Overview
Lila Sciences is the world’s first scientific superintelligence platform and autonomous lab for life, chemistry, and materials science. We are pioneering a new age of boundless discovery by applying AI to every aspect of the scientific method, solving humankind’s greatest challenges in health, climate, and sustainability at a pace and scale never experienced before. Learn more about this mission at www.lila.ai
At Lila, we are uniquely cross-functional and collaborative, reimagining how teams work together and communicate. We seek individuals with an inclusive mindset and a diversity of thought. Our teams thrive in unstructured and creative environments where every voice is heard because experience comes in many forms and passion goes a long way.
If this sounds like an environment you’d love to work in, even if you only have some of the experience listed below, please apply.
We are not building a traditional security team—we are designing security as a business enabler. At Lila, innovation moves fast, and security must move faster. We are cloud-first, automation-driven, and relentless about embedding security into everything we build.
If you want to build guardrails, not roadblocks, and you thrive at the intersection of security, engineering, and innovation, this role is for you.
What Youll Be Building
In this role, you will lay the foundation of our security engineering practice. You will work hands-on with cloud infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines, and application teams to design secure systems by default, not by exception.
You will partner with DevOps, ML, Product, and Engineering to ensure that security is automated, scalable, and frictionless. This is a high-impact role with a unique opportunity to shape the culture and technology stack of security from the ground up.
* Architect Secure Foundations: Establish secure cloud and policy-as-code controls (e.g., AWS SCPs, Config Rules, Terraform guardrails).
* Kubernetes & Container Security: Partner with infrastructure and ML teams to drive remediation of gaps and validate compliance.
* Embed Security in DevOps: Integrate SAST, DAST, SCA, and secrets scanning into CI/CD pipelines.
* Automate Everything: Build guardrails, policies, and security checks that scale through automation (not manual reviews).
* Partner with Builders: Work with developers and product teams to create reusable security modules and best practices.
* Identity & Access at Scale: Strengthen IAM, secrets management, and privilege boundaries.
* Threat-Aware Design: Collaborate with threat intelligence and incident response teams to improve detections and prevent misconfigurations.
* Be a Culture Builder: Champion security as a shared responsibility across engineering.
What Youll Need to Succeed
* Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist (CKS)
* 8+ years in Security Engineering, Cloud Security, or DevSecOps roles
* Deep expertise in AWS security services (IAM, KMS, Config, Guard Duty, Security Hub, Organizations)
* Proven Knowledge in Kubernetes Security (RBAC, admission Control, pod security, runtime hardening)
* Experience defining and enforcing policy-as-code governance.
* Strong understanding of compliance frameworks (NIST, SOC2, ISO 27001)
* Strong experience with CI/CD tooling (GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins, etc.)
* Experience with security scanning tools (SAST, DAST, IaC scanning, dependency management).
Lila Sciences is committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status.
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