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# Senior Security Engineer

- **Company:** Finix Payments, Inc.
- **Location:** San Francisco, CA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $180,000.0 - $240,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), Artificial Intelligence, Amazon Web Services, Cloud Engineering, Cyber Security, Continuous Integration, Identity and Access Management, Key Management, PCI Data Security Standards, Software Vulnerability Management, Data Processing, Okta, Sonatype Nexus, Terraform, Vulnerability Analysis
- **Published:** October 22, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=821f843a159506f2

## About the Role

* 5+ years in security engineering, preferably in cloud-native fintech or payments
 * Development experience in Java
 * Strong AWS experience, including security services and infrastructure
 * Hands-on vulnerability remediation experience
 * Incident response experience
 * Clear written and verbal communication, including presenting findings and recommendations to technical and non-technical audiences
 * Working knowledge of PCI DSS and other regulatory frameworks
 * Cryptography and key management experience, * AWS Security Specialty, CISSP, or similar certification
 * Bug bounty and hands-on pentest experience
 * CI/CD pipeline experience
 * Infrastructure as code experience (Terraform)
 * Experience with IAM and identity providers such as Okta
 * Experience with CrowdStrike, Palo Alto Prisma Access, or Sonatype Nexus

## Description

The Engineering organization at Finix owns the delivery and stability of our product end-to-end. As a Security Engineer, you will be responsible for the secure design, implementation, and operation of Finix's cloud and corporate environments. You will work closely with Engineering, Information Security, Compliance, and IT.
This is an in-office position based in our San Francisco office., * Partner with Engineering on secure design and implementation of new features

 * Secure our AWS infrastructure and workstations, and lead security incident response
 * Coordinate pentests, vulnerability scanning, and the bug bounty program: triage findings, lead fixes, and drive remediation with engineering
 * Secure our CI/CD pipelines and software supply chain
 * Own PCI architecture with engineering, including scoping, data handling, and secure SDLC
 * Support HSM operations, key exchanges, and key injections
 * Build and maintain controls for PCI DSS, SOC 2, and other regulations
 * Support audit fieldwork and customer security questionnaires
 * Secure internal AI tooling and set guardrails for AI use across the company