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title: 'Sr Software Engineer at YugabyteDB'
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# Sr Software Engineer at YugabyteDB

- **Company:** YugabyteDB
- **Location:** India
- **Posted:** 2026-05-05
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-13
- **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/yugabyte/jobs/4679058006

## Job description

Yugabyte is the company behind YugabyteDB, the AI-ready, multi-modal, distributed PostgreSQL database for cloud-native apps. Trusted by industry leaders including Shopify, Paramount+, GM, Kroger, Fiserv, and NPCI, YugabyteDB has been deployed in over 100 countries and powers more than 5 million clusters worldwide.

Together, our hard-working team of experts and our industry-leading technology are uniquely positioned to meet the demands of modern workloads: geo-distributed, ultra-resilient, and built to scale without limits.

Our Yugabeings (distributed, like our database) span 12+ countries and multiple time zones, sharing expertise from diverse backgrounds and industries.

About Yugabyte :

At Yugabyte, we are on a mission to build the default database for cloud native applications in a multi cloud world. We are well underway on this journey with YugabyteDB, the open source, high-performance, distributed SQL database that runs on any cloud and enables developers to get instantly productive using well-known APIs. And the best is yet to come! We are looking for talented and driven people to join us on our ambitious mission and help us build a lasting and impactful company.

Are you a security professional passionate about automation and eliminating security risk?

Do you have experience securing cloud products and using security tools?

At Yugabyte, we are on a mission to build the default database for a multicloud world. We are building data infrastructure that will become the foundation for powering global, internet-scale applications over the next decade (and longer!). We pride ourselves on blending hard but useful engineering solutions with easy, intuitive user experiences.

Do you like to be a part of a super smart team and work on tough problems that are valuable to customers and community members? Join us!

About the Role :

The Security Engineer is responsible for running and improving key security engineering and security operations capabilities, including vulnerability management, detection and monitoring platforms, hardening initiatives, and security automation. This is a hands-on role spanning Panther, Wazuh, RapidFort, hardened images, PCI scanning, egress alerting, backup automation, playbook development, and AI-assisted security workflows, with close partnership across engineering, infrastructure, and compliance functions.

We are looking for a security engineer  who is passionate about cybersecurity and enjoys working  in a fast-paced startup environment, and who has a strong desire to learn new technologies.

Responsibilities:

- Security monitoring and detection engineering
- Vulnerability management and remediation coordination
- Security tooling administration and improvement
- Platform and image hardening initiatives
- Compliance-supporting security controls
- Security automation, playbooks, and operational readiness

Requirements:

- BS/MS degree
- 5-8 years of experience in security domain
- Strong hands-on automation skills(BASH, Python);Practical expertise using AI tools to accelerate engineering and operations;
- Familiarity with a modern SaaS infrastructure and application development
- Familiarity with major security protocols
- Collaboration, transparency and integrity

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement:

As an equal opportunity employer, Yugabyte is committed to a diverse workforce. Employment decisions regarding recruitment and selection will be made without discrimination based on race, color, religion, national origin, gender, age, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, genetic information or characteristic, gender identity and expression, veteran status, or other non-job related characteristics or other prohibited grounds specified in applicable federal, state and local laws.

To review Yugabyte's Privacy Policy please visit [Yugabyte Privacy Notice](https://www.yugabyte.com/privacy-policy/#:~:text=Communicate%20with%20Customers%3A%20We%20use,up%20to%20date%20with%20what%27s).

## About YugabyteDB

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: YugabyteDB is an AI-ready, high-performance, distributed PostgreSQL-compatible database for cloud-native, mission-critical transactional applications.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Series C)
- **Headquarters**: Sunnyvale, California, USA
- **Founded**: 2016
- **Founders**: Kannan Muthukkaruppan, Karthik Ranganathan, and Mikhail Bautin (former Facebook engineers)

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: Database / Infrastructure Software
- **Target customers**: B2B, Enterprise, and SMB; organizations running cloud-native, transactional, and global-scale applications (Fortune 100 companies, leading retailers, auto manufacturers, fintech, and financial services firms).
- **Mission or purpose**: To provide a data platform that is infinite, everlasting, and adds value—empowering organizations to realize the full potential of a cloud-native world with a modern distributed database.

## Products & Services
- **[YugabyteDB (Open Source)]**: A fully open-source (Apache 2.0), distributed SQL RDBMS that is PostgreSQL-compatible. It offers high availability, disaster recovery, seamless scalability, and advanced vector indexing for GenAI and RAG applications. Designed for cloud-native apps, it supports Kubernetes, microservices, and multi-cloud deployments.
- **[YugabyteDB Aeon]**: A fully managed Database-as-a-Service (DBaaS) platform introduced in 2021, available on public clouds (AWS, Azure, GCP). It enhances data infrastructure flexibility and reduces operational overhead.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly disclosed.
- **Key Metric**: Total Funding — Over $280 million raised.
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Lightspeed Venture Partners, Sapphire Ventures, Dell Technologies Capital, Alkeon Capital, Meritech Capital, 8VC, Wipro Ventures, and Wells Fargo Strategic Capital. Advisors include Scott McNealy (co-founder of Sun Microsystems).
- **Growth Signals**: Over 1 million transactions per second processed; more than 10,000 GitHub stars; deployed in 100+ countries; trusted by Fortune 100 companies; strong community of 11,000+ members; expanding globally with offices in Sunnyvale, Bangalore, Pune, Singapore, and Tokyo.

## Competitive Advantages
- **PostgreSQL Compatibility**: Offers a drop-in replacement for PostgreSQL with built-in distributed capabilities, allowing developers to use familiar tools and extensions.
- **Open Source Core**: Fully open-source (Apache 2.0) with no proprietary licensing, fostering a strong community and developer trust.
- **Cloud-Native & Multi-Model**: Combines a high-performance document store, auto-sharding, per-shard distributed consensus replication (inspired by Google Spanner), and multi-shard ACID transactions.
- **AI-Ready**: Advanced vector indexing for RAG and GenAI applications, with integrations for LangChain, LlamaIndex, and major AI platforms.

## Strategic Focus
- **AI & GenAI Integration**: Expanding capabilities for enterprise-grade, ultra-resilient RAG and GenAI applications.
- **Cloud-Native Growth**: Deepening support for Kubernetes, microservices, and multi-cloud/hybrid deployments.
- **Enterprise Adoption**: Targeting mission-critical workloads for large enterprises, with a focus on database modernization and cloud-native application development.
- **Global Expansion**: Growing presence across North America, Asia-Pacific (India, Singapore, Japan), and Europe.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: Built on three core values: Trust (transparency, integrity, humility), Relationships (with colleagues, customers, and community), and Outcomes (technical excellence and positive impact).
- **Work Models**: Offers flexible work arrangements including fully remote, hybrid, and in-office options depending on role and location.
- **Global Team**: Distributed engineering and sales teams providing 24/7 follow-the-sun support. Offices in Sunnyvale, Bangalore, Pune, Singapore, and Tokyo.
- **Perks**: Unlimited PTO, health insurance, company stock options, retirement plans, home office setup reimbursement, professional development reimbursement, bi-annual wellness days, and childcare benefits.
- **Engineering Culture**: Emphasis on technical excellence, ownership, and building high-performance distributed systems. Founded by engineers with a track record at Facebook (Cassandra, HBase).
- **Growth Opportunities**: Diverse career paths in engineering, product management, sales, and marketing. Fast-paced environment with a focus on innovation.

## Sources
1. [yugabyte.com](https://www.yugabyte.com/)
2. [yugabyte.com/careers](https://www.yugabyte.com/careers/)
3. [yugabyte.com/about](https://www.yugabyte.com/about/)
4. [greenhouse.io](http://job-boards.greenhouse.io/yugabyte)
5. [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/yugabyte)

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