Senior Security Engineer, Hardware Detection
Tools for Humanity is a technology company building products for humans in the age of AI.
Maintainer signals as of 9/2/2026
About Tools for Humanity
Tools for Humanity develops hardware, software, and services connected to World, described as an open-source real-human network. Its products include the Orb for privacy-focused proof-of-human verification, World App for World ID access, digital asset management, wallet functionality, transactions, and Mini Apps, and World Spaces for verification, community programming, and events. The company serves end users and organizations seeking to integrate World infrastructure into their projects.
Skills
Candidate Availability
Required and preferred rules are kept separate and reflect the wording in the original posting.
About the Role
The role focuses on cloud security detection and response, tamper protection for Linux hardware, embedded firmware and hardware security, cryptography, PKI, automated response tooling, and incident handling for the World ID service and Orb infrastructure.
Requirements
- 5-8 years of experience designing and delivering security or tamper protection/detection for Linux-based hardware devices
- Experience with simple electronics design and embedded programming
- Knowledge of cryptographic primitives and public key infrastructure
- Willingness to participate in an on-call rotation and learn incident handling, or relevant experience
- Strong critical thinking, communication, and leadership skills
- Experience working cross-functionally to negotiate and reach consensus security solutions
- Comfort working in a fast-paced, collaborative environment
- Ability to read and understand hardware designs from CAD, schematics, and layouts
- Understanding of TPM, secure elements, secure boot, and hardware attacks
Responsibilities
- Detect and respond to intrusion activity against cloud-deployed APIs
- Analyze logs and security events from AWS and other cloud services
- Design and implement tamper detection for Linux-based hardware devices
- Develop and maintain detection rules and automated response playbooks
- Perform incident handling and participate in an on-call rotation
- Review embedded firmware and hardware schematics for security issues
- Integrate cryptographic protections and PKI into systems
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to improve security and privacy
Benefits
- Long-term incentive package
- Healthcare
- Dental
- Vision
- 401(k) plan and match
- Life insurance
- Flexible time off
- Commuter benefits
- Professional development stipend
