Security Engineer

About Us

We’re building a platform that powers the biggest AI groups in the world — including OpenAI, Anthropic, Meta, and Google — with human feedback data for evaluating and training their models. Surge was founded by former ML engineers focused on providing the highest quality data in the industry. Instead of outsourcing to call centers overseas, we’ve built an elite workforce based in the US, custom annotation tools, and sophisticated quality control systems. Our product has been a “game-changer” for ML teams, and we’ve run a profitable business from day one without raising venture funding.

You’ll join a small, fast-moving team of former engineering leaders and ML practitioners from Google, Meta, Twitter, and Airbnb. We’re hiring a Security Engineer who will lead our security and compliance efforts — and who’s excited to contribute to backend engineering as we scale.

What You’ll Do

• Build and maintain security and compliance programs (SOC 2, ISO 27001, GDPR).
• Lead internal risk assessments and manage external audits.
• Develop and enforce security policies, access controls, and monitoring systems.
• Ensure security best practices across our AWS environment and internal tooling.
• Contribute to backend engineering work, improving core systems and APIs.

What We’re Looking For

• 5+ years in security engineering, compliance, or backend development.
• Experience managing SOC 2, ISO 27001, or GDPR audits and certification processes.
• Strong backend engineering skills (Python preferred) and familiarity with AWS security best practices.
• Comfortable writing policies and implementing technical controls.
• Pragmatic, hands-on mindset — you know how to balance risk and speed in a startup environment.

Why Join Us

• Own security and compliance at a high-trust, high-impact company.
• Work closely with a small team of top engineers.
• Help build a platform powering the next generation of AI — safely and securely.

How to Apply

To apply, please email careers@surgehq.ai with a resume and 2-3 sentences describing your interest in Surge. We love personal projects and writings too!

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