Staff Platform Engineer, Security
True Anomaly · Denver, CO or Long Beach, CA or SF Bay Area
Posted 13 days ago · $205,000–$295,000
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Is this posting real?
- This role has been open
- 13 days True Anomaly's roles stay open a median of 45 days
- Reposted
- No
- Salary listed
- Yes 95% of True Anomaly's roles list one
- Ghost-job risk at True Anomaly
- low 0 stale, 4 reposted of 183 open
- Hiring momentum
- 220 roles opened in the last 90 days ↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
- Last confirmed on the employer's board
- 2026-09-17
Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from True Anomaly's own greenhouse board since 2026-08-03. Full hiring picture for True Anomaly.
About this role
As a Staff Platform Engineer, Security at True Anomaly, you will focus on building security tooling and implementing security controls for cloud environments, specifically in Azure and AWS. This hands-on role involves writing production code, solving complex security challenges, and collaborating with engineering teams to ensure secure cloud architectures. You will also manage PKI infrastructure and HashiCorp Vault, while leveraging AI tools to enhance security workflows.
- benefits
- 2/5
- freshness
- 4/5
- career value
- 5/5
- role clarity
- 5/5
- pay transparency
- 5/5
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 True Anomaly as an employer.
What you need
- Active security clearance or ability to obtain and maintain security clearance
- 10+ years of experience in technical roles, including securing production cloud environments at scale
- Strong understanding of cloud security models, attack patterns, and defensive strategies across Azure and AWS
- Strong software development skills in Python (preferred) and/or Go
- Strong Terraform skills including module design and infrastructure-as-code security best practices
- Experience building security tooling or automation used by engineering teams
Nice to have
- Strong PKI knowledge with hands-on experience working with certificate infrastructure
- Hands-on experience operating HashiCorp Vault in production
What you get
- Colorado Base Salary: $205,000–$295,000
- California Base Salary: $215,000–$310,000
- Equity + Benefits including Health, Dental, Vision, HRA/HSA options, PTO and paid holidays, 401K, Parental Leave
Worth weighing
- Requires coordination across distributed teams including spacecraft engineers, ground operations, software developers, and government partners
- May require participation in on-call rotation for security incident response and mission-critical system support
- Work Location —this role will be onsite at our Denver, CO or Long Beach, CA offices with a minimum of 3 days per week in the office
- Occasional travel to government sites, launch facilities, or partner locations may be required
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Listed by True Anomaly on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-09-17. PitchMeAI is not the employer.
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