Principal Software Engineer, Product Security

SentiLink Corp; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 220,000 - 280,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employer paid group health insurance

401(k) plan with employer match

Flexible paid time off

Regular company-wide in-person events

Home office stipend

Job summary

SentiLink Corp is seeking a Principal Software Engineer, Product Security to lead security across our infrastructure, applications, and internal systems. This is a highly technical, hands-on role focused on building scalable security foundations while enabling the business to move quickly and safely.

You will partner with Engineering, Infrastructure, Product, Legal, and Compliance to design secure systems, strengthen cloud posture, and reduce risk.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in security or related roles.
• Proficient in at least one systems language (Go/Rust/C++).
• Experience designing and shipping production software end-to-end.
• Deep AWS infrastructure expertise (IAM, EKS, RDS, networking).
• Ability to identify security misconfigurations and vulnerabilities across cloud architectures and code.
• Experience with penetration testing or red team tooling.
• Experience building security automation from scratch.
• Strong communication and cross-functional collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Design and build internal security tooling, including agent-based tooling, code analysis tooling, dynamic scanning, and security assessment tools.
• Identify vulnerabilities across SentiLink's AWS-based stack (application code, configurations, integrations).
• Develop AI-assisted and agent-based tooling to scale offensive security testing.
• Build and maintain security automation improving detection, response, remediation.
• Conduct hands-on penetration testing and vulnerability research.
• Partner with engineering to remediate findings and embed security into development processes.
• Participate in security on-call rotation and incident response testing.
• Contribute to threat modeling and security reviews for new systems, focusing on cloud integrations and identity flows.
• Stay current on offensive security techniques and AI-assisted tooling in fintech/identity.

Skills

Security engineering

Go/Rust/C++

Python/TypeScript

AWS (IAM, EKS, RDS)

End-to-end software delivery

Security tooling

Communication

Tools

Kubernetes

CI/CD pipelines

Job description

SentiLink stops more than 150,000 fraud attempts and verifies more than 3 million identities every day to protect both institutions and consumers. The problems we work on are challenging, and solving them takes deep domain expertise, rigorous analysis, and a willingness to dig into the details.

At SentiLink, you'll work alongside smart, highly collaborative colleagues who respect each other's time and judgment, take ownership, and follow through on their commitments. Together, we do truly meaningful work protecting the identities of innocent consumers and flagging the fraudsters attempting to exploit them.

We're well capitalized and growing quickly. We already serve 13 of the top 15 U.S. banks, we're expanding into new markets, and we're backed by Craft Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, NYCA, and Max Levchin. We've been named to the Forbes Fintech 50 and as a 2026 FICO Industry Vanguard Decision Award Winner. We were also the first company to go live with the electronic Consent Based Social Security Number Verification (eCBSV) service, and we've testified before the U.S. Congress on the future of identity.

We want SentiLink to be the best place you've ever worked. We offer generous benefits and support a range of working arrangements, from fully remote to in-office. We are a digital‑first company with strong collaboration across the U.S. and India, and we meet in person regularly to build relationships. We have offices in Austin, San Francisco, New York City, Seattle (Bellevue), Los Angeles, and Chicago in the U.S., and in Gurugram (Delhi) and Bengaluru in India.

Role:

We’re looking for a Principal Software Engineer, Product Security to lead and elevate security across SentiLink’s infrastructure, applications, and internal systems. This is a highly technical, hands‑on role focused on building scalable security foundations while enabling the business to move quickly and safely.

You will partner closely with Engineering, Infrastructure, Product, Legal, and Compliance teams to design secure systems, improve detection and response capabilities, strengthen cloud security posture, and reduce organizational risk. You’ll help shape long‑term security strategy while remaining deeply involved in technical implementation and operational execution.

This role is best suited for someone who combines strong technical depth with practical judgment and thrives in fast‑moving, high‑ownership environments.

Responsibilities:

• Design and build internal security tooling from scratch, including agent‑based security tooling, code analysis tooling, dynamic scanning, and security assessment tools

• Identify vulnerabilities across SentiLink's AWS‑based stack, including application code, cloud service configurations, and integrations between the two

• Develop AI‑assisted and agent‑based tooling to scale offensive security testing beyond what a small team can do manually

• Build and maintain security automation that improves detection, response, and remediation across the organization

• Conduct hands‑on penetration testing and vulnerability research against SentiLink's infrastructure and applications

• Partner with engineering teams to remediate findings and embed security into the development process without slowing them down

• Participate in the security on‑call rotation, including incident response and regular response testing

• Contribute to threat modeling and security design reviews for new systems, with a focus on cloud integrations and identity flows

• Stay current on offensive security techniques, AI‑assisted security tooling, and emerging attack patterns relevant to fintech and identity verification

Requirements:

• 8+ years of experience in security engineering, software engineering with a security focus, or closely related roles

• Proficient in at least one systems language (Go, Rust, C++) and at least one higher‑level language (Python, TypeScript)

• Proven ability to design and ship production software end‑to‑end

• Deep AWS infrastructure expertise, including IAM, EKS, RDS, networking, and managed services

• Demonstrated ability to identify security misconfigurations and vulnerabilities across cloud architectures, application code, and the integrations between them

• Experience conducting or building tooling for penetration testing, vulnerability assessment, or red team activities

• Track record of building security automation and tooling from scratch

• Comfortable operating independently on ambiguous problems without heavy process or oversight

• Strong communication skills and the ability to partner with engineers who are not security specialists

Nice to have:

• Experience building or deploying LLM‑based agents or AI‑assisted security tooling

• Prior experience at a security product company (Wiz, Snyk, Datadog, etc.) or other security‑forward engineering org

• Prior fintech, identity, or fraud detection experience

• Industry certifications (OSCP, OSCE, GPEN, GXPN)

• Experience with detection engineering or SIEM platforms

• Published security research, CVEs, or open source security tooling contributions

• Experience supporting compliance frameworks (FedRAMP, SOC 2, PCI DSS) without it being their primary focus

Compensation:

$220k-280k/year + equity + benefits

Perks:

• Employer paid group health insurance for you and your dependents

• 401(k) plan with employer match (or equivalent for non US-based roles)

• Flexible paid time off

• Regular company‑wide in‑person events

• Home office stipend, and more!

Corporate Values:

• Follow Through

• Deep Understanding

• Whatever It Takes

• Do Something Smart