Senior Staff Security Engineer - FinTech SOC & Cloud

Blackhawk Network; Coppell (TX); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 220,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401k with employer match

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

12 paid holidays in 2026

Sick pay accrual

Parental leave

Life insurance

Disability insurance

Wellness benefits

Flexible time off

Job summary

Blackhawk Network seeks a Sr Staff Engineer, SOC to defend our fintech platform against large-scale fraud and threats. You will lead offensive security assessments on transaction systems, authentication flows, and APIs with a focus on automation and scalability.

This is a hands-on role in a fast-paced fintech environment, requiring strong leadership and collaboration across engineering, security, and product teams.

Qualifications

• Strong background in secure coding practices, API security, and software architecture.
• Hands-on with SAST, DAST, SCA, and fuzzing platforms.
• Solid understanding of AWS services (IAM, Lambda, S3, VPC).
• Experience securing containerized and microservice-based environments.
• Ability to influence cross-functional teams and communicate with stakeholders.
• Certifications such as CISSP, CSSLP, or AWS Security Specialty preferred.
• Familiarity with OWASP, NIST, ISO 27001.
• 7+ years in application security, cloud security, or related fields.

Responsibilities

• Embed security into the SDLC across requirements, design, development, and deployment.
• Define and promote secure coding practices across engineering teams.
• Perform security design reviews, threat modeling, and architecture assessments for applications, APIs, and microservices.
• Collaborate with cloud engineering to secure AWS environments.
• Conduct vulnerability assessments using SAST, DAST, and SCA.
• Mentor junior engineers and promote a security-first mindset.

Skills

Application security

Cloud security

Security leadership

Secure coding practices

API security

Threat modeling

Communication with stakeholders

SHA/CISSP awareness

Tools

SAST

DAST

SCA

Fuzzing platforms

AWS GuardDuty

AWS CloudTrail

Macie

AWS Config

IAM

Lambda

S3

VPC

Job description

Blackhawk Network seeks a Sr Staff Engineer, SOC to defend our fintech platform against large-scale fraud and threats. You will lead offensive security assessments on transaction systems, authentication flows, and APIs with a focus on automation and scalability.

This is a hands-on role in a fast-paced fintech environment, requiring strong leadership and collaboration across engineering, security, and product teams.