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Upwind Security builds a cloud-native security platform that observes Kubernetes, container runtime, and infrastructure behavior to detect misconfigurations and cloud risks. The tech stack—eBPF, Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform, plus observability tools like Grafana and Elasticsearch—reflects a deep runtime instrumentation approach. Sales-heavy hiring (38 roles) combined with active projects around enterprise logos and autonomous security operations signals aggressive enterprise GTM motion, while internal pain points around enterprise deal closure and customer churn suggest scaling friction typical of security startups moving upmarket.
Tech Stack 71 technologies
Core StackKubernetes AWS Docker Terraform Helm Go Java Linux Salesforce MySQL Grafana Neo4j Elasticsearch Redis TimescaleDB RabbitMQ React TypeScript Python Jenkins GitHub Actions eBPF GCP Azure containerd SQLite Excel Google Sheets OpenSearch WebGL+41 more
What Upwind Security Is Building
◆Challenges
- Misconfigurations
- Troubleshooting complex technical issues
- Inefficient cloud security management
- Closing enterprise deals
- Customer churn
- Protecting customer infrastructure
- Expand into enterprise market
- Mitigating cloud security risks
- Malware defense
- Inefficient risk prioritization
▲Active Projects
- Internal ai platform
- Client integration and implementation
- Technical deployment of the upwind platform
- New enterprise logos acquisition
- Contract negotiations
- Write public-facing terraform and cloudformation for aws, gcp and azure
- Partner-led sales initiatives
- Autonomous security operations
- Sdr dashboards
- Next-generation security modules from runtime data
Hiring Activity
110 roles · 60 in 30d
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