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Cloud Security Lead
Replit INC · 🇺🇸 Foster City, CA
Sponsorship verdict
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One solid signal, not two — worth applying, and worth asking about sponsorship early.
- Employer is on a government sponsor recordThe US Department of Labor certified 26 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. USCIS also records 1 H-1B approvals in FY2023. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
- The posting doesn’t mention sponsorshipSilence isn’t a refusal — ask the recruiter before investing much time.
- No salary bar for this routeH-1B has no fixed salary bar: the employer must pay at least the prevailing wage for the role and area. Cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level. Source: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/29/2025-23853/weighted-selection-process-for-registrants-and-petitioners-seeking-to-file-cap-subject-h-1b, rules effective 2026-02-27.
- What Replit INC paid sponsored hires in similar roles2 certified filings for “Staff Cloud Security Engineer” (Information Security Analysts) in CA: $250k–$253k, median $251k. Most were filed at wage level II (50%) — 2 lottery entries, ≈31% projected selection odds for cap-subject employers. Source: US Department of Labor LCA disclosure data (Oct 2025 – Jun 2026).
- Confirmed live todayWhen a source last listed this job as open.
US H-1B: cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level — Level I gets 1 entry, Level IV gets 4 (DHS projected selection odds ≈15% at Level I to ≈61% at Level IV). Universities and non-profit research employers are cap-exempt. The $100,000 fee for new petitions from abroad is currently blocked by a court order (appeal pending).
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The US Department of Labor certified 26 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. USCIS also records 1 H-1B approvals in FY2023. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
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About the role
Replit is the agentic software creation platform that enables anyone to build applications using natural language. With millions of users worldwide, Replit is democratizing software development by removing traditional barriers to application creation. Join us at the forefront of AI and cloud-native security as we work to secure one of the most innovative developer platforms in the world. As the Cloud Security Lead, you will shape the cloud and infrastructure security program that protects millions of developers, enables safe AI-assisted development, and ensures organizations can confidently bring our platform into enterprise environments. In this role, you will own cloud security across GCP (primary) and supplemental environments in AWS and Azure, as well as containerized systems, SaaS platforms, and our multi-tenant AI infrastructure. You’ll improve our security posture through strong architecture, posture management, secure-by-default development practices, and close partnership with Engineering, Compliance, Security Architecture, and Platform teams. This is a highly impactful, hands-on leadership role—perfect for someone who wants to solve complex security challenges at scale while influencing product, engineering, and go-to-market teams. WHAT YOU’LL DO: CLOUD SECURITY ENGINEERING - Lead configuration hardening across GCP, with additional oversight of workloads and integrations running in AWS and Azure. - Own and optimize CSPM platforms across multi-cloud environments—establishing configuration baselines, guardrails, and remediation workflows. - Secure critical SaaS platforms, ensuring proper configurations, access controls, and engineering integrations. - Lead infrastructure vulnerability management across multi-cloud systems, containers, registries, and platform services. - Enhance security across containerized and Kubernetes (GKE/EKS/AKS) workloads, including runtime protections, network policies, and workload identity. - Assess secure logging configurations across cloud/SaaS providers, ensuring audit logs, retention, and routing meet monitoring and architecture needs. SECURE DEVELOPMENT & ARCHITECTURE ENABLEMENT - Partner with engineering teams to make services secure by default, embedding security into development workflows, CI/CD pipelines, and cloud-native deployments. CROSS-FUNCTIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES - Collaborate with Security Monitoring, Compliance/GRC, Architecture, DevOps, Platform Engineering, and ML Infrastructure. - Participate in communicating security advisories, best practices, and updates to Replit’s customers. - Support incident investigations as a cloud security subject-matter expert. REQUIRED SKILLS & EXPERIENCE: - 7+ years of experience in cloud engineering, with 3+ years in a senior or lead role. - Hands-on experience with CSPM tools (Wiz, Lacework, Prisma, Orca, SCC, etc.). - Deep expertise in GCP security (IAM, VPC, KMS, GKE, Cloud Logging). - Experience securing and governing SaaS platforms and identity integrations. - Operational experience with infrastructure vulnerability management across cloud and container environments. - Working knowledge of AWS and/or Azure security services and configurations. - Experience with container and Kubernetes security across GKE, EKS, or AKS. - Strong IaC security experience with Terraform, Pulumi, or similar tooling. - Familiarity with compliance standards (SOC 2, ISO 27001, PCI DSS). PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS: - Experience supporting engineering teams in building secure-first, cloud-native or PaaS environments. - Background securing AI/ML pipelines, model-serving infrastructure, or developer platform services. - Experience in high-growth technology or cloud-native product companies. - Exp