Security Engineer, Operations - San Francisco, CA, United States - HighNote

Description

Founded in 2020 by a team of leaders from Braintree, PayPal, and Lending Club, Highnote is an all in one card issuer processor and program management platform.

We give digital-first organizations the flexibility to easily issue and process payment cards that accelerate business growth and profitability.

Headquartered in San Francisco, we've managed to build one of the most advanced payments teams in the industry, with team members in 22+ US states.

Operating through our core values of customer obsession, executional excellence, intentional inclusion, we're helping businesses grow for the future by creating the payment products demanded by tomorrow, with the ability to solve for use cases that don't exist yet.

It is an opportunity to take all your prior security experience and learnings, work with engineering leadership and various teams to improve security, and most importantly, be an evangelist for security across the company.

Refine and execute the overall security strategyDrive to and maintain security policies and processesOwn various compliance programs such as PCI-DSS, SOC1/2, and GDPROwn and drive application and web security initiatives, ensuring industry best practicesServe as a security consultant in design discussions and reviewsDrive secure coding and SDLC initiativesManage penetration testing efforts and bug bounty programsEvaluate various technologies for improving security defenses and monitoringIntegrate security controls across cloud-native and third-party toolsOwn infrastructure and vendor security auditsWork with the infrastructure team on securing GCP, AWS, and On-Premise ColosImplementing security best practices across Kubernetes and IstioOwn security incident response and related systemsWhat we are looking for
7+ years of experience in information security spaceExperience in leading the overall security effortsExperience with one or more scripting/programming languagesExperience with cloud platforms, such as GCP or AWSKnowledge of cryptography, PKI, TLS, etcFamiliarity with static and dynamic code analysis toolsExperience with APIsAbility to work autonomously in a fast-paced and cross-functional environmentBonus skills
Experience in the financial payments technology spaceExperience with SpringBoot, Kubernetes and IstioExperience with big data technologies, such as BigQueryWhy Highnote?

We're a startup that allows for our employees to truly build from the ground up and impact every layer of our organization.

While some of us come from the fintech world, some of us don't. We're backed by Oak HC/FT, Costanoa Ventures, and XYZ Ventures.

Flexible Paid Time Off100% healthcare coverage + 75% coverage for dependents401k programUp to 16 weeks off for Maternity leave + up to 6 weeks of Paternity leaveEquity in HighnoteStipend to build out your home office; internet and phone reimbursementAt Highnote we have built a total rewards philosophy that includes fair, equitable, geo-based compensation that is performance and potential based.

Our compensation packages are competitive based on robust market research and are a combination of a cash salary, equity, and benefits.

Please note that positions located in San Francisco are hybrid and include core working days of Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday in office.

We provide flexible work options based on distance from our downtown SF office.

We do not discriminate based on gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, race, religion, age, national origin, citizenship, disability, pregnancy status, veteran status, or any other characteristics protected by US federal state or local laws, or the laws of the country or jurisdiction where you work.