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Prefect
About Prefect
Prefect makes automation infrastructure for engineers, from mission-critical data pipelines to fleets of AI agents; its ecosystem now covers the Dagster data platform, the Prefect agent platform and the FastMCP open source framework for MCP servers. Its operations team is hiring a Security & IT Operations Engineer, one of five postings on the board. The job is remote.
From its own postings
, CyberJobs.cc shows 1 security opening at Prefect.
Prefect security openings
Read 13 Nov 2026, 04:08 UTCComparable openings elsewhere
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- $149,000–$219,000/yr
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Working at Prefect
Jeremiah Lowin founded Prefect in 2018 in Washington, D.C. In 2026 it acquired Dagster Labs, a competitor of eight years, and kept both products running. Its security postings state Stated per posting (from its own postings).
1 security role open at the last read1 open role at Prefect, confirmed on its careers system 13 Nov 2026.
Salaried operations-team role, fully remote.
This is a remote position with no office or country named.
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- The salary note here is from its own postings rather than read from current postings, so use it as a guide, not as an offer.
Salaries at Prefect
From its own postings · as of 2026-11-11Recorded salary note, from its own postings, dated 2026-11-11
Prefect's range for the role runs $149,000-$219,000 per year (12 Nov 2026).
1 of its 1 open roles give a salary, not enough to call any figure typical of Prefect, so the note above stands. By specialty:
| Kind of work | Open roles | Rates stated | Highest rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Security Engineering | 1 | $149k–$219k/yr1 rate | $219k/yr |
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Prefect: common questions
What salary does Prefect offer security staff?
Stated per posting. Prefect's range for the role runs $149,000-$219,000 per year (12 Nov 2026).
What sort of company is Prefect?
Jeremiah Lowin founded Prefect in 2018 in Washington, D.C. In 2026 it acquired Dagster Labs, a competitor of eight years, and kept both products running.
What is it like to work in security at Prefect?
Its security postings state Stated per posting (from its own postings). As a cloud and data company, its security work runs at infrastructure scale, with heavy cloud and identity focus.
What kind of employment are Prefect's security roles?
Salaried operations-team role, fully remote.
Where are Prefect's security jobs based?
This is a remote position with no office or country named.
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