Paxos
Financial Technology
EngineeringManager,ProductSecurity
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“Engineering Manager, Product Security at Paxos. Skills: Product Security, Cloud Security, Application Security, Team Leadership. Lead, coach, and develop security engineers. Own security posture of cloud environment”
What You'll Achieve.
Scale cloud and application security; Enable product teams to move fast safely; Grow a high-performing team; Maintain and improve security posture; Support customer and regulator inquiries; Ensure Platform Security team scales with business; Help teams ship secure systems quickly
Industry & Context.
On-site onboarding in New York City for the first week
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
8+ years of engineering experience (software, infrastructure, or security), Individual contributor security engineer working on cloud or application security, 2–3 years of experience as an engineering manager, Leading and developing security teams, Security of production AWS environments at scale, Hands-on experience deploying secure applications to multi-cluster Kubernetes environments, Fluency of SSDLC lifecycle, Deep understanding of security architecture concepts, Demonstrated experience leading incident response as an Incident Commander for major vulnerabilities or breaches, Proficiency in headcount planning, performance reviews, and mentorship, Excellent communication skills
Nice to Have
Kubernetes a plus
What You'll Do.
and develop security engineers
Own security posture of cloud environment
Embed security into application designs
Establish and scale automated guardrails
Act as Incident Commander for security incidents
Collaborate with Compliance
Partner with leadership on headcount planning
Champion a culture of security
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Partner across engineering and security organization; Influence roadmaps of other teams; Coordinate technical response; Coordinate cross-functional teams; Close collaboration
Communication Scope
Explain complex security risks; Explain trade-offs to technical stakeholders; Explain trade-offs to non-technical stakeholders
Full Job Description
About Paxos Today’s financial infrastructure is archaic, expensive, inefficient and risky — supporting a system that leaves out more people than it lets in. So we’re rebuilding it. We’re on a mission to open the world’s financial system to everyone by enabling the instant movement of any asset, any time, in a trustworthy way. For over a decade, we’ve built blockchain infrastructure that tokenizes, custodies, trades and settles assets for the world’s leading financial institutions, like Mastercard, Visa, Robinhood, and PayPal. About the team The Product Security team is responsible for keeping Paxos’ cloud-native platform secure, resilient, and compliant as we scale. We partner closely across all engineering teams to design, build, and operate secure-by-default applications in Kubernetes that power mission-critical payments, stablecoin, and brokerage products. The team owns core security capabilities of our platform like identity and access management in AWS, network segmentation, secrets management, inner-service communication, vulnerability management, and code scanning (SAST and DAST). About the role As the Engineering Manager, Product Security at Paxos, you will lead a team of security engineers responsible for securing our AWS and Kubernetes infrastructure end-to-end and ensuring applications are built and maintained safely. You’ll combine deep hands-on security engineering experience with strong people leadership to design secure cloud and application defaults, harden critical services, and build automated guardrails that enable product teams to move fast safely. You will drive the technical direction for cloud and application security,lead high-pressure incident response when needed, and grow a high-performing team that treats “security as an enabler,” not a bottleneck. What you’ll do - Lead, coach, and develop a team of cloud and application security engineers, including setting clear goals, providing ongoing feedback, and running performance reviews. - Own t
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