
Senior Software Engineer, Security Platform
Posted Oct 14

Posted Oct 14
This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Brazil.
• Design, develop, and manage security engineering services primarily utilizing Golang and Python on AWS and Kubernetes.
• Maintain, enhance, and decommission existing security services.
• Take ownership of the NATS event-driven platform, covering contracts, consumers, delivery guarantees, and observability.
• Integrate scanners, maintain a system of record for findings, manage tickets, and track metrics.
• Oversee SAST, SCA, secret detection, container, and IaC security gates from tuning to enforcement.
• Create CI review agents, automate finding triage and verification, and develop remediation tools.
• Automate workflows from triage to remediation, including context reproduction, fix guidance, and routing.
• Engage in threat modeling and secure design reviews.
• Participate in the on-call rotation.
• Report to the Director of Information Security and collaborate with detection and response teams, along with network and zero trust engineers.
• Over 6 years of professional software engineering experience, with a strong focus on backend development.
• Recently deployed significant changes to a production application within the last 30 days.
• Strong expertise in Golang, along with practical knowledge of Python.
• Direct experience in building and managing event-driven or message-based systems (NATS, Kafka, or similar), including contracts, idempotent consumers, replay, and back-pressure management.
• Practical experience in developing and operating CI/CD pipeline tools; familiarity with GitLab CI at a fleet scale is a significant advantage.
• Knowledge of web application security, including the OWASP Top 10 in real-world applications.
• Hands-on experience with SAST, SCA, and secret-scanning tools, including tuning for an acceptable signal-to-noise ratio.
• Proven experience in AI-driven engineering, utilizing AI tools and creating agentic workflows adopted by peers.
• Working understanding of AWS and Kubernetes as deployment environments.
• Preferred: experience in fintech, payments, BNPL, or consumer lending sectors.
• Preferred: familiarity with PCI DSS and SOC 2 standards.
• Preferred: experience with software supply-chain integrity, including SBOM pipelines, dependency governance, artifact signing, and provenance.
• Preferred: knowledge of policy-as-code and admission control processes.
• Preferred: exposure to bug bounty programs or external vulnerability report triage.
• Preferred: experience in system-level threat modeling.
• Competitive salary and performance-based bonuses.
• Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance.
• Flexible work hours and remote work options.
• Opportunities for professional development and training.
• A collaborative and inclusive work environment.
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