Senior Cloud Security Engineer — Fintech & PCI

Finix; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Job summary

Finix is seeking a Security Engineer to own the secure design, implementation, and operation of our cloud and corporate environments. You will partner with Engineering, Information Security, Compliance, and IT in an in-office role at our San Francisco office.

You will drive security across AWS, PCI, and the software supply chain, coordinate pentests and audits, and help shape our secure SDLC. Strong Java development, incident response, and communication skills are essential.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in security engineering, preferably in cloud-native fintech or payments.
• Development experience in Java.
• Strong AWS experience, including security services and infrastructure.
• Hands-on vulnerability remediation experience.
• Incident response experience.
• Clear written and verbal communication to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Working knowledge of PCI DSS and other regulatory frameworks.
• Cryptography and key management experience.

Responsibilities

• Partner with Engineering on secure design and implementation of new features
• Secure AWS infrastructure and lead security incident response
• Coordinate pentests, vulnerability scanning, and the bug bounty program: triage findings, lead fixes, and drive remediation with engineering
• Secure CI/CD pipelines and software supply chain
• Own PCI architecture with engineering, including scoping, data handling, and secure SDLC
• Support HSM operations, key exchanges, and key injections
• Build and maintain controls for PCI DSS, SOC 2, and other regulations
• Support audit fieldwork and customer security questionnaires
• Secure internal AI tooling and set guardrails for AI use across the company

Skills

Java

AWS security

Incident response

Vulnerability remediation

Key management

PCI DSS

Tools

Terraform

Okta

CrowdStrike

Prisma Access

Sonatype Nexus

Job description

Finix is seeking a Security Engineer to own the secure design, implementation, and operation of our cloud and corporate environments. You will partner with Engineering, Information Security, Compliance, and IT in an in-office role at our San Francisco office.

You will drive security across AWS, PCI, and the software supply chain, coordinate pentests and audits, and help shape our secure SDLC. Strong Java development, incident response, and communication skills are essential.