Offensive Security Engineer, Red Team

About Teleport

Don't wait for the future of infrastructure. Be part of it.

Teleport is the AI Infrastructure Identity Company. We're solving one of the hardest problems in security: giving every human, machine, workload, and AI agent a cryptographically secured identity, improving engineering velocity while maintaining security. We make trusted computing simple. This gives you the freedom, power, and autonomy to build and innovate with confidence.

Remote-first and globally distributed, we work with companies like Nasdaq, IBM, DoorDash, and Elastic to secure infrastructure for an AI world.

About the Role

We are looking for an Offensive Security Engineer to work on Teleport’s Red Team.

You will develop a strong understanding of our cloud and corporate infrastructure and use that knowledge to find gaps in our security posture.

When you find exploitation paths, you will work with the Defense and Intelligence team to add detections to Panther, Wiz, and Jamf.

You will work with your security teammates and the Cloud team to provide feedback on our cloud architecture and detection and response logic.

What You'll Do

• Engage with the best red teams in the world on a regular basis to test our cloud security.

• Plan and execute your own red team style cloud operations internally.

• Discover and assist in triaging cloud security architecture and configuration flaws.

• Review cloud architecture changes where your security expertise can add value.

What We're Looking For

• Strong AWS security experience

• Red team / offensive security experience

Nice to Have

• Go or Rust experience

• GCP experience

How We Hire

Our process is designed to be straightforward and respectful of your time. We skip performative rounds and focus on what matters: understanding how you think and what you can do.

For this role, we use a take-home challenge that mirrors real work at Teleport — on your time, your way. You'll have support from the team throughout.

• You will join a 30 minute intro call and we will walk you through the compensation, interview process and requirements.

• You will join a 30 minute call with the hiring manager, and we will walk you through the take home exercise and help answer questions

• You'll join a Slack channel and submit your challenge using GitHub.

Why Teleport

You're joining a company where the problem is real, the team is small, and your work shows up directly in the product. We're not a big company, you won't get lost in a crowd. You'll have the freedom and autonomy to do what you're great at, alongside teammates who care about doing it right and want to see you succeed. The work is collaborative, there's real room to grow, and the mission is one worth showing up for.

Remote-first and globally distributed, we're genuinely passionate about what we're building.

The Benefits

At Teleport, we believe your career is more important than a list of perks. That's why we focus on making your day-to-day the best it can be — giving you the autonomy, access, and support to do the best work of your career.

- Extensive health coverage

- Annual expense budget

- Rest and recovery policies that maximize your ability to recharge

- Investment in your future with retirement savings plans

- Professional development opportunities

Teleport is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant on the basis of age, color, disability, gender, national origin, race, religion, sexual orientation, veteran status, or any classifications protected by federal, state, or local law.

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