Security Engineer | Generalist (Fintech)

Location: Hybrid in London, Mexico City, Krakow, or New York; 3–4 days per week in-office

Company

hirify.global is building a fintech app for the Latin American market.

What you will do

• Build and improve SIEM detection rules, alert pipelines, and automated response playbooks using Datadog SIEM, CrowdStrike, and Cloudflare.
• Improve incident response readiness through playbooks, tabletop exercises, and forensic procedures.
• Support DLP strategy and data protection controls across Google Workspace, Slack, and internal tooling.
• Assess and secure AWS and Kubernetes environments, including cloud infrastructure security.
• Drive application security initiatives including threat modelling, secure code review support, API testing, and security pipeline improvements.
• Assess AI/agentic workflows and establish vendor security assessment and third-party due diligence processes.

Requirements

• 4–7 years of cybersecurity experience, ideally having built or significantly shaped security at a startup or high-growth company.
• At least 2 years of experience at a regulated fintech, bank, or payment company.
• Hands-on cloud infrastructure security experience with AWS and Kubernetes.
• Working knowledge of SIEM platforms and detection engineering, including writing detection rules.
• Experience with threat modelling, secure code review, CI/CD pipeline hardening, and API security testing.
• Experience with endpoint security tooling, EDR/XDR, and identity and access management in SaaS-heavy environments, including Google Workspace, Okta or Cloudflare Access, SSO, and SCIM.
• Ability to assess and secure AI/agentic tooling, including LLM integrations, MCP servers, automated workflows, practical guardrails, and data exposure risks.
• Experience running or contributing to vendor security assessments and third-party due diligence.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Business-fluent English required.

Culture & Benefits

• Competitive salary and benefits.
• Stock options and a discretionary performance bonus.
• Access to the latest tools and technology.
• Opportunity to work with a team focused on building a fintech app for Latin America.
• Hybrid office policy requiring 3–4 days per week in-office.