Senior Security Engineer

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Canada.

📋 Description

• Design and oversee security solutions for products, internal applications, infrastructure, enterprise systems, and observability.

• Conduct threat modeling for both existing systems and new product initiatives.

• Work collaboratively with engineering teams to embed security into development and delivery workflows.

• Develop, enhance, and automate security alerts, detections, observability, and response workflows utilizing AI and agents.

• Engage in incident response and take a leadership role during incidents as part of the on-call rotation.

• Assist with governance, compliance, and regulatory initiatives, including SOC 2, ISO 27001, and PCI.

• Mentor engineers while sharing best practices in security.

• Contribute to defining security priorities and technical direction.

• Foster strong relationships with internal stakeholders and external security vendors.

• Safeguard Shakepay’s infrastructure, products, and customer data, while enhancing its AI platform, security capabilities, and observability.

⛳️ Requirements

• Over 8 years of experience in security engineering, software engineering, or a related technical field, with substantial security experience.

• Strong technical knowledge in one or more security domains, with the capacity to contribute effectively across related areas.

• Advanced practical experience using AI tools, agents, and automation to enhance the scale and efficiency of security engineering efforts.

• Experience in cloud environments, preferably AWS.

• Practical experience with incident response and on-call rotations.

• Exceptional communication skills, solid technical judgment, and a strong sense of accountability.

• Proficiency in English is required.

• Assets include experience in fintech, cryptocurrency, or regulated environments; product security expertise; AI-assisted security testing; offensive security; vulnerability research; detection engineering; or security observability experience; knowledge of Bitcoin; and proficiency with Git/GitHub.

🏝️ Benefits

• Stock options as part of the overall compensation package.

• Quarterly performance and compensation evaluations.

• Medical and dental insurance, including health and wellness spending accounts.

• Flexibility to work from anywhere in Canada, with optional access to offices in Montreal and Toronto.

• An annual budget of $2,000 for courses, certifications, and training.

• 20 vacation days each year.

• A $1,000 bonus for utilizing all vacation days.

• Parental leave top-up to 100% of salary for 18 weeks.

• Quarterly team or company-wide events.

• Salary increases based on performance.

• Paid time off.