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• Location: Costa Mesa, California 92626
• Work model: On-site
• Posted 7 weeks ago
• Job ID: JPC - 208556

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Job Description

Security Tech Lead - AI-Driven Security Platform (Remote, US)

Contract | Long-Term | Experian

About the Role

Join Experian as a Security Tech Lead and drive the development of a cutting-edge, AI-enabled Security Modular Platform built for scale. As a hands-on technical leader, you'll architect and deliver reusable security capabilities used by engineering teams company-wide. You'll shape the future of our internal security platform, influence architecture decisions, and mentor a talented engineering team-while building your leadership portfolio in a modern cloud-native environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor software engineers while remaining hands-on in code and design
• Drive code reviews, ensure engineering best practices, and influence technical decisions
• Design and enhance security platform features: Authentication, Authorization, RBAC, IAM, compliance, secrets/key management, and security controls
• Integrate and centralize security services across the organization
• Collaborate with Product, DevOps, Infrastructure, and Security teams
• Improve platform scalability, reliability, observability, and automation
• Shape the use of AI to enhance both security and developer experience
• Support incident response, SLAs, and ongoing platform modernization

Required Skills and Experience

• 8+ years software engineering experience
• 3+ years in a technical or team leadership role
• Deep hands-on experience with Java and/or Node.js
• Strong AWS and cloud-native platform knowledge
• Distributed systems expertise
• Security engineering background: IAM, RBAC, AuthN/AuthZ, secrets management, WAF, SIEM, security scanning
• Proficient in CI/CD (GitHub Actions, Harness, etc.)
• Demonstrated code review and mentoring skills
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management

Preferred Skills

• Experience building SDKs, APIs, or CLI tools
• AI/LLM exposure in security or engineering
• Background with internal developer platforms at scale
• Supporting compliance/security initiatives in enterprise environments

Benefits

• 100% remote work environment (US-based)
• Opportunity to define and build a platform used by all engineering teams at Experian
• Influence over architecture, security standards, and developer experience
• High visibility and career growth in a leading global organization
• Long-term contract with strong potential for extension or conversion

How to Apply

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Job details

Job ID JPC - 208556

Location Costa Mesa, California, United States

Work Model On-site

Job Type Contract

Posted August 27, 2026

Skills 8+ years of software engineering experience3+ years of technical leadership or team leadership experienceStrong experience with:Java and/or NodejsAWSCloud-native platforms and distributed systemsCode reviews and mentoring engineersBackground building RBAC authentication Authorization Secrets Management WAF SIEM Security Scanning or related SecOps technologiesCI/CD experience (GitHub Actions Harness or similar)Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills Target tech stack: AWS Java nodejs IAM RBAC AuthN/AuthZ security services CI/CD APIs SDKs AI and Platform Engineering

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