a noticeable and direct impact on the development of the company.
Thank you for your interest in Hive and we hope to meet you soon!
The current expected base salary for this position ranges from $100,000 - $180,000. Actual compensation may vary depending on a number of factors, including a candidate’s qualifications, skills, competencies and experience, and location. Base pay is one part of the total compensation package that is provided to compensate and recognize employees for their work; stock options may be offered in addition to the range provided here.
What this role asks for
Standard for security roles
Cybersecurity
Common in security postings at any company.
78% of this description is written for the role. The rest is Hive's standard text, folded away below.
Read against Hive's other open postings on this site.
The team: Product & Engineering
This role is one of 35 open in Product & Engineering.
WHAT THE TEAM WORKS WITH, ACROSS ITS POSTINGS
Machine Learning (19 of 35), OWASP (17 of 35), Node.js (14 of 35), JavaScript (13 of 35), Python (13 of 35), Deep Learning (10 of 35), Bash (9 of 35)
OTHER ROLES ON THIS TEAM
- Associate Product Manager, Hive Models posted Jul 23
- Forward Deployed Software Engineer posted Feb 13
- Product Manager, AutoML posted Feb 27
- Product Manager, Consumer Applications posted Feb 27
- Data Center Technician posted Feb 9
- Staff Software Engineer - Backend posted Apr 21
- Staff Machine Learning Engineer posted Apr 21
- Software Engineer - Backend posted Apr 21
- Senior Software Engineer - Backend posted Apr 21
- Senior Site Reliability Engineer posted Apr 21
- Senior Machine Learning Engineer posted Apr 21
- Senior Software Engineer - Frontend posted Apr 21
- Security Engineer posted Apr 21
- Machine Learning Manager posted Apr 21
- Machine Learning Engineer posted Apr 21
- Software Engineer - Frontend posted Apr 21
- Engineering Manager posted Apr 21
- Senior Site Reliability Engineer posted Apr 20
- Machine Learning Manager posted Jan 24
- Senior Machine Learning Engineer posted Dec 10
- Staff Machine Learning Engineer posted Dec 10
- Senior Software Engineer - Frontend posted Nov 23
- Senior Software Engineer - Backend posted Nov 23
- Staff Software Engineer - Backend posted Nov 23
- Product Manager, Hive Models posted Jun 22
- Systems Engineer / DevOps posted Jan 15
- Software Engineer - Backend posted Jan 15
- Product Manager, Hive Data posted Jan 15
- Machine Learning Engineer posted Jan 15
- Software Engineer - Frontend posted Jan 15
- Engineering Manager posted Jan 15
- Business Analyst, Hive Models posted Jan 15
- UI / UX Designer posted Nov 13
- Frontend Engineer posted Nov 13
From the team and dates on Hive's own job board.
Salary context
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