Lead Security Engineer

Flywire
Bengaluru
Workplace: HybridFull timeFunction: CybersecurityExperience: 8+ yearsEducation: bachelorsSkills: ["Mentorship","Technical leadership","Prioritisation","Stakeholder communication","Calm under pressure"]

Set the technical direction for security engineering across defensive AppSec/CloudSec and offensive PenTest/SecOps. Serve as the senior technical authority, owning the security roadmap and translating technical risk into business impact. Direct integration of automated security controls into pipelines and cloud infrastructure, lead penetration/red-team cadence, and provide escalation during critical incidents. Mentor engineers and partner on hiring, career ladders, and resourcing decisions.

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Flywire
Flywire
2 days ago

Lead Security Engineer

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Job Summary

Set the technical direction for security engineering across defensive AppSec/CloudSec and offensive PenTest/SecOps. Serve as the senior technical authority, owning the security roadmap and translating technical risk into business impact. Direct integration of automated security controls into pipelines and cloud infrastructure, lead penetration/red-team cadence, and provide escalation during critical incidents. Mentor engineers and partner on hiring, career ladders, and resourcing decisions.
Location: Bengaluru
Workplace: Hybrid
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Cybersecurity
Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Define and own the security engineering strategy and roadmap across secure software design, cloud infrastructure defense, offensive testing, and incident detection.
  • •Direct integration of automated security controls into engineering pipelines and cloud infrastructure; set standards for Identity and Access Management and Zero Trust architecture decisions.
  • •Set the cadence for penetration testing, red team simulations, and detection engineering across the estate.
  • •Act as the senior technical escalation point during critical security incidents, directing containment and post-incident review.
  • •Mentor senior and junior security engineers and partner on hiring, career ladders, and resourcing decisions.

Pay and Benefits

Perks:Equity

Key Requirements

  • •Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Cyber Security, Software Engineering, or a related technical discipline; Master's preferred.
  • •8+ years of progressive engineering experience with depth in defensive and/or offensive security disciplines, with strong cross-discipline fluency.
  • •Hands-on seniority across application security, cloud architecture defense, penetration testing, and/or security operations; able to speak authoritatively across the wider function.
  • •Deep practical knowledge across public cloud topologies, containerisation and orchestration, GitLab CI pipelines, and manual testing/forensic tooling.
  • •Expert understanding of OWASP Top 10 for LLMs, applied cryptography and federated authentication; practical experience aligning controls to PCI-DSS v4.0, SOC 1, SOC 2, and DORA.
Experience:8+ yearsSecurity engineeringCloudAppSecPenetration testingSecurity operationsLLM securityPayments
Education:Bachelor's in Computer Science, Cyber Security, Software Engineering (or related technical discipline)
Skills:MentorshipTechnical leadershipPrioritisationStakeholder communicationCalm under pressure
Certifications:AWS Certified Security - SpecialtyCKSCISSPOSCPOSCESANS GXPNGCIHGCFAOffSec OSAI
Languages:English (UK)
Tech Stack:AWSAWS Certified Security - SpecialtyOWASP Top 10 for LLMsApplied cryptographyFederated authenticationPCI-DSS v4.0SOC 1SOC 2DORAZero TrustIdentity and Access Management (IAM)GitLab CIContainersOrchestrationPenetration testingRed teamIncident responseLLMsForensic tooling

Company Brief

Flywire
Provides a global payments platform and vertical-specific software to enable complex cross-border and domestic receivables for education, healthcare, travel and B2B clients, streamlining payments, reconciliation and receivables workflows.
Industry: Payments
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 100M to 250M
Growth: Public Company
Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)
Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed
Headquarters: Boston, United States
Founded: 2009
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