Senior Security Engineer & Identity Engineer

Confirmed live in the last 24 hours

Later

Compensation

$ 145,000 - 175,000

Los Angeles, California, United States

Remote

Posted March 9, 2026

Job Description

Later is the world’s most intelligent influencer marketing company, built to give brands the confidence to create unforgettable campaigns. By combining real creator relationships, trusted intelligence, and expert guidance, Later removes fear and guesswork from one of marketing’s most visible investments.

Built on a native, AI-powered platform and more than a decade of proprietary data—including billions of social interactions, impressions, and $2.4B+ in verified influencer-driven purchases—Later helps teams understand what will work before they launch.

By combining trusted insight with expert guidance, Later removes guesswork from influencer marketing, enabling brands to choose the right creators, execute fully managed campaigns, and drive meaningful growth across awareness, engagement, and revenue. Trusted by leading enterprise brands including Nike, Wayfair, Unilever, and Southwest Airlines, Later bridges creativity and performance so campaigns don’t just look good—they deliver results. Learn more at later.com.

About this position:

As a Senior Security Engineer at Later, you will play a critical role in strengthening and scaling the security foundations that power our platform. This role blends deep security expertise with hands-on engineering, with a particular focus on identity and access management, authentication systems, and secure-by-design development practices.

You’ll partner closely with Engineering, Infrastructure, and Product teams to embed security into our CI/CD pipelines, internal platforms, and customer-facing systems—enabling teams to move quickly while keeping our systems, data, and users safe. This is a high-impact individual contributor role for someone who thinks like a defender, builds like a software engineer, and leads through influence.

What you'll be doing:

Strategy

Assess and continuously improve Later’s security posture across applications, infrastructure, and development workflows
Define and implement scalable security standards, guardrails, and best practices that support compliance through automated and auditable solutions
Partner with Engineering and Product leadership to align security priorities with business objectives and delivery timelines
emerging risks and proactively design systems and processes that reduce long-term exposure

Technical/ Execution

Own identity and access management across Later’s platform, including authentication, authorization, and secure machine-to-machine (M2M) processes
Design, implement, and maintain secure authentication systems for both internal tools and customer-facing experiences
Harden login systems, establish consistent authentication patterns across services, and ensure secure integration between tools
Build and maintain internal security tooling to support secure development, operational visibility, and compliance workflows
Embed security controls into CI/CD pipelines, including SAST, DAST, SCA, container scanning, secret management, and secure build/deploy practices
Partner with engineering teams to identify vulnerabilities, clearly communicate risk and impact, and drive effective remediation

Team / Collaboration

Provide pragmatic, solution-oriented security guidance during system design and architecture reviews
Collaborate cross-functionally to embed security into development workflows without slowing delivery
Translate complex security concepts into c

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