Company Overview

At Skild AI, we are building the world's first general purpose robotic intelligence that is robust and adapts to unseen scenarios without failing. We believe massive scale through data-driven machine learning is the key to unlocking these capabilities for the widespread deployment of robots within society. Our team consists of individuals with varying levels of experience and backgrounds, from new graduates to domain experts. Relevant industry experience is important, but ultimately less so than your demonstrated abilities and attitude. We are looking for passionate individuals who are eager to explore uncharted waters and contribute to our innovative projects.

Position Overview

You will  lead the design and execution of both  technical security controls and foundational security programs. This is a highly visible, cross-functional role that requires deep technical fluency and strong ownership. You will review critical systems and source code, build internal security tooling,  design and enforce access and secrets management controls, and work closely with engineering and operations teams to strengthen our security posture as the company scales.

Responsibilities

• Partner with engineering to drive secure-by-design architecture and conduct in-depth reviews of application source code and systems
• Lead threat modeling and vulnerability analysis efforts, identifying systemic risks and influencing long-term mitigations
• Embed with product teams to champion secure coding and deployment practices, and shape platform-wide guardrails that reduce developer burden
• Design and own foundational security infrastructure, including secrets management, automated certificate/key rotation, and secure service bootstrapping
• Build and scale automated security scanning pipelines (SAST, DAST, SBOM, OSS license scanning) integrated into CI/CD workflows
• Drive third-party risk management, including deep-dive assessments of external hardware, software, and cloud service vendors

Preferred Qualifications

• Strong software engineering background with 5+ years of hands-on development experience
• Deep understanding of networking fundamentals
• Extensive experience with Linux-based systems
• Strong understanding of applied cryptography, including key exchange, symmetric/assymetric keys, and digital signatures
• Extensive experience implementing access control in Cloud (AWS preferred)
• Comfort working across disciplines: Infra, eng, GRC, legal, and vendors

Nice to haves

• Experience working with physical devices, such as SBCs and embedded systems
• Experience working in a fast paced startup, especially as the first security hire
• Experience with confidential computing technologies, including Intel SGX/TDX, AMD SEV, ARM TrustZone, OP-TEE, and AWS Nitro Enclaves
• Experience with full disk encryption (FDE) and securing interfaces (USB, JTAG, UART)
• Regularly follows security advisories, technical blogs, and leading conferences (e.g., Black Hat, DEF CON, USENIX) to stay informed on emerging threats and trends.