Senior Security Engineer
JanuaryDebt Resolution company
New York, United StatesSenior
IA Ventures
Brewer Lane Ventures
Third Prime
Reciprocal Ventures
Upper90
Shrug Capital
Software Engineering
About the role
TL;DR
Set a new standard for security in consumer finance by architecting dual trust and scaling compliance.
- •Join January to set a new standard for security in consumer finance.
- •You'll architect dual trust, securing both consumer-facing experiences and enterprise systems.
- •Key Responsibilities Embed security as a competitive advantage.
- •Drive security-by-design across product and application development.
- •Architect systems for bank-grade data protection.
- •Cultivate a security-first engineering culture.
- •Scale compliance with minimal overhead.
- •Requirements 6+ years in cybersecurity, 3+ years in application/data security or security engineering.
- •Hands-on building application-level security controls in cloud environments (AWS, Terraform, Snowflake).
- •Track record implementing security that accelerates velocity, not blocks it.
- •Technical depth: secure coding (Python, JavaScript), infrastructure-as-code, CI/CD security.
- •Influences through partnership, decides rapidly despite uncertainty.
- •Translates technical trade-offs into business language.
- •Proficiency in common scripting and programming languages, such as Python, JavaScript, and Bash, is strongly preferred.
- •Experience with compliance frameworks (SOC 2, PCI-DSS, bank security standards) preferred.
Required skills
AWSPythonJavaScriptBashSOC 2
Nice-to-have skills
TerraformSnowflake
Domain expertise
fintech
Tech stack
AWSTerraformSnowflakePythonJavaScriptBashSOC 2