Senior Staff Security Engineer (FinTech)

Location: Hybrid work with in-office collaboration expected 10+ days per month; the salary range applies to positions based in New York.

Salary: $224,000–$300,000 USD annual base salary for positions based in New York, excluding equity, bonuses, and commissions.

Company

hirify.global builds crypto-based financial solutions for institutions, businesses, governments, and developers to improve the global financial system.

What you will do

• Own the security posture of hirify.global Treasury products and infrastructure from assessment through remediation and continuous improvement.
• Lead threat modeling, security architecture reviews, and senior-level architecture decisions across Treasury offerings.
• Define secure SDLC guardrails, CI/CD integrations, developer guidance, and automated security controls.
• Drive Azure and AWS security architecture, including IAM, network segmentation, encryption, zero-trust controls, Kubernetes policies, DDoS protection, and WAF strategy.
• Manage vulnerability discovery and remediation through assessments, penetration testing, bug bounty programs, and developer self-service.
• Build the Security Champions program and mentor Security Engineers across Treasury Engineering.

Requirements

• 10+ years of Security Engineering experience across Product Security and Infrastructure Security.
• Expertise in threat modeling, security architecture, OWASP Top 10, API security, authentication, authorization, and secure SDLC practices.
• Deep cloud security experience with Azure, AWS, and/or GCP, including IAM, network security, secrets management, containers, Kubernetes, and infrastructure as code.
• Hands-on experience with DevSecOps tooling, static and dynamic analysis, software composition analysis, secrets and container scanning, and CI/CD security integration.
• Strong software engineering skills in Python, Go, or an equivalent language for building security tooling and automating controls.
• Experience with cryptography and key management, including HSMs, MPC, PKI, and key rotation.

Nice to have

• Background in FinTech, crypto, blockchain, or other high-stakes financial environments.
• Experience with security architecture or security engineering leadership.

Culture & Benefits

• In-office collaboration, with managers and teams deciding which 10+ days per month require office attendance.
• Professional development budget and access to learning opportunities.
• Competitive salary, bonuses, equity, healthcare, retirement, family support, and mobile phone stipend.
• R&R days, flexible vacation, wellness reimbursement, parental leave, and family planning benefits.
• Team offsites, bonding activities, catered lunches, stocked kitchens, and regular company-wide meetings.