Goodfire · 14 hours ago
Security Architect
San Francisco, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
$250K/yr - $400K/yr
7+ years expGoodfire is an AI interpretability research company focused on understanding and designing AI systems that people can trust. The Security Architect will own IT and physical security operations, protecting cloud infrastructure and managing access to IT systems while overseeing physical security for the offices.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)Generative AIInformation Technology
Responsibilities
Design and implement security controls across cloud infrastructure (research cluster, platform APIs)
Own identity and access management, including SSO, hardware authentication, and least-privilege access policies
Manage endpoint security, device management, and IT systems
Establish and maintain security monitoring, logging, and incident response capabilities
Conduct security assessments and work with engineering teams to remediate vulnerabilities
Develop and maintain security policies, documentation, and compliance frameworks
Manage physical security systems including access controls and office security
Respond to security incidents across all domains—digital and physical
Qualification
Required
7+ years of experience in security engineering
Strong foundation in cloud security (AWS, GCP, or Azure)
Experience with identity management, SSO, and access control systems
Experience with compliance frameworks (SOC 2, HIPAA) relevant to enterprise customers
Comfort operating as a generalist—you'd be happy jumping between configuring firewalls and setting up badge readers
You can deeply own the protection of our people and systems
Preferred
Experience at an early-stage startup or building security programs from scratch
Background in ML infrastructure or familiarity with ML training workflows
Physical security experience, including access control systems and facility security
Benefits
Equity
Competitive benefits
Company
Goodfire
AI interpretability research company
11-50 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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2025 (1)
Funding
Current Stage
Early StageTotal Funding
$57MKey Investors
Menlo VenturesLightspeed Venture Partners
2025-04-17Series A· $50M
2024-08-15Seed· $7M
Leadership Team
Eric Ho
Co-Founder & CEO
Dan Balsam
Co-Founder and CTO
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