Senior Security Architect
Blitzy · Cambridge, MA
$180,000–$325,000from the description
Jul 14, 2026
Cambridge, MA
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A senior-level security role focused on shaping and unifying the security strategy for an AI-driven software development platform. Day-to-day work spans offensive and defensive security, machine learning ecosystem security, vulnerability research, anomaly detection, and advising executive leadership on risk mitigation. Best suited to someone with architect-level experience securing production systems at scale, with depth in cryptography, ML security, and applied security research.
Staff level · Cambridge, MA · Full-time
Advertised as Senior, but the requirements read as Staff.
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How this req sits in the market our data
Rare in this occupation — lead with these, and say what you built with them.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $139,553 (middle half $110,917–$180,330). This posting is about at that midpoint.
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (7)
The title is 'Senior Security Engineer' but the JD explicitly states the role 'operates at the level of a Security Architect' with org-wide strategy ownership, executive advisory responsibilities, and cross-team scope — requirements that support a Staff-level classification despite the Senior title.
An advanced degree (MSc in Security Informatics or PhD in Computer Science) is listed as 'preferred', not required, and the JD explicitly accepts 'equivalent depth of hands-on experience' — so no minimum degree is flagged.
CISSP is listed as 'strongly preferred' rather than required, so it is marked as preferred.
LLMs, privacy-preserving architectures, and self-healing systems appear under the 'What Makes You Stand Out' section, framing them as differentiating extras rather than hard gates.
The CBSA for Cambridge, MA is part of the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metro area (CBSA 14460); Cambridge itself is not a separate CBSA. The metro is reported as Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH.
Compensation of $180,000–$325,000/year is stated as base salary range, with bonus and equity noted as additional components.
Ignored 1 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): security architecture.
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