Staff Security Engineer - New York

Initio Capital LLC; New York (NY); On-site; USD 190,000 - 290,000; Full time

Job summary

Initio Capital, through its recruiting partnership with Career Launch, seeks seasoned Staff Security Engineers for partner employers in New York. These roles lead security architecture and the delivery of reliable software in fast-moving environments.

The strongest candidates combine ownership, strong system design, and executive communication with a track record of measurable results across product, data, design, and go-to-market teams.

Qualifications

• Experience shipping and operating complex software in a senior engineering role.
• Strong system design, technical judgment, and written communication.
• Experience working across product and business functions in fast-moving environments.
• Ability to lead ambiguous work from problem definition to production results.

Responsibilities

• Lead security architecture, risk reduction, and secure product and platform practices.
• Own architecture and decisions for high-impact products and platform capabilities.
• Translate business goals into pragmatic engineering plans and milestones.
• Build, review, and improve production systems with focus on reliability, security and performance.
• Raise engineering standards through design reviews, documentation, testing and ops discipline.
• Mentor engineers and improve collaboration across product, data, design, and go-to-market teams.
• Use metrics and incident learning to prioritize investments and reduce recurring risk.

Skills

Security architecture

System design

Technical leadership

Mentoring engineers

Incident learning

Job description

Initio Capital, through its recruiting partnership with Career Launch, is accepting applications for Staff Security Engineer opportunities with partner employers in New York. Career Launch works with experienced professionals seeking full-time roles and gives partner recruiters one profile to review across relevant searches.

The specific employer, team, work arrangement, interview process, and final compensation are disclosed before a candidate is submitted to an employer.

The role

These searches are for senior professionals who can lead the design and delivery of reliable software systems used by growing technology companies. The strongest candidates combine functional depth with ownership, executive communication, and a record of measurable results.

What you may own

• Lead security architecture, risk reduction, and secure product and platform practices.
• Own architecture and technical decisions for high-impact products and platform capabilities.
• Translate business and product goals into pragmatic engineering plans and milestones.
• Build, review, and improve production systems with attention to reliability, security, and performance.
• Raise engineering standards through design reviews, documentation, testing, and operational discipline.
• Mentor engineers and improve collaboration across product, data, design, and go-to-market teams.
• Use metrics and incident learning to prioritize technical investment and reduce recurring risk.

What we are looking for

• A record of shipping and operating complex software in a senior engineering role.
• Strong system design, technical judgment, and written communication.
• Experience working across product and business functions in a fast-moving environment.
• Ability to lead ambiguous work from initial problem definition through production results.
• Experience coaching peers or leading technical programs without relying on formal authority.
• Authorization to work in the United States for the employer without misrepresenting work status.

Compensation and location

The anticipated base salary range across represented Staff Security Engineer searches in New York is $190,000 to $290,000 per year. Final compensation depends on the employer, scope, level, experience, and work arrangement and may include bonus, commission, or equity where applicable.

Equal opportunity

Initio Capital and Career Launch evaluate candidates without regard to protected characteristics under applicable law. Hiring decisions are made by the applicable partner employer.