Dynamic Creatures | Cambridge, MA
Dynamic Creatures is hiring a hands-on security engineer to help protect our software and connected products. You’ll shape how our robots connect securely to networks, the internet, and the services around them.
We’re looking for someone who has personally secured an IoT product and its SDKs. Your background could be in connected cameras, smart-home devices, consumer electronics, industrial IoT, or robotics.
What you’ll doOwn product security across embedded software, SDKs, APIs, and device-to-cloud communications.
Design and implement secure authentication, authorization, encryption, and credential management.
Review software and system architecture, identify vulnerabilities, and work with engineers to resolve them.
Secure device provisioning, software updates, and third-party dependencies.
Build practical security checks into development and release processes.
Help investigate and respond to product security issues.
Experience securing internet-connected physical products through development, launch, and operation.
Direct experience securing SDKs, including how developers authenticate, manage credentials, and access product capabilities.
Strong knowledge of networking, internet protocols, and secure communications.
Experience with embedded or firmware security and the cloud services supporting connected devices.
The ability to review code, implement protections, and explain security decisions clearly.
A practical approach to balancing security, reliability, and product usability.
Robotics experience is welcome, but it isn’t required. We’re most interested in what you’ve personally built, secured, tested, and improved.
This role is based in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Skills Required
- Experience securing internet-connected physical products through development, launch, and operation
- Direct experience securing SDKs, including developer authentication, credential management, and product capability access
- Strong knowledge of networking, internet protocols, and secure communications
- Experience with embedded or firmware security and cloud services supporting connected devices
- Ability to review code and implement security protections
- Ability to clearly explain security decisions
- Practical approach to balancing security, reliability, and product usability
- Robotics experience
What We Do
Dynamic Creatures designs and builds mobile, interactive character robots for entertainment and hospitality venues and brands. Its robots are intended to move through guest environments, perceive the context of interactions, and respond in real time. The company combines established robotics platforms with original, custom-designed characters, and develops its SnowJay robotics-AI platform to coordinate movement, perception, and behavior for engaging, guest-facing experiences.
