SECTION I · THE BRIEF
Brief #21759Updated 22 OCT 2026SAN FRANCISCO, CALeverFINTECH COMPANIES WITH LESS THAN 200 EMPLOYEES
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Senior Security Engineer

Finix Payments is a payment infrastructure platform that gives businesses an alternate way to own, manage, and monetize their entire payments experience without the headaches or expenses associated with building an…

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Senior Security Engineer

Finix· San FranciscoView company profile


Job title
Senior Security Engineer
Job location
San Francisco
Job description

About Finix

Finix is building the global operating system for fintech, starting with payments. From startups to publicly traded companies, Finix processes tens of billions of dollars annually both in-store and online. Finix was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in San Francisco.
To date Finix has raised over $200M, including a $75M Series C led by Acrew Capital and Lightspeed Venture Partners and backed by American Express Ventures, Bain Capital Ventures, Homebrew, Inspired Capital, Visa, and others

About the Role:
The Engineering organization at Finix owns the delivery and stability of our product end-to-end. As a Security Engineer, you will be responsible for the secure design, implementation, and operation of Finix’s cloud and corporate environments. You will work closely with Engineering, Information Security, Compliance, and IT.

This is an in-office position based in our San Francisco office.
You Will:
  • Partner with Engineering on secure design and implementation of new features
  • Secure our AWS infrastructure and workstations, and lead security incident response
  • Coordinate pentests, vulnerability scanning, and the bug bounty program: triage findings, lead fixes, and drive remediation with engineering
  • Secure our CI/CD pipelines and software supply chain
  • Own PCI architecture with engineering, including scoping, data handling, and secure SDLC
  • Support HSM operations, key exchanges, and key injections
  • Build and maintain controls for PCI DSS, SOC 2, and other regulations
  • Support audit fieldwork and customer security questionnaires
  • Secure internal AI tooling and set guardrails for AI use across the company
  • You Have:
  • 5+ years in security engineering, preferably in cloud-native fintech or payments
  • Development experience in Java
  • Strong AWS experience, including security services and infrastructure
  • Hands-on vulnerability remediation experience
  • Incident response experience
  • Clear written and verbal communication, including presenting findings and recommendations to technical and non-technical audiences
  • Working knowledge of PCI DSS and other regulatory frameworks
  • Cryptography and key management experience
  • Nice to Have:
  • AWS Security Specialty, CISSP, or similar certification
  • Bug bounty and hands-on pentest experience
  • CI/CD pipeline experience
  • Infrastructure as code experience (Terraform)
  • Experience with IAM and identity providers such as Okta
  • Experience with CrowdStrike, Palo Alto Prisma Access, or Sonatype Nexus
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    Finix headquarters

    San Francisco, CA

    Company size

    1–10 employees

    Founded

    2016

    Total raised

    $171,000,000

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