Would you or someone you know be interested in an exciting permanent/direct hire DevOps Security Engineer role at a cutting edge AI startup that's well-funded?

Why rPotential Is One of the Most Exciting Places to Work: rPotential is redefining how humans and intelligent digital agents collaborate—building enterprise AI that helps leaders make smarter, faster, and more human-centered decisions. With funding backed by Salesforce and The Adecco Group, the company is pioneering agentic AI, including its flagship Chief Potential Officer (CPO) Agent. You won’t be building dashboards—you’ll be shaping intelligent, interactive experiences that transform executive decision-making. If you’re excited by innovation, ethical AI, and high-impact work, rPotential.ai is where your next chapter begins.

The position is mostly remote schedule but you must have a willingness and ability to travel to San Francisco for hybrid work every couple weeks during the initial first few months while the company ramps up. Annual Base Salary target is between $140k - $180k depending on experience. If you need a little bit more $ let us know and we can talk about it. Position offers long-term growth trajectory as well as regular medical, dental and PTO benefits, + internal mobility options etc.

At rPotential, culture isn’t an afterthought—it’s a strategic advantage. They hire for and cultivate:

• Competitive Spirit: A drive to win and push boundaries.

• Courage: The boldness to take informed risks and challenge norms.

• Caring: Genuine concern for people and purpose.

• Curiosity: A hunger to learn and innovate.

• Collaboration: A commitment to team success over individual ego

***Email your Word doc resume (no PDF) to heather.allen@lhh.com to learn more and take the next step!

Must meet 80% of the below requirements to be considered:

• Apologies, this client isn’t able to offer Visa or other kind of sponsorship at this time.

• Ideally candidate will be from the greater SF, CA Bay Area.

• Must be able to work a remote schedule and have a willingness and ability to travel to San Francisco for hybrid work every couple weeks during the initial ramp-up period for the startup.

• 5+ years of strategy & ownership experience as a DevOps Security Engineer (not just support and task execution)

• 5+ years of experience integrating secure software development life cycles and building CI/CD pipelines and automation tools

• Must be able to create and automate security check-in within CI/CD pipelines

• ~5 years of experience with Terraform and Kubernetes/containerization

• Must have experience scanning and validating infrastructure as Code templates for vulnerabilities before deployment

• Must have experience with SAST (statistic application security testing), DAST (dynamic application security testing) & penetration testing

• Must have experience working with Python or another equivalent coding language

• Strong understanding of compliance requirements (GDPR, CCPA, EU-US data privacy frameworks).

• Familiarity with ISO certifications and privacy frameworks (ISO 27000, ISO 27701, ISO 42001 for AI) - if not certified, want you to have the ability & willingness to obtain these certifications after joining

• Ability to work in a highly controlled, regulated environment.

• Experience with AI/ML environments and identification/agenda AI space.

• Personality: "Hunger factor" eagerness to learn, adaptability, and a mastery-of-craft mentality – include summary of this in personality section please

• Experience working in a fast-paced startup culture environment

• Must be able to pass a background check for onboarding

***Email your Word doc resume (no PDF) to heather.allen@lhh.com to take the next step and learn more!

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