Senior Security Engineer

About the Role

Join a growing AI-focused fintech company as a hands-on Senior Security Engineer, owning and advancing application security in a regulated banking environment. This individual contributor role combines deep technical work with opportunities to grow into technical leadership.
What Youll Do

Build and mature application security tooling, processes, and secure software development practices that fit naturally into engineering workflows.

Partner with engineering teams to secure AI agent workflows, protect data privacy, and address AI-specific vulnerabilities.

Automate detection and vulnerability management processes to reduce manual security work.

Lead incident response and turn incidents into lasting improvements to systems and processes.

Support compliance and customer trust work, including SOC 2, ISO 27001, and bank security requirements.

What Were Looking For

Four to eight years of application security experience, including hands-on product security work such as secure code reviews, threat modeling, penetration testing, or security tooling.

A bachelors degree in a technical field and strong software engineering fundamentals.

A current individual contributor who enjoys hands-on technical work and has primarily focused on application or product security, rather than GRC, IT, network security, or detection operations.

Experience working in a fast-growing startup or hypergrowth environment; fintech or regulated B2B SaaS experience is valuable.

Familiarity with TypeScript or JavaScript, AWS or GCP, DevSecOps, secure SDLC practices, IAM, and AI or LLM security.

Cloud security fundamentals; experience with SOC 2, ISO 27001, or building a security program is a plus.

Compensation & Benefits

Base salary: $190,000 to $250,000 annually. Visa sponsorship is available.
Location

On-site in San Francisco, California.