Staff Product Security Engineer (Fintech)

TL;DR

Staff Product Security Engineer (Fintech): Designing and building security controls and infrastructure to protect a global financial platform with an accent on threat detection, incident response, and secure software delivery. Focus on operationalizing detection strategies, mitigating cybersecurity threats, and embedding security into the CI/CD pipeline.

Location: Must be based in San Francisco, Sydney, or Melbourne

Company

Unified payments and financial platform for global businesses.

What you will do

• Create and build security controls that strengthen the ability to scale securely.
• Design and deliver security improvements across applications, software, and services.
• Develop and operationalize detection strategies and response workflows for incident response.
• Leverage cloud and network telemetry to identify, investigate, and mitigate threats.
• Design, implement, and maintain cybersecurity infrastructure to improve overall resilience.
• Partner with engineering teams to embed security into new and existing applications and drive continuous improvement.

Requirements

• 8+ years of experience in security engineering or incident response within a tech company.
• In-depth expertise with at least one major cloud platform.
• Strong knowledge of common software development tools and CI/CD tooling and pipelines.
• Comprehensive understanding of common attacker tools and techniques and how to prevent them.
• Strong communication skills to explain technical security concepts to non-technical audiences.

Nice to have

• Bachelor’s degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, or a similar field.
• Recognized certifications such as OSCP, GIAC, or CEH.
• Experience with Splunk, Kubernetes, GCP, or Alibaba Cloud.
• Proficiency in Python, Java, or Kotlin.

Culture & Benefits

• Founder-like energy with a focus on real impact, accelerated learning, and true ownership.
• Environment that values fast movement, good judgment, and first-principles decision making.
• Collaborative culture that leverages AI to solve complex, high-visibility problems.
• Equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and merit-based hiring.