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Join to apply for the Staff Software Engineer, Platform Security role at Turo . About the Team Turo is looking for a codeforward security engineer to secure our cloudnative infrastructure through software engineering excellence. The Platform Security team builds security automation, tooling, and selfservice platforms that engineering teams can easily and seamlessly adopt. As a Staff Software Engineer, you will act as a technical leader for complex security projects spanning our cloud environment, Kubernetes platforms, and GitOps workflows. You will drive security improvements through code contributions, PRDs/RFCs, and AIassisted development practices while mentoring engineers on secure infrastructure patterns. What You Will Do Write productiongrade code to secure cloud infrastructure. Lead security initiatives through specdriven development (PRDs/RFCs, SPADE framework), designing selfservice security solutions using infrastructureascode (Terraform), GitOps workflows (ArgoCD, Kustomize), and CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions) that make secure choices the easiest. Leverage AIassisted development (Claude Code, AI agents, spec generation) to accelerate security engineering velocity, rapidly prototype solutions, debug complex systems, and maintain highquality code. Serve as incident commander for P1/P2 security investigations, conducting forensic analysis, coordinating crossfunctional response, and documenting postmortems with actionable improvements. Partner with Core Platform Engineering and Platform Reliability Engineering teams to establish securebydefault infrastructure patterns for Kubernetes workloads, container images, and cloud resources. Manage vulnerability remediation programs through zerodowntime deployments, coordinating security upgrades across production Kubernetes clusters while maintaining 100% service availability. Evaluate and integrate security tooling (CSPM, container scanning, SAST) with emphasis on automation and developer experience: building CLI wrappers, GitHub Actions workflows, and Slack integrations. Contribute to Platform Security roadmap through datadriven prioritization, security architecture reviews, threat modeling, and evidencebased investment decisions that balance protection with engineering velocity. Proactively identify opportunities to reduce technical security debt, eliminate manual toil through automation, and implement defenseindepth strategies. Participate in security oncall rotation with welldocumented runbooks, automated alerting (PagerDuty, Slack), and clear escalation workflows. Your Profile Strong software engineering skills in Python, Go, Java, or similar languages with the ability to write productionquality code, design APIs, build CLIs, and maintain services that others depend on. Expert knowledge of AWS security (EC2, EKS, S3, IAM, CloudTrail, Organizations, KMS) with handson experience securing multiaccount architectures and implementing leastprivilege designs. Deep expertise in Kubernetes security including cluster hardening, workload isolation, RBAC, network policies, secrets management, admission controllers, and container runtime security at scale. Proficiency in infrastructureascode (Terraform, Helm, Kustomize) and GitOps workflows (ArgoCD, FluxCD) for declarative infrastructure with builtin security controls and policy enforcement. Experience building security tooling that developers actually use (CLIs, GitHub Actions, Slack bots) with focus on delightful developer experience and minimal friction. Strong CI/CD security expertise including supply chain security (dependency scanning, SBOM generation), secret management (OIDC federation, ephemeral credentials), and policy enforcement. Skilled at influencing without authority and the ability to convince engineering teams to adopt security practices through empathy, clear communication, and tools that make their jobs easier. Ability to signal risk effectively using data, make pragmatic security tradeoffs, and facilitate collaborative decisionmaking in technically complex environments. Strong incident response capabilities including forensic investigation, log analysis, evidence preservation, and postincident review with a blameless culture. Ability to mentor engineers through code reviews, pairing sessions, security design reviews, and career development conversations; a proven track record developing security champions. Ability to thrive in fastpaced environments, making sound security decisions under pressure while maintaining engineering discipline and avoiding security theater. Demonstrate Turo''''s values through a collaborative approach to security, willingness to teach and learn, and bias toward action over perfection. Education and Experience Bachelor''''s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field and 7+ years of relevant industry experience in security engineering, platform engineering, or DevSecOps roles. Equivalent combination of education and experience demonstrating expertise in cloud infrastructure security, Kubernetes security, and security automation. Bonus Points! Contributions to opensource security projects or public security research (blogs, conference talks, CVE discoveries, tooling releases). Experience with GitOps at scale (hundreds of repositories, thousands of resources, automated sync policies). Offensive Security certifications (OSCP, CRTO, CKS, etc). Experience with service mesh security (Istio, Linkerd, Envoy) including mTLS and authorization policies. Experience with compliance frameworks (SOC2, PCIDSS, ISO27001) and translating requirements into engineering solutions. Background in offensive security (penetration testing, red team, CTF) bringing an adversarial mindset to defensive engineering. Experience managing security vendor relationships (pentesting programs, bug bounty platforms). Experience with multicloud architectures beyond AWS (GCP, Azure, hybrid cloud). Experience with policyascode frameworks (OPA, Kyverno, Sentinel). The Toronto, Canada base salary target range for this fulltime position is $132,000$165,000 plus equity and benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. The range displayed on each job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target for new hire salaries for the position in Toronto, Canada. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including jobrelated skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Turo highly values having employees working inoffice to foster a collaborative work environment and company culture. This role will be inoffice on a hybrid schedule Turists will be expected to work in the office 3 days per week on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays. Working in the office at least 3 days per week is an essential function of this hybrid role. Your recruiter can share more information about the various inoffice perks Turo offers. Benefits Competitive salary, equity, benefits, and perks for all fulltime employees. Employerpaid medical, dental, and vision insurance (country specific). Retirement employer match. Learning & Development stipend to invest in your professional development. Turo host matching program. Turo travel credit. Cell phone and internet stipend.Paid time off to relax and recharge. Paid holidays, volunteer time off, and parental leave. For those who are in the office fulltime or hybrid we have inoffice lunch, office snacks, and fun activities. We are committed to building a diverse team. If you are from a background that is underrepresented in tech, we''''d love to meet you. Aside from an awardwinning work environment and the opportunity to be part of the worlds largest carsharing marketplace, we are also growing the team quickly join us! Even if you don''''t meet every qualification, we are looking for people with enthusiasm for what we do and we will consider you for this and other possibilities. About Turo Turo is the worlds largest carsharing marketplace where you can book the perfect car for wherever youre going from a vibrant community of trusted hosts across the US, UK, Canada, Australia, and France. Whether youre flying in from afar or looking for a car down the street, searching for a rugged truck or something smooth and swanky, Turo puts you in the drivers seat of an extraordinary selection of cars shared by local hosts. Discover Turo at https://turo.com, the App Store, and Google Play, and check out our blog, Field Notes. Read more about the Turo culture according to Turo CEO, Andre Haddad. Turo is an Equal Opportunity Employer and a participant in the U.S. Federal EVerify program. Women, minorities, individuals with disabilities and protected veterans are encouraged to apply. We welcome people of different backgrounds, experiences, abilities and perspectives. Turo will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, as applicable. We welcome candidates with physical, mental, or neurological disabilities. 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