Principal Security Engineer

What you'll do

• Set software security technical strategy and lead development of high-leverage security solutions across business units.
• Guide security architecture, Secure SDLC practices, and threat modeling for critical systems; drive security engineering excellence and resilience.
• Lead high-priority security initiatives, make technical decisions, and mentor engineers.

What they ask for

• 10+ years developing and shipping production software and critical services, including at least 5 years establishing and scaling security practices in a large, modern technology environment.
• Track record of technical leadership and decision-making at Principal or equivalent level.
• Deep understanding of security vulnerabilities, risks, countermeasures, and compensating controls, particularly in high-volume, real-time transaction processing.
• Ability to write production-quality code/script for security automation and tooling.

Nice to have

• Experience leading technical initiatives across multiple teams, organizations, and products.
• Experience in financial technology, payments, or cryptocurrency/bitcoin; or improving security standards and building scalable security systems.

Pay

$319,000 — $478,600 USD (Zone A; base salary); $319,000 — $478,600 USD (Zone B; base salary); $319,000 — $478,600 USD (Zone C; base salary); $319,000 — $478,600 USD (Zone D; base salary)

AI focus

No AI work specified for the role; the posting states that automated AI tools may be used to evaluate job applications.