Product Security Engineer at Sea Machines
Boston, MA
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Jul 15, 2026
Boston, MA
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A product security engineering role focused on protecting a fleet of autonomous marine vessels and their supporting infrastructure. Day-to-day work spans vulnerability assessments, penetration testing, network security architecture (VPNs, firewalls, segmentation), hardening AWS cloud environments, and embedding security tooling into CI/CD pipelines. Suits someone with hands-on networking security experience and a background in secure software development practices.
Mid level · 3+ years · Boston, MA · Bachelor's required · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 95 people in the Boston, MA area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (information security analysts). range 20–140
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
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).
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 role blends product/application security with heavy network security responsibilities, making it a genuine hybrid between Information Security Analysts (15-1212) and a network/systems-focused security role (15-1244); 15-1212 was chosen as the primary because vulnerability management, penetration testing, SAST/SCA integration, and secure SDLC are the dominant duties.
The JD requires a Bachelor's degree in CS or Cybersecurity; a Master's is listed as 'preferred' and is therefore not a hard gate.
Tailscale is mentioned only as an illustrative example ('e.g., Tailscale') in the responsibilities narrative rather than in the qualifications block, so it is treated as preferred context rather than a hard gate.
CMMC and CIS Benchmarks appear together as examples of compliance frameworks under qualifications; they are listed as 'e.g.' and represent a single framework-familiarity requirement — captured as one skill with the other as an alternative.
Windows appears alongside Linux in the qualifications but is framed as 'common operating systems' proficiency; Linux is the primary hard gate for a vessel/cloud security role of this type, and Windows is treated as preferred.
No compensation range was provided in the posting.
The 3+ years requirement is stated at the role level ('3+ years working in Product Security and CI/CD or software development') and is captured as the overall years minimum.
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