Security Engineer

As a Security Engineer at Better Money, you lead how the company thinks about code and operational security as it scales. You design the systems, practices, and safeguards that enable growth without compromising on trust, in a regulated payments environment building a stablecoin clearinghouse.

What you'll do

• Own the security posture across application security, infrastructure security, and operational security
• Conduct code reviews, threat modeling, and penetration testing to identify and remediate vulnerabilities
• Design and implement security controls, monitoring, and incident response processes appropriate for a regulated payments environment
• Establish security policies, procedures, and compliance frameworks such as SOC 2 and PCI-DSS as the company scales
• Hire, manage, and supervise specialist contractors or future security hires as the team grows
• Ship internal security tooling and features, building solutions rather than just advising
• Work closely with engineering to embed security into the development lifecycle from the start

What you bring

• 5+ years of experience in security engineering, with meaningful time at a payments company, bank, or other regulated financial institution
• Experience with cloud environments such as GCP and infrastructure as code providers like Terraform
• Breadth across both application/code security and operational security, with the ability to hire and manage specialists in areas where you need deeper expertise
• The ability to write production code, not just review it, ideally having shipped internal tools or security features yourself
• Experience building security programs at early-stage or high-growth companies, ideally from scratch
• Familiarity with compliance frameworks relevant to payments and banking such as SOC 2, PCI-DSS, and state money transmission regulations
• A mindset that views ambiguity and lack of specificity as an opportunity for ownership
• Based in New York City or willing to relocate

What we offer

• Competitive salary and equity
• Comprehensive insurance covering medical, dental, and vision
• Unlimited vacation
• Periodic off-sites
• Daily lunch provided

About Better Money

Better Money is a stablecoin company backed by a16z crypto and other leading partners, building a clearinghouse to address structural problems hindering stablecoin adoption. The team is based in NYC and has raised $10M to bring better money to the world.