Head of Security LATAM Tech Team (Fully Remote)

Airtm; United States; Remote; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Airtm is seeking a senior security leader to own the security posture of systems that move money across borders. You will set strategy, build the security team, and stay hands-on for hard technical decisions.

This role reports to the VP of Engineering and drives incident response, secure SDLC integration, and cloud-hardening across AWS, Kubernetes, CI/CD, IAM, and secrets management. Ideal candidates have 8+ years in information or application security with 3+ years of leadership, strong

Qualifications

• 8+ years in information or application security with leadership experience
• Hands-on security in a microservices environment and cloud security
• Fluency reading TypeScript/Node.js and Terraform; AI-assisted tools familiarity

Responsibilities

• Own detection, response, and recovery for security incidents and lead post-incident reviews.
• Embed security into the SDLC with threat modeling, secure design reviews, and automated scanning.
• Harden AWS, Kubernetes, CI/CD, IAM, and secrets management.

Skills

Security strategy

Team leadership

AWS security

Threat modeling

Education

B.S. in Computer Science

Tools

Terraform

Node.js

TypeScript

Job description

• Reporting to the VP of Engineering, you will own the security posture of systems that move money across borders.
• You'll set strategy, build the team, and stay hands-on for hard technical calls.

Key Responsibilities:

• Own detection, response, and recovery for security incidents and lead post-incident reviews.
• Embed security into the SDLC with threat modeling, secure design reviews, and automated scanning.
• Harden AWS, Kubernetes, CI/CD, IAM, and secrets management.

What We Look For:

• 8+ years in information or application security, including 3+ years leading teams.
• Strong AWS and Kubernetes security knowledge and hands-on app sec in microservices.
• Ability to read TypeScript/Node.js and Terraform, and fluency with AI-assisted tools.

Airtm

Airtm is a financial-infrastructure company building the future of the online-work economy with stablecoin-based cross-border payment solutions. It is a fast-growing, mission-driven engineering organization focused on empowering digital entrepreneurs in the Global South.