Head of Security & Privacy Engineering

Interface AI
San Francisco, Palo Alto
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeUSD 260,000 - 350,000 annuallyFunction: Administration & Executive AssistanceEducation: bachelorsSkills: ["Leadership","Risk management","Communication","Team building"]

Lead enterprise security and privacy strategy for AI products and cloud infrastructure. You’ll build and own company-wide cybersecurity, privacy, and compliance programs, establish internal controls, manage risk, and drive security-by-design practices. Partner with executives and cross-functional teams to align security with business goals, oversee incident response and continuous risk assessment, and ensure compliance with frameworks like GLBA, FFIEC, and SOC 2. This is strategic and hands-on leadership.

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Interface AI
Interface AI
10 months ago

Head of Security & Privacy Engineering

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Job Summary

Lead enterprise security and privacy strategy for AI products and cloud infrastructure. You’ll build and own company-wide cybersecurity, privacy, and compliance programs, establish internal controls, manage risk, and drive security-by-design practices. Partner with executives and cross-functional teams to align security with business goals, oversee incident response and continuous risk assessment, and ensure compliance with frameworks like GLBA, FFIEC, and SOC 2. This is strategic and hands-on leadership.
Location: San Francisco, Palo Alto
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Administration & Executive Assistance
Seniority: Sr. Director level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Own security (excluding physical security), privacy, and compliance across the company.
  • •Develop and enforce organization-wide security and privacy policies, procedures, and standards.
  • •Lead cybersecurity incident response and continuous risk assessment programs.
  • •Oversee compliance with GLBA, FFIEC, SOC 2, and other applicable frameworks, and champion privacy-by-design for AI and product initiatives.
  • •Build, mentor, and grow a high-performing team of security and privacy engineers, embedding DevSecOps and secure architecture across engineering and cloud infrastructure.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 260,000 - 350,000 annually
Equity and Bonus:Equity
Perks:Health InsuranceDentalVision401kPaid Parental

Key Requirements

  • •12+ years of cybersecurity leadership experience, ideally in financial services or regulated environments.
  • •Experience securing AI-driven platforms, LLM workflows, or AI products, including risks like prompt injection, data leakage, and model misuse.
  • •Strong cloud security expertise securing cloud-native infrastructure, particularly AWS (identity, network, container, and infrastructure protection).
  • •Ability to embed security-by-design practices across distributed systems, APIs, microservices, and CI/CD pipelines (DevSecOps).
  • •Deep knowledge of data protection, encryption, IAM, and threat modeling, especially for sensitive financial data.
Experience:Financial servicesFintechRegulated environmentsSaaSAI
Education:Bachelor's in Information Security, Computer Science or related field
Skills:LeadershipRisk managementCommunicationTeam building
Certifications:CISSPCISMCCSPISO 27001
Tech Stack:AIAgentic AIConversational AIGenerative AILLMLLM workflowsAWSCloud-native infrastructureIdentity managementIAMEncryptionAPIsMicroservicesCI/CDContainer security

Company Brief

Interface AI
Provides AI-powered virtual assistant and automation software for banks and credit unions. The platform helps financial institutions handle customer service, support routine banking tasks, and improve digital self-service across voice and chat channels.
Industry: SaaS
Company Size: Medium (51 to 250 employees)
Growth: Growth Stage Startup
Headquarters: San Jose, United States
Founded: 2018
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