Security Engineer — AWS + IaC for AI Finance

present of AI; New York (NY); On-site; USD 140,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Present of AI in New York is seeking a security engineer to set direction and build secure cloud infrastructure for an AI-driven financial platform. You will own AWS security, IaC via Terraform, threat detection and incident response, and SOC 2 compliance. Hands-on with code is required to balance risk with shipping speed.

The platform processes remittances and finance data; you will secure data flows, implement automated scanning, and work with engineers to explain tradeoffs to leadership.

Qualifications

• Several years of hands-on AWS security work with infrastructure as code.
• Comfort writing and reviewing code to balance risk vs shipping speed.
• Ability to think about data flows and model inputs alongside cloud systems.

Responsibilities

• Define direction and build secure cloud infrastructure for an AI-driven finance platform.
• Implement threat detection and incident response processes.
• Advance a SOC 2 compliance program to enable enterprise deals.
• Review security implications of cloud and data pipeline design with engineers.

Skills

AWS security

Python

Ruby

Code review

Tools

Terraform

Job description

Present of AI in New York is seeking a security engineer to set direction and build secure cloud infrastructure for an AI-driven financial platform. You will own AWS security, IaC via Terraform, threat detection and incident response, and SOC 2 compliance. Hands-on with code is required to balance risk with shipping speed.

The platform processes remittances and finance data; you will secure data flows, implement automated scanning, and work with engineers to explain tradeoffs to leadership.