Forma.ai

Senior Security Engineer

Forma.ai · Toronto, Canada

Posted about 2 months ago

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Is this posting real?

This role has been open
71 days
Forma.ai's roles stay open a median of 80 days
Reposted
No
Salary listed
No
45% of Forma.ai's roles list one
Ghost-job risk at Forma.ai
high
22 stale, 1 reposted of 22 open
Hiring momentum
24 roles opened in the last 90 days
↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
Last confirmed on the employer's board
2026-10-22

Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from Forma.ai's own greenhouse board since 2026-08-03. Full hiring picture for Forma.ai.

About this role

As a Staff Security Engineer at Forma.ai, you will lead efforts to enhance security across the company's applications, cloud infrastructure, and development processes. Your role involves collaborating with various teams to implement security controls, automate processes, and ensure secure software delivery. You will also be responsible for incident response, vulnerability management, and improving security visibility across the organization.

Our read on this posting2.6out of 5
benefits
2/5
freshness
1/5
career value
5/5
role clarity
5/5
pay transparency
0/5

Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of Forma.ai as an employer.

What you need

  • Eight or more years of experience in security engineering, cloud security, application security, DevSecOps, or infrastructure engineering.
  • Strong hands-on experience securing AWS environments, including IAM, networking, encryption, logging, and secrets management.
  • Experience with Terraform, Kubernetes, containers, and security controls in CI/CD pipelines.
  • Strong understanding of application and API security, authentication, authorization, and multi-tenant SaaS risks.
  • Experience with vulnerability management, threat modelling, incident response, and security automation.
  • Ability to write scripts using Python, Bash, PowerShell, or a similar language.

Nice to have

  • Experience supporting SOC 2, ISO 27001, privacy programs, or enterprise customer security reviews.
  • Experience securing analytics platforms, data pipelines, or systems handling sensitive customer data, including row-level, column-level, or attribute-based access controls.
  • Experience with AWS security services, EKS, Datadog, Wiz, Snyk, CrowdStrike, or similar tools.
  • Experience securing AI applications, large language models, agents, or Amazon Bedrock workloads.
  • Experience in a B2B SaaS or high-growth technology company.

What you get

  • Meaningful compensation including participation in an employee stock ownership plan.
  • Full benefits package including medical, dental, vision, disability and life insurance, and paid parental leave.
  • $750 yearly training stipend for learning and development resources.
  • Opportunities for career growth as an individual contributor or people leader.

Worth weighing

  • No salary listed in the posting.
  • The role involves a significant amount of collaboration across multiple departments, which may require strong interpersonal skills.
  • The position may evolve into a dedicated security team role, indicating potential changes in responsibilities over time.

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Listed by Forma.ai on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-10-22. PitchMeAI is not the employer.

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