Overview
Senior Security Engineer Jobs in San Francisco – California – USA at Highnote
Title: Senior Security Engineer
Company: Highnote
Location: San Francisco – California – USA
Type: Remote/Work from Home
Category: IT/Tech, Security
About Highnote
Founded in 2020 by a team of leaders from Braintree, Pay Pal, and Lending Club, Highnote is an all in one card issuer processor and program management platform. We give digital-first organizations the
flexibility
to easily issue and process payment cards that accelerate business growth and profitability.
Weve raised $104M+ and grown our team to 100+ employees. Headquartered in San Francisco, weve managed to build one of the most advanced payments teams in the industry, with team members in 22+ US states.
Operating through our core values of customer obsession, executional excellence, intentional
inclusion
, were helping businesses grow for the future by creating the payment products demanded by tomorrow, with the ability to solve for use cases that dont exist yet.
We are fast-moving,
hands-on
, and strongly believe everyone deserves a seat at the table. We believe were unlocking incredible opportunities that can change the future of payments, as long as we have the right people to make it happen.
Job Description
We are looking for a Senior Security Engineer to lead the overall security efforts is an opportunity to take all your prior security experience and learnings, work with
engineering leadership
and various teams to improve security, and most importantly, be an evangelist for security across the company. Ideal candidates should have similar experience with early-stage companies.
What youll be doing
Refine and execute the overall security strategy
Drive to and maintain security policies and processes
Own various compliance programs such as PCI-DSS, SOC1/2, and GDPROwn and drive application and web security initiatives, ensuring industry best practices
Serve as a security consultant in design discussions and reviews
Drive secure coding and SDLC initiatives
Manage penetration testing efforts and bug bounty programs
Evaluate various technologies for improving security defenses and monitoring
Integrate security controls across cloud-native and third-party tools
Own infrastructure and vendor security audits
Work with the infrastructure team on securing GCP, AWS, and On-Premise Colos Implementing security best practices across Kubernetes and Istio Own security incident response and related systems
What we are looking for7+ years of experience in information security space
Experience in leading the overall security efforts
Experience with
one or more scripting/programming languages
Experience with
cloud platforms, such as GCP or AWS Knowledge of cryptography, PKI, TLS, etc Familiarity with static and
dynamic
code analysis tools
Experience with
APIsAbility to work autonomously in a
fast-paced
and cross-functional environment
Bonus skills
Experience in the financial payments technology space
Experience with
Spring Boot, Kubernetes and Istio
Experience with
big data technologies, such as Big Query
Why Highnote?
Were a startup that allows for our employees to truly build from the ground up and impact every layer of our organization.
Were a team of payments obsessed individuals. While some of us come from the fintech world…