Sr. Staff Platform Security Engineer, Cloud Infrastructure

The posting, as Groq wrote it

About Groq
Inference is the engine that powers AI, and Groq was built from the silicon up to deliver the world's fastest inference at scale. We pioneered the LPU—the first processor designed specifically for AI inference—and are transforming that innovation into a global cloud platform powering production AI workloads.

With the capital, infrastructure, and team to execute, we're uniquely positioned to define the next era of AI infrastructure. The opportunity is massive, and it's still wide open. Now let's go build it!

Mission

Build and scale the security foundations that enable customers to run sensitive AI workloads with confidence on Groq's inference platform. You will set technical direction and build critical security capabilities across identity and access, Kubernetes, multi-tenant infrastructure, secrets, encryption, and key and certificate management. As a senior software engineer and technical leader, you will partner across Platform Engineering to turn complex security requirements into durable, automated systems that scale with the platform.

Location: This role will be based in one of our three hiring hubs: the Dallas, San Francisco, or New York City area . The person hired for this role must be based in one of these three areas. You’ll have the flexibility to work remotely while we establish our local Groq office, with the expectation that this role will transition to onsite once the office opens.

Responsibilities & opportunities in this role

• Set technical direction and own the architecture for critical platform security capabilities across identity, authorization, infrastructure security, encryption, key management, and auditability.
• Design and build identity and access systems spanning authentication, federation, authorization, workload identity, lifecycle provisioning, and administrative access.
• Build and scale security capabilities for Kubernetes and other distributed infrastructure using software, policy, automation, APIs, controllers, Infrastructure-as-Code, and GitOps.
• Architect security controls and isolation mechanisms for multi-tenant systems across compute, network, storage, and control-plane boundaries.
• Own infrastructure lifecycle security, including secure provisioning, secrets and credential management, encryption, and certificate lifecycle.
• Build production software and automation that make secure infrastructure patterns reliable, scalable, and easy for engineering teams to adopt.
• Lead security-sensitive platform designs and changes, translating complex risks and requirements into practical engineering decisions and scalable platform capabilities.
• Shape security architecture and technical standards across Platform Engineering, influencing designs beyond the systems you directly own.
• Partner across engineering and security to build capabilities that strengthen customer trust, platform reliability, and support compliance requirements.
• Clearly communicate security architecture, tech

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