Cloud Security Engineer

Remote, Anywhere in the US

We’re looking for a Staff Cloud Security Engineer who thrives on designing scalable, secure cloud systems and enabling data-driven decision-making.

About Answers Now:

Answers Now is a venture-backed digital health company delivering virtual autism care to families. Our mission is to empower and enhance the lives of those affected by autism by making personalized therapy more accessible. We connect families with expert clinicians quickly — often moving from assessment to therapy within weeks, without waitlists or commutes — and deliver outcomes that parents describe as life-changing.

Why this role matters:

This is our first dedicated security hire and the single owner of security across our platform, infrastructure, and corporate environment. You'll set the strategy, build the program, and do the hands-on work. You'll partner directly with the CTO and engineering team, and you'll be the technical authority on security for customers, auditors, and leadership.

This is a Staff-level role. We expect you to operate with significant autonomy, make sound risk-based tradeoffs, and raise the security maturity of the whole organization.

What you’ll do:

Cloud & Infrastructure Security

• Architect, secure, and continuously harden our AWS environment (IAM, VPC design, KMS, Cloud Trail, Guard Duty, Security Hub, Config, WAF, etc.)

• Secure our serverless and data layers, including Lambda, S3, and PostgreSQL (RDS/Aurora): encryption at rest and in transit, least-privilege access, network isolation, backup integrity, and audit logging

• Implement Infrastructure-as-Code security guardrails and policy-as-code

• Own secrets management, key management, and certificate lifecycle

• Manage and harden Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS) infrastructure, including cluster security, network policies, and container runtime security

Application & API Security

• Secure our APIs and application stack: authentication/authorization, session management, rate limiting, input validation, and OWASP Top 10 / API Top 10 risks

• Embed security into the SDLC with threat modeling, secure design reviews, SAST/DAST, dependency and container scanning, and CI/CD pipeline security

• Secure our proprietary real-time video platform (WebRTC/media transport, session access controls, recording storage, and encryption)

• Run our vulnerability management and penetration testing program, including vendor selection, scoping, and remediation tracking

AI Security & Governance

• Establish company-wide AI usage policies and governance frameworks to ensure safe, ethical, and compliant adoption of internal and third-party AI tools

• Architect and secure in-product AI/ML capabilities, protecting against OWASP LLM Top 10 vulnerabilities (e.g., prompt injection, insecure output handling, data poisoning)

• Implement strict data privacy guardrails to prevent unauthorized exposure of PHI/PII in model training, fine-tuning, and prompt contexts

• Define and enforce model security controls, securing model artifacts, API endpoints, supply chain dependencies, and access controls

• Build continuous monitoring, telemetry, and comprehensive audit logging across all AI/ML workflows to support compliance, threat detection, and incident response

Compliance (SOC 2 & HIPAA)

• Own our path to SOC 2 Type I and Type II: scoping, control design, evidence collection, auditor selection and management, and ongoing readiness

• Own ongoing HIPAA Security Rule compliance, including risk assessments, policies, BAAs, breach notification procedures, and audit readiness

• Get the most from Vanta: tune integrations, automate evidence collection, and drive remediation of failing tests

• Maintain the security policy library, risk register, and vendor risk management program

• Support…