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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Senior Security Engineer - **Company:** Ripple - **Location:** New York, NY, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $160,000.0 - $200,000.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Artificial Intelligence, Python (Programming Language), Phishing, Cyber Threat Analysis, Spoofing, Cybercrime, Ripple (payment Protocol) - **Published:** May 27, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=3b3afa1555e2b0a9 ## About the Role Do you have experience in Vendor communication?, * 5+ years of experience working within a security, abuse prevention, or threat detection domain, ideally with exposure to large-scale platforms, FinTech, or crypto environments. * Proficiency in Python, Go, or similar languages for building automation and detection systems. * Experience investigating cyber threats, phishing, impersonation, or abuse at scale - ideally in FinTech, crypto, or social platforms. * Ability to analyze attack trends, extract insights, and drive detection improvements through data. * Familiarity with abuse reporting and enforcement APIs (e.g., threat intelligence feeds, social platforms, domain registrars). * Strong communication skills and an ability to tailor them to various technical/non-technical audiences. * Passion for stopping bad actors and building trust in crypto ecosystems. * Above all, a teammate that can handle ambitious situations, a rapidly maturing security culture, and an eagerness to mentor less expert engineers ## Description As a Senior Security Engineer focusing on anti-abuse and threat intelligence, you will lead the design and development of systems and automation to detect, mitigate, and prevent threats targeting Ripple's staff, products, and users. This includes identifying and advising on Advanced Persistent Threats (APTs) targeting the crypto ecosystem, phishing campaigns, impersonation attempts, and social engineering campaigns across web, mobile, and social platforms. You will collaborate closely with Legal, Communications, Brand Security, and third-party vendors to build a scalable and proactive threat intelligence capability., * Operationalize threat intelligence: Develop systems to detect and disseminate intelligence on threats impacting Ripple and Ripple customers. * Automate intelligence sharing: Build tooling, workflows and AI agents to streamline the integration and interpretation of intelligence across Ripple orgs. * Analyze attack patterns: Investigate attacker infrastructure and threat trends to advise proactive defenses. * Develop internal visibility tools: Create dashboards and alerts to supervise threat detection and public awareness on emerging threats. * Assist with incident response: Assist in investigations for sophisticated abuse cases and help implement long-term preventative measures. * Guide strategy: Advise on threat intelligence standard methodologies, tooling decisions, and vendor integrations to improve Ripple's external security posture., * The opportunity to build in a fast-paced start-up environment with experienced industry leaders * A learning environment where you can dive deep into the latest technologies and make an impact. A professional development budget to support other modes of learning. * Thrive in an environment where no matter what race, ethnicity, gender, origin, or culture they identify with, every employee is a respected, valued, and empowered part of the team. * In-office collaboration for moments that matter is important to our culture, and we give managers and teams the flexibility to decide which 10+ days a month they come in. * Bi-weekly all-company meeting - business updates and ask me anything style discussion with our Leadership Team * We come together for moments that matter which include team offsites, team bonding activities, happy hours and more! ## Related Videos - [The Developer Handbook: How to Build on the Blockchain](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/223-the-developer-handbook-how-to-build-on-the-blockchain) - [Fighting the Next Wave of Cybercrime](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100331-fighting-the-next-wave-of-cybercrime) - [Turning Container security up to 11 with Capabilities](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/718-turning-container-security-up-to-11-with-capabilities) - [Passkeys: Truly Phishing-Resistant? 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