19d 20h ago
Principal Security Engineer
MLabs·Financial Services
📡Remote In-Country
|United States of America$160k - $240k USD/yr
distributed_systems
Principal Security Engineer
MLabs | Financial Services
2 weeks agoRemote In-Country
Full Time
United States of America
$160k - $240k USD/yr
Position:
Principal Security Engineer
Company:
MLabs
Compensation:
$160K - $240K
Location:
Remote - US or EU
Employment type:
Full-time
Short Summary:
Our client operates a core banking platform for digital assets, securing over €100B in assets and powering operations for over 400 global institutions. They seek a Principal Security Engineer to lead product security, embedding security into system architecture.
Responsibilities:
- Lead product security architecture, embedding security principles into design and development.
- Analyze and secure key management systems and transaction pipelines.
- Perform system-level threat modeling for new features and integrations.
- Design and evaluate security-sensitive components, including authentication protocols.
- Define and maintain multi-layered security controls across application and infrastructure.
- Own software supply-chain security, from CI pipelines to developer environments.
- Investigate emerging security risks related to blockchain and cryptographic techniques.
- Support compliance frameworks like SOC 2 and ISO 27001.
- Provide guidance to engineering teams and support incident response.
- Participate in security architecture reviews with banking partners and auditors.
- Contribute to technical research and industry presentations.
Requirement:
- 10+ years in security engineering or architecture roles.
- Experience securing financial infrastructure or blockchain platforms.
- Deep understanding of cryptographic protocols and key management.
- Extensive experience in threat modeling and architecture reviews.
- Solid knowledge of distributed systems and cloud platforms (primarily AWS).
- Hands-on experience with software supply-chain defenses.
- Familiarity with audit cycles for SOC 2, ISO 27001, and NIST frameworks.
- Professional familiarity with backend languages like Rust or TypeScript.
- Exceptional communication skills for complex security concepts.
Benefits:
- Competitive executive-level compensation package.
- Flexible, remote-first work environment.
- Comprehensive health, wellness, and benefits coverage.
- Generous paid time off (PTO) and personal leave policy.
- Professional development budget for research and certifications.
- Exposure to cutting-edge cryptographic engineering with leading financial institutions.
Principal Security Engineer
Company:
MLabs
Compensation:
$160K - $240K
Location:
Remote - US or EU
Employment type:
Full-time
Short Summary:
Our client operates a core banking platform for digital assets, securing over €100B in assets and powering operations for over 400 global institutions. They seek a Principal Security Engineer to lead product security, embedding security into system architecture.
Responsibilities:
- Lead product security architecture, embedding security principles into design and development.
- Analyze and secure key management systems and transaction pipelines.
- Perform system-level threat modeling for new features and integrations.
- Design and evaluate security-sensitive components, including authentication protocols.
- Define and maintain multi-layered security controls across application and infrastructure.
- Own software supply-chain security, from CI pipelines to developer environments.
- Investigate emerging security risks related to blockchain and cryptographic techniques.
- Support compliance frameworks like SOC 2 and ISO 27001.
- Provide guidance to engineering teams and support incident response.
- Participate in security architecture reviews with banking partners and auditors.
- Contribute to technical research and industry presentations.
Requirement:
- 10+ years in security engineering or architecture roles.
- Experience securing financial infrastructure or blockchain platforms.
- Deep understanding of cryptographic protocols and key management.
- Extensive experience in threat modeling and architecture reviews.
- Solid knowledge of distributed systems and cloud platforms (primarily AWS).
- Hands-on experience with software supply-chain defenses.
- Familiarity with audit cycles for SOC 2, ISO 27001, and NIST frameworks.
- Professional familiarity with backend languages like Rust or TypeScript.
- Exceptional communication skills for complex security concepts.
Benefits:
- Competitive executive-level compensation package.
- Flexible, remote-first work environment.
- Comprehensive health, wellness, and benefits coverage.
- Generous paid time off (PTO) and personal leave policy.
- Professional development budget for research and certifications.
- Exposure to cutting-edge cryptographic engineering with leading financial institutions.
Required Skills
distributed_systems
Required Languages
🇬🇧 English