Security Engineer

Acquire Me; Austin (TX); Remote; USD 136,000 - 213,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading quantitative hedge fund is seeking a skilled Security Engineer to join their cybersecurity division. This role involves designing secure processes, validating hardware, and contributing to threat modeling in a fast-paced environment. Ideal candidates will have strong backgrounds in security engineering and firmware systems, with a focus on innovative trading technology.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of hands-on experience in security engineering.
• Deep understanding of firmware architectures like UEFI, BIOS, BMC.
• Familiar with open-source firmware projects.

Responsibilities

• Design and deploy secure provisioning and verification processes.
• Partner with vendors to validate trust anchors.
• Contribute to supply chain threat modeling and security assessments.

Skills

Security Engineering

Firmware Architecture

Cryptography

Systems-Level Development

Education

Formal education in software engineering, computer science, or data science

Tools

Go

Rust

C/C++

Job description

Direct message the job poster from Acquire Me

Building the US Cyber Security Practice @ Acquire Me

Security Engineer - Remote/Hybrid - Systematic Trading Firm - Austin, Texas - Up to $150 P/H

12+ Months Contract (Possible Extension)

Acquire me are working with a leading Quantitative hedge fund renowned for its rapid innovation in trading technology and real-time risk management. As they continue to strengthen their cybersecurity division, they’re looking for a skilled Security Engineer (Contract) to join their high-performing team and support critical initiatives in a fast-paced, regulated environment.

Job Responsibilities

• Design and deploy secure provisioning, attestation, and verification processes throughout the hardware and firmware lifecycle
• Partner with silicon vendors, OEMs, and internal teams to validate trust anchors and key lifecycle events
• Help shape architecture and tooling for secure boot enforcement, firmware transparency, and device integrity verification
• Build out workflows to ingest firmware and hardware telemetry, detect anomalies, and support audit reporting
• Contribute to internal and external supply chain threat modelling, security assessments, and mitigation strategies
• Stay current on evolving supply chain threats, hardware security standards, and low-level vulnerability classes
• Support clarification of security requirements across multiple networks to enable multi-level security models

Required Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills

• Formal education or certification in software engineering, computer science, or data science, with 5+ years of hands-on experience
• Strong track record in security engineering, hardware/firmware systems, or supply chain risk management
• Deep understanding of firmware architectures like UEFI, BIOS, BMC, NVMe, etc.
• Familiar with open-source firmware projects (e.g., coreboot, U-Boot, OpenBMC)
• Experience working with cryptographic building blocks used in attestation (e.g., ECC, SHA, PCRs, X.509)
• Proficient in Go, Rust, or C/C++ for systems-level development
• Knowledge of SBOM standards, firmware signing processes, and secure boot implementations

If this role is of interest to you, feel free to apply or reach out directly.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Contract

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