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title: 'Cloud Security Lead at Replit'
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# Cloud Security Lead at Replit

- **Company:** [Replit](https://feeny.ai/companies/replit)
- **Location:** Foster City, CA
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** hybrid
- **Posted:** 2026-10-06
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-10-20
- **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/replit/8027a0f4-4837-4e49-a4dd-8ad1bde23277

## Job description

Replit is the agentic software creation platform that enables anyone to build applications using natural language. With millions of users worldwide, Replit is democratizing software development by removing traditional barriers to application creation.

Join us at the forefront of AI and cloud-native security as we work to secure one of the most innovative developer platforms in the world. As the Cloud Security Lead, you will shape the cloud and infrastructure security program that protects millions of developers, enables safe AI-assisted development, and ensures organizations can confidently bring our platform into enterprise environments. In this role, you will own cloud security across GCP (primary) and supplemental environments in AWS and Azure, as well as containerized systems, SaaS platforms, and our multi-tenant AI infrastructure. You’ll improve our security posture through strong architecture, posture management, secure-by-default development practices, and close partnership with Engineering, Compliance, Security Architecture, and Platform teams. This is a highly impactful, hands-on leadership role—perfect for someone who wants to solve complex security challenges at scale while influencing product, engineering, and go-to-market teams.

What You’ll Do: Cloud Security Engineering

- Lead configuration hardening across GCP, with additional oversight of workloads and integrations running in AWS and Azure.
- Own and optimize CSPM platforms across multi-cloud environments—establishing configuration baselines, guardrails, and remediation workflows.
- Secure critical SaaS platforms, ensuring proper configurations, access controls, and engineering integrations.
- Lead infrastructure vulnerability management across multi-cloud systems, containers, registries, and platform services.
- Enhance security across containerized and Kubernetes (GKE/EKS/AKS) workloads, including runtime protections, network policies, and workload identity.
- Assess secure logging configurations across cloud/SaaS providers, ensuring audit logs, retention, and routing meet monitoring and architecture needs.

Secure Development & Architecture Enablement

- Partner with engineering teams to make services secure by default, embedding security into development workflows, CI/CD pipelines, and cloud-native deployments.

Cross-Functional Responsibilities

- Collaborate with Security Monitoring, Compliance/GRC, Architecture, DevOps, Platform Engineering, and ML Infrastructure.
- Participate in communicating security advisories, best practices, and updates to Replit’s customers.
- Support incident investigations as a cloud security subject-matter expert.

Required Skills & Experience:

- 7+ years of experience in cloud engineering, with 3+ years in a senior or lead role.
- Hands-on experience with CSPM tools (Wiz, Lacework, Prisma, Orca, SCC, etc.).
- Deep expertise in GCP security (IAM, VPC, KMS, GKE, Cloud Logging).
- Experience securing and governing SaaS platforms and identity integrations.
- Operational experience with infrastructure vulnerability management across cloud and container environments.
- Working knowledge of AWS and/or Azure security services and configurations.
- Experience with container and Kubernetes security across GKE, EKS, or AKS.
- Strong IaC security experience with Terraform, Pulumi, or similar tooling.
- Familiarity with compliance standards (SOC 2, ISO 27001, PCI DSS).

Preferred Qualifications:

- Experience supporting engineering teams in building secure-first, cloud-native or PaaS environments.
- Background securing AI/ML pipelines, model-serving infrastructure, or developer platform services.
- Experience in high-growth technology or cloud-native product companies.
- Experience with securing AI/agentic systems and sensitive data pipelines.
- Automation/scripting with Python.
- Relevant certifications (e.g., GCP Professional Cloud Security Engineer, AWS/Azure security certs).

What We Value:

- Problem-solving mindset — Ability to break down complex security and operational challenges into clear engineering solutions.
- Autonomy — Comfortable leading initiatives, collaborating effectively, and driving outcomes with minimal oversight.
- Communication excellence — Able to translate deep technical concepts for engineers, executives, and enterprise customers.
- Continuous learning — Passion for staying current with AI security, cloud-native advances, and emerging threats.
- Automation-first approach — Belief in reducing operational toil and building scalable, self-healing systems.

This is a full-time role that can be held from our Foster City, CA office. The role has an in-office requirement of Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.

Full-Time Employee Benefits Include: 💰 Competitive Salary & Equity 💹 401(k) Program with a 4% match (US Only) ⚕️ Health, Dental, Vision and Life Insurance 🩼 Short Term and Long Term Disability 🚼 Paid Parental, Medical, Caregiver Leave 🏝 Flexible Time Off (FTO) + Holidays 🚗 Commuter Benefits (In-Office & US Only) 📱 Monthly Wellness Stipend 🧑‍💻 Autonomous Work Environment 🖥 In Office Set-Up Reimbursement (In-Office Only) 🚀 Quarterly Team Gatherings ☕ In Office Amenities (In-Office Only)

Want to learn more about what we are up to?

- [Self-driving Company](https://replit.com/blog/self-driving-company)
- [Replit Agent at Scale](https://replit.com/blog/evaluating-and-improving-agent-at-scale)
- [AI Adoption](https://replit.com/blog/ai-adoption)
- [Build Open-Source Apps](https://replit.com/build/open-source-app-builder)

Interviewing + Culture at Replit

- [Operating Principles](https://blog.replit.com/operating-principles)
- [Reasons not to work at Replit](https://blog.replit.com/reasons-not-to-join-replit)

To achieve our mission of making programming more accessible around the world, we need our team to be representative of the world. We welcome your unique perspective and experiences in shaping this product. We encourage people from all kinds of backgrounds to apply, including and especially candidates from underrepresented and non-traditional backgrounds.

## About Replit

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Replit is an agentic creation platform that enables anyone to turn ideas into real, working software using AI-powered tools, a collaborative browser-based IDE, and full-stack infrastructure.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Series D)
- **Headquarters**: Foster City, California, United States
- **Founded**: 2016
- **Founders**: Amjad Masad, Haya Odeh, Faris Masad

## Core Business
- Primary industry/industries: Developer Tools, AI-Powered Software Development, Cloud-Based IDE
- Target customers: Individual developers, learners, non-programmers, enterprise teams (B2B, B2C)
- Mission or purpose statement: To empower one billion creators by making software creation more accessible, immediate, and real, regardless of technical background.

## Products & Services
- **Replit Agent (Agent 4)**: An AI agent that writes production-ready code, evolves it, and handles the coordination and execution of building apps. Users describe and publish projects using natural language.
- **Collaborative IDE**: A browser-based, full-stack integrated development environment that allows real-time coding and collaboration, with no local setup required.
- **Replit Platform (Core)**: A full-stack cloud solution including built-in services for Authentication, Database, Hosting, and Monitoring, enabling scalable app development from day one.
- **Integrations**: Connects to 100+ services and APIs, including OpenAI, Stripe, and Google Workspace.
- **Enterprise Controls**: Features include SSO/SAML, SOC 2 compliance, admin controls, and secure screening services.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly disclosed (Series D)
- **Key Metric**: Total Funding of $872M raised (as of latest Series D); over 50 million users on the platform.
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Not detailed in search results, but the company is well-funded at the Series D stage with a strong investor base.
- **Growth Signals**: Over 50 million creators on the platform; rapid adoption of AI Agent capabilities; expansion into enterprise with Forward Deployed Engineering; active hiring across 28+ open roles as of mid-2026.

## Competitive Advantages
- **Agentic Creation**: The "Agent 4" feature allows non-programmers to build and ship software through natural language, radically lowering the barrier to entry.
- **All-in-One Platform**: Combines IDE, AI, hosting, database, authentication, and monitoring in a single, browser-based environment, eliminating setup friction.
- **Full-Stack Infrastructure**: Offers scalable services (Auth, DB, Hosting) that work out of the box, enabling rapid prototyping and deployment without DevOps overhead.
- **Massive User Base**: 50M+ creators provide a strong network effect and a rich ecosystem for learning and sharing.

## Strategic Focus
- **Democratizing Software Creation**: Focus on making software creation as intuitive as using a smartphone, targeting the "next billion creators" beyond traditional developers.
- **AI-Native Development**: Prioritizing AI agents (Agent 4) that handle complex coding and coordination, allowing humans to focus on ideas and planning.
- **Enterprise Adoption**: Building enterprise-grade security (SOC 2, SSO) and dedicated Forward Deployed Engineering teams to capture business customers.
- **Platform Ecosystem**: Expanding integrations and third-party services to make the platform a central hub for all software creation needs.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: Described as a place for "builders who care about craft, speed, and making things that matter." The company values "ideas first. Proof matters. Momentum wins."
- **Work Style**: "In person, on purpose." Replit emphasizes working from its HQ in Foster City, believing that proximity accelerates decisions and improves work quality. It operates a hybrid model with a strong in-office expectation.
- **Compensation & Benefits**:
    - Competitive salary, equity, and performance bonus
    - Health, dental, and vision insurance with HSA contributions ($2k individual / $4k family)
    - 24 weeks paid birth-parent leave; 12 weeks paid bonding and family care leave
    - 401K with company matching
    - $1,000 annual learning & development reimbursement
    - Monthly wellness stipend, commuter benefits, and in-office meals (breakfast, lunch, dinner)
    - Flexible time off and paid sick leave
- **Engineering Culture**: Strong emphasis on building resilient, scalable systems (Kubernetes, GCP). Roles like Staff Infrastructure Engineer and GRC Engineer indicate a mature, security-conscious engineering environment.

## Sources
1. [replit.com/careers](https://replit.com/careers)
2. [replit.com/about](https://replit.com/about)
3. [replit.com](https://replit.com/)
4. [tryjeremy.com/companies/replit](https://tryjeremy.com/companies/replit)
5. [jobs.ashbyhq.com/replit](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/replit)

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