The role involves designing and implementing a security roadmap from initial principles through to production environments. The individual will identify and address critical security risks while balancing speed with technical rigor. Responsibilities include leading threat modeling and hardening efforts for money movement systems in collaboration with internal teams. The position requires building essential security capabilities such as monitoring, secrets management, incident response, and access controls. Additionally, the role entails reinforcing engineering best practices and ensuring compliance with audit expectations as the organization scales.

The role requires at least eight years of experience in security engineering, preferably within fast-paced startup environments. Candidates must demonstrate the ability to build and scale security programs from the ground up. Proficiency in writing and debugging backend application code is necessary for the position. Strong communication skills are required to interact effectively with both technical and non-technical partners.