Airwallex

Financial Services

StaffProductSecurityEngineer

A$185–265k ~AI est. Melbourne, Victoria, Australia FULL TIME
Market Sentiment
HIGH DEMAND

Neural analysis suggests this role is
optimal for Senior candidates.

The Brief

“Staff Product Security Engineer at Airwallex. Skills: Product security engineering, Cybersecurity threats, Incident response, Cloud security. Create security controls. Build security controls”

Industry & Context.

Financial Services
Problems you'll solve

Solve complex problems; Root cause analysis

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

8+ years security engineering, 8+ years incident response, In depth expertise cloud platform, Knowledge of CI/CD tooling, Knowledge of CI/CD pipelines, Comprehensive understanding attacker tools, Comprehensive understanding attacker techniques, Ability to respond to incidents, Communication skills non-technical audience, Passion for solving complex challenges, Self motivation to learn skills, Drive to learn new skills, Drive to dive deeper skills

Nice to Have

Bachelor's degree Cybersecurity, Bachelor's degree Computer Science, Recognised training cybersecurity certifications, Experience with Splunk, Experience with security monitoring tools, DevOps experience, SRE experience, Kubernetes experience, Experience with GCP, Experience with Alibaba Cloud, Experience with Okta, Experience with GSuite, Experience with cloud-based VPN, Experience with Python, Experience with Java, Experience with Kotlin, Published articles cybersecurity, Published journals cybersecurity, Published blogs cybersecurity

What You'll Do.

Create security controls

Build security controls

Design security improvements

Deliver security improvements

Develop detection strategies

Operationalise detection strategies

Develop response workflows

Operationalise response workflows

Enhance secure systems

Leverage endpoint telemetry

Analyse endpoint telemetry

Leverage network telemetry

Analyse network telemetry

Leverage cloud telemetry

Analyse cloud telemetry

Design cybersecurity infrastructure

Implement cybersecurity infrastructure

Maintain cybersecurity infrastructure

Investigate cybersecurity incidents

Contain cybersecurity incidents

Respond to cybersecurity incidents

Strengthen defensive capability

Assess system security

Improve system security

Assess network security

Improve network security

Identify vulnerabilities

Identify configuration issues

Identify remediation opportunities

Collect threat intelligence

Analyse threat intelligence

Collect forensic evidence

Analyse forensic evidence

Conduct defensive operations

Support defensive operations

Conduct tactical forensics

Support tactical forensics

Conduct threat hunting

Support threat hunting

Partner to embed security

Drive continuous improvement

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Partner with engineering; Partner with IT; Partner with Infrastructure; Partner with Product; Cross-functional teams

Communication Scope

Explain technical concepts

Process & Methodology

CI/CD tooling, CI/CD pipelines

Full Job Description

ABOUT AIRWALLEX Airwallex is the only unified payments and financial platform for global businesses. Powered by our unique combination of proprietary infrastructure and software, we empower over 200,000 businesses worldwide – including Brex, Rippling, Navan, Qantas, SHEIN and many more – with fully integrated solutions to manage everything from business accounts, payments, spend management and treasury, to embedded finance at a global scale. Proudly founded in Melbourne, we have a team of over 2,200 of the brightest and most innovative people in tech across 26 offices around the globe. Valued at US$8 billion and backed by world-leading investors including T. Rowe Price, Visa, Mastercard, Robinhood Ventures, Sequoia, Salesforce Ventures, DST Global, and Lone Pine Capital, Airwallex is leading the charge in building the global payments and financial platform of the future. If you’re ready to do the most ambitious work of your career, join us. ATTRIBUTES WE VALUE We hire successful builders with founder-like energy who want real impact, accelerated learning, and true ownership. You bring strong role-related expertise and sharp thinking, and you’re motivated by our mission and operating principles https://www.airwallex.com/us/operating-principles. You move fast with good judgment, dig deep with curiosity, and make decisions from first principles, balancing speed and rigor. You're humble and collaborative; turn zero‑to‑one ideas into real products, and you “get stuff done” end-to-end. You use AI to work smarter and solve problems faster. Here, you’ll tackle complex, high‑visibility problems with exceptional teammates and grow your career as we build the future of global banking. If that sounds like you, let’s build what’s next. About the team Airwallex’s Information Security team partners closely with engineering, IT, and other stakeholders to protect our systems, data, and employees while enabling the business to move quickly. The team helps build and maintain strong se

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