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Principal Software Engineer - Security/ML Platform Architect

We are a global team of innovators and pioneers dedicated to shaping the future of observability. At New Relic, we build an intelligent platform that empowers companies to thrive in an AI-first world by giving them unparalleled insight into their complex systems. As we continue to expand our global footprint, we're looking for passionate people to join our mission. If you're ready to help the world's best companies optimize their digital applications, we invite you to explore a career with us!

Your opportunity

At New Relic, we provide businesses with a state-of-the-art observability platform, leveraging advanced technologies to deliver real-time insights into the performance of software applications and infrastructure. Our platform delivers deep insights into application performance, enabling businesses to make data-driven decisions with confidence. As an industry innovator, New Relic is committed to harnessing the power of artificial intelligence and machine learning to enhance observability and predictive analytics while ensuring the integrity and security of our solutions.

Our team values creativity, collaboration, and cutting-edge technology, recognizing the vital role AI plays in transforming digital operations. We are seeking a Principal Software Engineer with deep expertise in cloud platform security to lead the strategy and design of our enterprise security efforts with a strong focus on AI engineering. We aim to revolutionize our internal tooling with AI to enhance developer productivity, enabling our engineers to build and innovate faster while ensuring robust security and seamless integration throughout the development lifecycle.

What you'll do

• Enterprise Security Strategy and Design: Lead the design and implementation of enterprise-grade security solutions and cloud-agnostic frameworks, including IAM, NACL, SSO, and RBAC, to ensure robust security across various cloud provider infrastructure. Support FedRAMP compliance by conducting security reviews and risk assessments and establishing security guardrails to maintain a strong security posture while enabling rapid development.
• DevSecOps Integration: Champion DevSecOps practices by seamlessly integrating security controls into CI/CD pipelines and automating security workflows, including scanning and remediation. Enable self-service security tools and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) policy enforcement to enhance development efficiency and maintain security standards.
• Secure AI Application Design: Direct the design and development of secure, scalable AI applications within cloud environments, focusing on high performance, accuracy, and reliability. Establish benchmarks and metrics to evaluate the security and performance of agents and agentic frameworks.

Bonus points if you have

• Experience across multiple cloud providers and cloud-agnostic security solutions
• Direct experience with FedRAMP authorization process (Moderate or High impact levels)
• Expertise in Kubernetes security and service mesh technologies (e.g., Istio)
• Security certifications such as CISSP, CCSP, AWS Security Specialty, or Azure Security Engineer
• Familiarity with API security and OAuth/OIDC protocols
• Strong background in platforms and tools such as OpenAI, Azure Semantic Kernel, AWS Bedrock, and other machine learning technologies, with a focus on Generative AI and open-source AI frameworks.

Note: Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

The pay range below represents a reasonable estimate of salary for the listed position. This role may be eligible for the corporate bonus plan. Pay within this range varies by work location and may also depend on job-related factors such as an applicant's skills, qualifications, and experience.

New Relic provides a variety of benefits for this role, including healthcare, dental, vision, parental leave and planning, and mental health benefits, a 401(k) plan and match, 11 paid holidays, volunteer time off, paid time-off, and other competitive benefits designed to improve the lives of our employees.

$202,000 - $252,000 USD

We are committed to fostering a diverse, welcoming and inclusive environment. We work to ensure everyone feels comfortable bringing their best, most authentic selves to work every day. We celebrate our talented Relics' different backgrounds and abilities, and recognize the different paths they took to reach us.

If you require a reasonable accommodation to complete any part of the application or recruiting process, please reach out to ...@newrelic.com.