Security & Compliance Director - FinTech AI

Sarah Smith Fund

San Francisco (CA)

On-site

USD 140,000 - 180,000

Full time

14 days+
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Job summary

Sarah Smith Fund, located in San Francisco, is seeking an Application Security Lead to build security tooling and mentor engineers. The role involves ensuring data privacy and driving customer trust through compliance initiatives like SOC 2 and ISO 27001.

Ideal candidates have over 5 years of experience in progressive security roles, strong fundamentals in secure SDLC, and familiarity with fintech or banking environments. Enjoy competitive compensation and an opportunity to shape the future of banking through AI.

Qualifications

  • Proven track record of owning SOC 2 Type II and/or ISO 27001 compliance.
  • Ability to develop lightweight security policies and data governance frameworks.
  • Experience leading incidents end to end & driving the fixes that follow.

Responsibilities

  • Build security tooling & processes for engineers.
  • Manage and mentor application security engineers.
  • Secure agent execution surface, ensuring data privacy.
  • Drive customer trust through compliance initiatives.
  • Lead incident response and detection efforts.

Skills

5+ years in progressive security roles
Strong fundamentals in secure SDLC
Cloud security (AWS/GCP)
Web security
DevSecOps practices
Experience in fintech or banking

Job description

Sarah Smith Fund, located in San Francisco, is seeking an Application Security Lead to build security tooling and mentor engineers. The role involves ensuring data privacy and driving customer trust through compliance initiatives like SOC 2 and ISO 27001.

Ideal candidates have over 5 years of experience in progressive security roles, strong fundamentals in secure SDLC, and familiarity with fintech or banking environments. Enjoy competitive compensation and an opportunity to shape the future of banking through AI.

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