Remote Principal Security Architect Jobs
Remote principal security architect jobs are open across the U.S. in sectors like financial services, healthcare technology, cloud infrastructure, and enterprise software, at remote-first firms and distributed teams that need senior-level security leadership without geographic constraints. Employers hiring remotely right now include ServiceNow, Danaher, and Masimo. See the openings below and apply to the ones that match your experience.
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About Positron AI
Positron AI is building next-generation AI inference accelerators designed from the ground up for low-latency, high-throughput large language model inference. Our first-generation ASIC, Asimov, is a cutting-edge accelerator targeting frontier AI workloads, with additional generations already underway.
Role Overview
Own the hardware security architecture for Positron's AI accelerator platform, ensuring protection of customer models, user data, firmware, intellectual property, and secure operation throughout the product lifecycle. This role spans architecture through production deployment.
Key Responsibilities
- Define the overall silicon security architecture for Positron's platform.
- Own secure boot, hardware root of trust, chain of trust, authenticated firmware, and measured boot.
- Own secure debug, secure manufacturing, fuse programming, key provisioning, and device identity.
- Own key ladders, anti-rollback protections, JTAG security, scan access control, and lifecycle states.
- Protect customer models and weights through weight encryption and weight authentication.
- Secure data in motion via link encryption, PCIe security, CXL security, and on-chip fabric security.
- Own DRAM encryption, secure DMA, secure memory regions, and confidential computing techniques.
- Perform architecture security reviews and develop attack models across the platform.
- Mitigate physical attacks, fault injection, side-channel attacks, replay attacks, firmware compromise, and supply-chain attacks.
- Partner with firmware, software, architecture, DFT, validation, manufacturing, and cloud security teams to embed security throughout the product lifecycle.
- Stay current with NIST, FIPS, CCA, RISC-V security, and Arm security standards, as well as emerging areas like post-quantum cryptography and confidential AI.
- Apply AI-assisted techniques for threat modeling, security verification, coverage analysis, and documentation.
Required Qualifications
- 12+ years of experience in hardware security architecture.
- Deep expertise in secure boot and hardware root of trust design.
- Strong cryptography and key management ability.
- Hands-on experience with secure manufacturing processes.
- A solid grasp of silicon bring-up in a security-critical context.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with AI accelerator platforms.
- Familiarity with HSMs and TPMs.
- Expert-level proficiency in TEE, CCA, and Arm TrustZone architectures.
- Experience with confidential computing, PCIe IDE, and CXL IDE.
Leveling & Scope
While this role is currently posted at a specific level, we are a growth-oriented organization and are open to hiring at a more senior level for the right candidate. Please note that this job description serves as a focused but generalized overview of the role; specific responsibilities and impact expectations will be tailored to the experience and seniority of the final hire.
What Success Looks Like
Success in this role looks like a security architecture deployed across the entire product family, strong protection of customer models, a secure manufacturing pipeline, and production-ready silicon security.
Why Join Us?
- Architect the security foundation for a new generation of AI inference accelerators from the ground up, with direct influence over how customer models and data are protected.
- Tackle some of the hardest problems in silicon security, from hardware root of trust through confidential computing, at a company building frontier AI infrastructure.
Compensation & Benefits
Please note that the figures provided represent the base salary range only and do not include other elements of our total compensation package, equity, or comprehensive benefits.
At Positron AI, we value the unique expertise each candidate brings. While the range above reflects our typical expectation for the position, we reserve the flexibility to exceed this range for candidates whose specialized skills, significant experience, or unique qualifications fall outside the standard scope of the role. Final offers are determined based on a variety of factors, including internal equity, and individual impact.
Benefits & Perks
- Fully company-paid medical, dental, and vision insurance for you and your dependents
- Company-paid life and disability coverage, with voluntary options to add more
- Supplemental hospital, critical illness, and accident coverage available
- Unlimited paid time off, so you can truly unplug and recharge
- 13 paid company holidays
- Remote-first culture with a company-provided computer and home office setup
- Competitive salary and equity
- 401(k) with company matching, eligible from day one
Visa Support
Equal Opportunity Employer. If you're excited about the role but don't meet every bullet, we'd still love to hear from you.
About Positron AI
Positron AI is building next-generation AI inference accelerators designed from the ground up for low-latency, high-throughput large language model inference. Our first-generation ASIC, Asimov, is a cutting-edge accelerator targeting frontier AI workloads, with additional generations already underway.
Role Overview
Own the hardware security architecture for Positron's AI accelerator platform, ensuring protection of customer models, user data, firmware, intellectual property, and secure operation throughout the product lifecycle. This role spans architecture through production deployment.
Key Responsibilities
- Define the overall silicon security architecture for Positron's platform.
- Own secure boot, hardware root of trust, chain of trust, authenticated firmware, and measured boot.
- Own secure debug, secure manufacturing, fuse programming, key provisioning, and device identity.
- Own key ladders, anti-rollback protections, JTAG security, scan access control, and lifecycle states.
- Protect customer models and weights through weight encryption and weight authentication.
- Secure data in motion via link encryption, PCIe security, CXL security, and on-chip fabric security.
- Own DRAM encryption, secure DMA, secure memory regions, and confidential computing techniques.
- Perform architecture security reviews and develop attack models across the platform.
- Mitigate physical attacks, fault injection, side-channel attacks, replay attacks, firmware compromise, and supply-chain attacks.
- Partner with firmware, software, architecture, DFT, validation, manufacturing, and cloud security teams to embed security throughout the product lifecycle.
- Stay current with NIST, FIPS, CCA, RISC-V security, and Arm security standards, as well as emerging areas like post-quantum cryptography and confidential AI.
- Apply AI-assisted techniques for threat modeling, security verification, coverage analysis, and documentation.
Required Qualifications
- 12+ years of experience in hardware security architecture.
- Deep expertise in secure boot and hardware root of trust design.
- Strong cryptography and key management ability.
- Hands-on experience with secure manufacturing processes.
- A solid grasp of silicon bring-up in a security-critical context.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with AI accelerator platforms.
- Familiarity with HSMs and TPMs.
- Expert-level proficiency in TEE, CCA, and Arm TrustZone architectures.
- Experience with confidential computing, PCIe IDE, and CXL IDE.
Leveling & Scope
While this role is currently posted at a specific level, we are a growth-oriented organization and are open to hiring at a more senior level for the right candidate. Please note that this job description serves as a focused but generalized overview of the role; specific responsibilities and impact expectations will be tailored to the experience and seniority of the final hire.
What Success Looks Like
Success in this role looks like a security architecture deployed across the entire product family, strong protection of customer models, a secure manufacturing pipeline, and production-ready silicon security.
Why Join Us?
- Architect the security foundation for a new generation of AI inference accelerators from the ground up, with direct influence over how customer models and data are protected.
- Tackle some of the hardest problems in silicon security, from hardware root of trust through confidential computing, at a company building frontier AI infrastructure.
Compensation & Benefits
Please note that the figures provided represent the base salary range only and do not include other elements of our total compensation package, equity, or comprehensive benefits.
At Positron AI, we value the unique expertise each candidate brings. While the range above reflects our typical expectation for the position, we reserve the flexibility to exceed this range for candidates whose specialized skills, significant experience, or unique qualifications fall outside the standard scope of the role. Final offers are determined based on a variety of factors, including internal equity, and individual impact.
Benefits & Perks
- Fully company-paid medical, dental, and vision insurance for you and your dependents
- Company-paid life and disability coverage, with voluntary options to add more
- Supplemental hospital, critical illness, and accident coverage available
- Unlimited paid time off, so you can truly unplug and recharge
- 13 paid company holidays
- Remote-first culture with a company-provided computer and home office setup
- Competitive salary and equity
- 401(k) with company matching, eligible from day one
Visa Support
Equal Opportunity Employer. If you're excited about the role but don't meet every bullet, we'd still love to hear from you.
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What Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in remote principal security architect jobs.
- Ten or more years of information security experience with at least five in architecture roles
- CISSP, CISM, or equivalent professional security certification required or strongly preferred
- Deep expertise in cloud security architecture across AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform
- Experience designing zero-trust network architectures and identity and access management frameworks
- Demonstrated ability to develop enterprise security reference architectures and threat models
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, information security, or a related technical field
Tips for Your Remote Principal Security Architect Job Search
Apply early to remote roles that fit
Migrate Mate lists remote principal security architect openings from across the U.S. in one place, so you can find roles that match your background and apply directly. Remote postings at senior levels fill fast, so applying early improves your chances.
Document your async security leadership style
Remote employers screen for candidates who communicate security decisions clearly in writing. Build a concise portfolio of architecture decision records, threat model writeups, or security design reviews you can share during the process to show you operate well without in-person collaboration.
Target remote-first companies with distributed engineering teams
Remote principal security architect roles concentrate at companies where the entire engineering org is distributed, not just a few remote exceptions. Focus your search on remote-first software, fintech, and cloud infrastructure companies, where security leadership working remotely is the norm rather than an accommodation.
Prepare for async-heavy remote interviews
Many remote-first companies use written take-home exercises, async Loom-style presentations, or multi-day architecture review panels instead of a single live interview. Practice articulating security tradeoffs and architectural decisions in long-form writing and recorded walkthroughs before you get to that stage.
Remote Principal Security Architect Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get a remote principal security architect job?
Remote principal security architect roles go to candidates who can demonstrate self-directed security leadership and strong async written communication, since distributed teams rely heavily on documentation, written design reviews, and clear remote decision-making. Cloud security expertise, zero-trust architecture experience, and familiarity with security frameworks like NIST and SOC 2 carry the most weight. A portfolio of architecture decisions, threat models, or published security runbooks gives you a concrete edge over candidates who only have titles on a resume.
Which companies hire remote principal security architects?
Employers currently hiring remote principal security architects include ServiceNow, Danaher, and Masimo, per current remote listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. Remote-first software companies, cloud-native enterprises, and distributed financial technology firms make up the largest share of these openings, often because their infrastructure is already cloud-based and security leadership can operate effectively without being on-site.
Can you get a remote principal security architect job with no experience?
Yes, but remote principal-level roles are harder to land without experience because distributed teams expect you to operate independently from day one with minimal oversight. Entry paths that work include contributing to open-source security projects, earning cloud security certifications like CISSP or AWS Security Specialty, and building a visible body of work such as published threat models or architecture writeups. Smaller remote-first startups are more open to candidates who show strong fundamentals and initiative over years of direct title experience.
Do you need a degree for remote principal security architect jobs?
Not always. Many remote employers weigh demonstrated security architecture skills, hands-on cloud and infrastructure experience, and recognized certifications like CISSP, CISM, or CCSP more heavily than a specific degree. A strong portfolio showing real security decisions, documented architecture patterns, and measurable outcomes from past roles often carries more weight than academic credentials alone, particularly at remote-first companies that evaluate candidates on output rather than credentials.
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