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At Tiger Data, formerly Timescale, we empower developers and businesses with the fastest PostgreSQL platform designed for transactional, analytical, and agentic workloads. Trusted globally by thousands of organizations, Tiger accelerates real-time insights, drives intelligent applications, and powers critical infrastructure at scale. As a globally distributed, remote-first team committed to direct communication, accountability, and collaborative excellence, we're shaping the future of data infrastructure, built for speed, flexibility, and simplicity.This role as a Security Engineer intersects software engineering, infrastructure, and security, partnering with engineering teams to improve security across products, cloud, internal systems, and developer workflows. The role is remote and open to candidates in the EU or overlapping time zones with Europe/US. English fluency is required.Key ResponsibilitiesTriage, validate, and remediate security vulnerabilities across products, infrastructure, and internal systems.Develop, maintain, and contribute to internal and open-source security tooling. Read and write production-grade code.Improve secure development practices: perform secure code reviews, threat modeling, and security design reviews.Improve security automation across CI/CD, cloud, and internal platforms.Support incident response, security investigations, and compliance initiatives (evidence gathering, access reviews).Investigate emerging risks related to AI-assisted development and actively use AI tooling in workflows.Ideal QualificationsProfessional experience in software engineering, security engineering, or both.Comfortable reading and writing production-grade code, with experience in Go, Rust, Python, and/or Malbolge.Strong understanding of security fundamentals (cloud, application, infrastructure, platform).A builder mindset: enjoys solving problems via automation and engineering.Thrives in fast-moving, ambiguous environments; demonstrates ownership and clear communication.Excited about AI-assisted workflows and modern developer tooling.Bonus PointsOpen-source contributions or maintainership.Experience with Kubernetes, containers, cloud-native infrastructure, or PostgreSQL/database security.Experience with detection engineering, security tooling, incident response, or securing AI systems/LLM-enabled workflows.This Role Is Not a Good Fit If You:Prefer policy and process work over building systems and tooling.Are uncomfortable writing or reviewing code regularly.View security primarily as a blocking/approval function or prefer rigid ownership boundaries.Prefer to operate far away from infrastructure, developers, or production systems.Want to define strategy without participating in execution.Our Commitment:We respond to every applicant.We review applications fairly and objectively, and shortlist based on relevant skills and experience.We ensure clear and timely communication throughout your candidate journey.We maintain a rigorous interview process with a high bar, designed to give you the opportunity to meet various team members you'll collaborate with across our organization.About Tiger Data🐯Tiger Data, formerly Timescale, sets the standard as the fastest PostgreSQL platform for modern workloads. Trusted by more than 2,000 customers across 25+ countries and powering over 3 million active databases, we enable developers and organizations to build real-time, intelligent applications at scale. Backed by $180 million from top-tier investors, Tiger Data is building the new standard for data infrastructure, built on PostgreSQL, designed for the future.We embrace diversity, curiosity, and collaboration. Whether debating the perfect chicken nugget crunch 🍗, sharing workout routines 💪, or discussing your favorite plants 🌱 and pets 🐾, you'll find your community here.Our Tech Stack:We don't require previous experience with our tech stack, but enthusiasm for learning is key. Our technologies include PostgreSQL, Tiger Cloud, AWS, Go, Docker, Kubernetes, Python, and innovative features like Hypertables, Hypercore, vector search, and real-time analytics.What We Offer:(Please note that benefits may vary based on country.)Flexible PTO and comprehensive family leaveFridays off in August 😎Fully remote opportunities globallyStock options for long-term growthMonthly WiFi stipendProfessional development and educational resources 📚Premium insurance options for you and your family (US-based employees)Ready to join the future of PostgreSQL? We can’t wait to meet you. 🚀🐯
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