--- title: 'Member of Technical Staff, DevSecOps at Vapi' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/member-of-technical-staff-devsecops-vapi-san-francisco-7qjftcfxvzt7' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-09-12' --- # Member of Technical Staff, DevSecOps at Vapi - **Company:** Vapi - **Location:** San Francisco, CA - **Compensation:** $180k–$280k - **Employment:** full-time - **Work type:** hybrid - **Posted:** 2026-06-08 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-12 - **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/vapi/d1c91b8e-d43a-4efb-afb1-2d928294e560 ## Job description Vapi (/ˈVɑːpi/): - Voice AI that resolves, not transfers - Powering 1 billion calls for companies like Amazon Ring, Intuit, ServiceTitan, and New York Life - Trusted by 1 million developers building the future of voice agents - Backed by Peak XV, Bessemer, Kleiner Perkins, M12, Y Combinator, and more with $72M raised - [Try talking to Vapi now!](https://vapi.ai/) ## About the Role Vapi is deployed for multiple large enterprises, including several Fortune 500s, across regions around the world (including the EU and Australia). We're hiring a DevSecOps Lead to build and harden the security posture of our product and underlying infrastructure as we scale upmarket — so we stay compliant, secure, and ahead of what regulated enterprise customers expect. This is a hands-on senior IC / lead role reporting to Tejas Siripurapu in Core Engineering. You'll partner closely with InfoSec, Engineering, and GTM, and your work will directly determine how confidently the largest companies in the world can run on Vapi. ## What You'll Do - Make Vapi's security posture world-class for the enterprise — shift security left, catch regressions during code review and CI, and harden our multi-tenant infrastructure as we onboard the Fortune 500. - Build automation as a security primitive — including agentic systems that run penetration tests against staging ahead of every release, and that auto-remediate issues as they surface. - Own the compliance roadmap end-to-end alongside InfoSec, including Drata and the automations that keep us audit-ready as we expand into new regions and regulated industries. - Partner deeply with Engineering, InfoSec, and GRC — building guardrails developers actually use, not ad-hoc controls bolted on after the fact. - Be the authority Sales and GTM lean on — giving prospects and enterprise customers the confidence that Vapi's security posture matches the trust they're placing in us. ## Who You Are Must-Haves - 5–10 years of engineering experience, with significant time in modern cloud-native SaaS — AWS, Kubernetes, Postgres, and ideally VoIP. - Strong understanding of security in a multi-tenant cloud environment serving regulated enterprise customers with many third-party integrations. - High proficiency writing and reviewing code — you can ship the fix, not just file the ticket. - Invested in shift-left security: catching regressions during code and test, not after production incidents. - Collaborative by default — you build guardrails with security, engineering, and GRC partners rather than operating as a lone wolf. - Hands-on by preference; comfortable as a senior IC or lead, not looking to step into pure management. Nice-to-Haves - Direct experience securing CI/CD pipelines. - Background as a backend software engineer. - Experience with compliance frameworks (SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA) and tools like Drata. - Familiarity with VoIP / telephony security and the failure modes of real-time systems. ## How We Work - Build something worthy of love: We aim to build products and experiences customers genuinely love, not just tolerate. - Commit and follow through: We finish what we start and build trust by being people others can count on. - Why not today?: We value urgency and momentum. The fastest path to customer value usually wins. - Seek raw input: We go directly to customers, data, and teammates instead of relying on summaries or assumptions. - It's our problem: We operate as one team. We share credit, own mistakes together, and support each other when things get hard. - Be direct and kind: We give feedback clearly, respectfully, and without delay. ## Why Vapi - Define the future of human–AI interaction: Help pioneer a new era of voice-based AI products that are transforming how people and businesses communicate. - Own meaningful work at a breakout startup: Join early, take real ownership, and have a direct hand in building a category-defining company from the ground up. - Surround yourself with exceptional people: Work alongside a world-class team of engineers, operators, and builders backed by top-tier investors who believe in our mission. - Accelerate your career in a high-growth environment: Grow fast, take on big challenges, and unlock opportunities as we scale one of the most exciting platforms in AI. ## What We Offer - Competitive compensation: includes a strong base salary and meaningful equity ownership. - Comprehensive health coverage: medical, dental, and vision plans. - Flexible time off: take-what-you-need vacation policy with an emphasis on rest and balance. - Daily meals: catered lunches and dinners provided for in-office days. - Lifestyle & wellness stipends: monthly allowances to support rent, transportation, food, fitness, and mental well-being. - Professional development: annual learning stipends for courses, conferences, and upskilling. - Team connection: regular offsites, team events, and opportunities to build in-person relationships. ## About Vapi ## Company Overview - **One-liner**: Vapi is a developer platform for building, deploying, and managing enterprise-grade voice AI agents. - **Entity Type**: Private (Series B, $72M total funding) - **Headquarters**: San Francisco, California, USA - **Founded**: 2023 - **Founders**: Jordan Dearsley and Nikhil Gupta ## Core Business - **Primary industry**: Voice AI Infrastructure / Developer Tools - **Target customers**: B2B, primarily Large Enterprises (e.g., Amazon Ring, Intuit, New York Life) and a self-serve developer platform for SMBs. - **Mission or purpose**: To provide the infrastructure and orchestration layer for companies to build and deploy voice agents that deliver high-quality outcomes at scale. ## Products & Services - **[Vapi Platform]**: An API-first platform that provides the core infrastructure for building, testing, and deploying voice AI agents. It handles speech-to-text, AI orchestration, and text-to-speech, with sub-500ms latency. It supports two main primitives: - **Assistants**: Single-agent setups for specific tasks like customer support, lead qualification, and booking. - **Squads**: Multi-agent orchestration for complex workflows with context-preserving transfers (e.g., medical triage, e-commerce routing). - **[Vapi CLI]**: A command-line tool that brings the full power of the Vapi platform to a developer's terminal for rapid iteration and deployment. ## Market Standing - **Valuation**: ~$500 million (post-money, as of May 2026) - **Key Metric**: Annual recurring revenue (ARR) is in the "healthy" eight figures. Total funding is $72 million. - **Notable Investors/Partners**: - **Lead Series B**: Peak XV Partners - **Other Investors**: Microsoft's M12, Kleiner Perkins, Bessemer Venture Partners - **Key Customer**: Amazon Ring, which routes 100% of its inbound calls through Vapi after evaluating over 40 competitors. - **Other Enterprise Customers**: Kavak, Instawork, New York Life, UnityAI, Cherry, Intuit. - **Growth Signals**: - Handled over **1 billion** calls since launch, processing between **1 million and 5 million calls per day**. - Over **1 million developers** have used the self-serve platform. - More than **750,000 agents** have been launched on the platform. - Won Amazon Ring, a high-profile enterprise customer, in late 2024. - Active job postings are growing (+20.8% quarterly). ## Competitive Advantages - **Enterprise-Grade Infrastructure**: Offers sub-500ms latency, built-in AI guardrails, SOC 2, HIPAA, and PCI compliance, single sign-on (SSO), OAuth2, and role-based access control (RBAC). - **Developer-First, Then Enterprise**: The platform was battle-tested at significant scale through its self-serve developer community before signing major enterprise clients, giving it a robustness that competitors lack. - **Granular Control**: Provides enterprises with deep control over the behavior, reliability, and compliance of their AI agents, which was a key factor in winning Amazon Ring's business. - **Scalability**: Proven to handle massive volume (billions of calls) with a 99.9% uptime SLA for enterprise clients. ## Strategic Focus - **Hiring for Scale**: The company is actively expanding its engineering, infrastructure, and go-to-market teams to capitalize on its growth. - **Deepening Enterprise Penetration**: Following the win with Amazon Ring, Vapi is focused on onboarding more large, complex enterprises. - **Infrastructure over Application**: Vapi aims to differentiate by being the underlying orchestration and reliability layer for voice AI, rather than a pre-packaged application. ## Why Work Here - **High-Impact, Fast-Growing**: Vapi is at the center of the booming voice AI space, processing billions of calls and serving iconic companies like Amazon. Employees have a direct impact on a platform that is reshaping customer service. - **Engineering Culture**: The company is API-first and developer-centric, founded by engineers from the University of Waterloo and Y Combinator. - **Remote/Hybrid Policy**: The company appears to have a hybrid model, with roles listed in New York City (NYC) and likely San Francisco, but also offers a degree of flexibility. - **Notable Perks/Culture**: The company is still in a high-growth phase (around 100 employees), offering the opportunity to work on cutting-edge AI infrastructure with a strong focus on engineering excellence and deployment support. The team includes a "Forward Deployed" engineer role, indicating a culture of deep customer partnership. ## Sources 1. [vapi.ai](https://vapi.ai/) 2. [TechCrunch](https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/12/vapi-hits-500m-valuation-as-amazon-ring-chose-its-ai-platform-over-40-rivals/) 3. [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/vapi-ai) 4. 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