Security Engineer (Insider Risk)

TL;DR

Security Engineer (Insider Risk) (Cybersecurity): Protecting a global payments ecosystem from insider and fraud threats with an accent on behavioral analytics, anomaly detection, and automated response mechanisms. Focus on uncovering complex fraud tactics, implementing DLP controls, and mentoring team members on threat detection strategies.

Location: Shanghai

Company

Airwallex is a unified payments and financial platform for global businesses, empowering over 250,000 companies worldwide.

What you will do

• Design and maintain advanced detection rules for insider and fraud risk using behavioral analytics and anomaly detection.
• Analyze user, system, and financial data to uncover complex fraud tactics and abuse by privileged users.
• Lead the creation of high-efficacy detection signatures across SIEM, EDR, and DLP platforms.
• Coordinate incident response and digital forensics efforts to mitigate account misuse and social engineering.
• Collaborate with fraud analysts, KYC operations, and compliance teams to optimize high-risk workflows.
• Mentor peers on fraud taxonomy and the insider threat lifecycle.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Security, or a relevant field.
• 3+ years of experience in security or detection engineering focused on insider threat or fraud risk.
• Proven experience operating SIEM, EDR, DLP, and user behavior analytics (UBA) platforms.
• Expertise in designing DLP controls and correlating exfiltration techniques.
• Knowledge of cloud-native architectures and their impact on identity and access monitoring.
• Experience with incident response and digital forensics.

Nice to have

• Experience in Fintech, payment, or regulated environments.
• Strong background in transaction analysis and linking forensic evidence to business impact.
• Understanding of regulatory requirements and incident disclosure for financial institutions.

Culture & Benefits

• High-calibre, proactive team environment.
• Opportunity to work on ambitious, high-visibility problems in a $11B valued company.
• Values founder-like energy, ownership, and accelerated learning.
• Emphasis on using AI to solve problems faster.
• Equal opportunity employer focusing on merit and diversity.