Senior Threat & Offensive Security Engineer — AI-Driven, Remote

Apply; New York, Northern (NY, KY); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

401k

Health benefits

Commuter benefits

Orientation & development

Team outings budget

Flexible PTO

Company holidays

Baby bonding leave

Job summary

Valon is accelerating its secure AI-native operating system for regulated finance, seeking an experienced Senior Security Engineer, Threat & Offensive Security. You will scale offensive security, perform adversarial testing, and lead incident response with AI-powered workflows across our crypto-grade mortgage servicing platform.

Join a security-forward team, collaborate with Product and Engineering, and help safeguard assets and data for billions in loans while enabling scalable, automated

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years in security engineering, penetration testing, threat intelligence, or related roles.
• Bachelor's degree in CS/InfoSec/Tech or equivalent.
• Security certifications (e.g., CISSP, CEH, OSCP, GPEN, GCIH) favored.

Responsibilities

• Drive and conduct security testing across applications, infrastructure, and networks.
• Manage security testing tools and frameworks to simulate attacks.
• Design AI-enabled workflows to scale security testing and threat operations.
• Operationalize threat intelligence to anticipate emerging threats.
• Collaborate with external pentesting firms for periodic reviews.
• Perform security reviews of new systems and integrations with risk-based recommendations.
• Remediate identified vulnerabilities with cross-functional teams.
• Develop playbooks and standards for offensive security testing and incident response.
• Monitor security alerts and incidents, analyze data, and respond to events.
• Support security reviews, monitoring, vendor security, and audit/compliance processes.

Skills

Security engineering

Red team

Threat intelligence

Incident response

AI & automation

Security testing

MITRE ATT&CK

Cloud security

Stakeholder collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science / Information Security / Technology

Tools

Burp Suite

Metasploit

Nmap

Cobalt Strike

Job description

Valon is accelerating its secure AI-native operating system for regulated finance, seeking an experienced Senior Security Engineer, Threat & Offensive Security. You will scale offensive security, perform adversarial testing, and lead incident response with AI-powered workflows across our crypto-grade mortgage servicing platform.

Join a security-forward team, collaborate with Product and Engineering, and help safeguard assets and data for billions in loans while enabling scalable, automated