Senior Security Engineer

January
New York
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeUSD 155,000 - 200,000 annuallyFunction: CybersecurityExperience: 6+ yearsSkills: ["Communication","Leadership","Problem-solving"]

Senior Security Engineer at a fintech company leading security strategy and implementation across consumer-facing and bank-grade enterprise systems. You’ll design secure-by-default patterns, manage data protection and compliance, and influence product teams to embed security as a competitive differentiator while enabling rapid product velocity.

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January
January
9 months ago

Senior Security Engineer

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Job Summary

Senior Security Engineer at a fintech company leading security strategy and implementation across consumer-facing and bank-grade enterprise systems. You’ll design secure-by-default patterns, manage data protection and compliance, and influence product teams to embed security as a competitive differentiator while enabling rapid product velocity.
Location: New York
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Cybersecurity
Seniority: Sr. Manager level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Embed security as a competitive advantage: Transforms January's security into product capabilities that banks choose us for, not just a compliance checkbox they tolerate. Unlocks Tier 1 partnerships and enterprise deals competitors can't close.
  • •Drive security-by-design across product and application development: Partners with product and engineering to identify and elevate critical risks before production, with deep focus on application security (frontend, Flask services, database). Embeds security into discovery and design while building secure-by-default patterns into development workflows. Accelerates product development through early engagement and clear guidance, not late-stage gate-keeping.
  • •Architect systems for bank-grade data protection: Designs and implements data classification, encryption, and access control meeting regulated client requirements. Establishes automated controls ensuring sensitive data never leaves authorized boundaries.
  • •Cultivate a security-first engineering culture: Influences engineering teams to adopt security-first thinking without sacrificing velocity. Leads incident response with clarity and urgency, ensuring January emerges from security events stronger through rigorous post-mortems.
  • •Scale compliance with minimal overhead: Maintains SOC 2, PCI-DSS, and financial compliance through automated systems. Builds infrastructure that auto-generates audit evidence and eliminates compliance bottlenecks.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 155,000 - 200,000 annually
Equity and Bonus:Equity

Key Requirements

  • •6+ years in cybersecurity, 3+ years in application/data security or security engineering
  • •Hands-on building application-level security controls in cloud environments (AWS, Terraform, Snowflake)
  • •Track record implementing security that accelerates velocity, not blocks it
  • •Technical depth: secure coding (Python, JavaScript), infrastructure-as-code, CI/CD security
  • •Proficiency in common scripting and programming languages, such as Python, JavaScript, and Bash, is strongly preferred.
Experience:6+ yearsFintechFinancial services
Skills:CommunicationLeadershipProblem-solving
Tech Stack:AWSTerraformSnowflakePythonJavaScriptBashCI/CDFlaskEncryptionData classificationSecurity

Company Brief

January
January (January Technologies, Inc.) modernizes debt collection with a compassionate, AI-driven platform that helps borrowers regain financial stability while improving recoveries and compliance for banks, credit unions, fintech lenders, and debt buyers.
Industry: Fintech Infrastructure
Company Size: Medium (51 to 250 employees)
Growth: Growth Stage Startup
Funding: Series B
Headquarters: New York, United States
Founded: 2016
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