FinTech Security & Cloud Architecture Lead

Tonder; Xico; Presencial; MXN 1.000.000 - 1.500.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Tonder is building payments infrastructure for Latin America, and security is a core part of the product. We’re looking for a Head of Security to own and strengthen Tonder’s security program across infrastructure, engineering, compliance, and operations.

This hands-on leadership role defines the security roadmap and ensures controls are implemented, automated, monitored, and improved over time, working closely with Engineering and leadership.

Formación

• Strong experience leading security in fintech, payments, or regulated environments.
• Deep understanding of AWS security, IAM, networking, secrets, cloud architecture, and production systems.
• Experience with DevSecOps, application security, infrastructure security, and vulnerability management.
• Experience with PCI DSS and security compliance programs.
• Strong incident response, threat modeling, security architecture, and risk management.
• Ability to go deep technically while also setting strategy and priorities.
• Experience working with engineering teams and senior leadership.
• Strong automation mindset and ability to turn security requirements into code, tooling, and workflows.
• Advanced use of AI for security analysis, automation, monitoring, and engineering productivity.
• High ownership and urgency to drive security projects from risk identification through remediation.

Responsabilidades

• Own security strategy, roadmap, priorities, and posture.
• Lead cloud, application, infrastructure security, IAM, secrets management, and production access controls.
• Build security into the engineering lifecycle through DevSecOps, CI/CD controls, automated testing, scanning, and remediation.
• Own vulnerability management from detection through remediation and validation.
• Lead security incident response, investigation, containment, root‑cause analysis, and post‑incident improvements.
• Own PCI DSS and other security/compliance programs.
• Review architecture with Engineering to identify risks and define secure‑by‑design controls.
• Build automated and AI‑assisted security workflows for monitoring, evidence collection, remediation, analysis, and operational security tasks.
• Own third‑party security reviews, vendor security assessments, penetration testing, and remediation programs.
• Define security metrics, dashboards, alerts, and reporting for leadership.
• Continuously identify systemic risks and turn them into durable technical controls.
• Help build security team, processes, and operating model as Tonder scales.

Conocimientos

AWS security

IAM

DevSecOps

Application security

Infrastructure security

Vulnerability management

PCI DSS

Security incident response

Threat modeling

Security architecture

Risk management

Automation mindset

AI for security

Leadership

Descripción del empleo

Tonder is building payments infrastructure for Latin America, and security is a core part of the product. We’re looking for a Head of Security to own and strengthen Tonder’s security program across infrastructure, engineering, compliance, and operations.

This hands-on leadership role defines the security roadmap and ensures controls are implemented, automated, monitored, and improved over time, working closely with Engineering and leadership.