Principal Information Security Engineer

Role:

Responsibilities:

• Design and build internal security tooling from scratch, including agent-based security tooling, code analysis tooling, dynamic scanning, and security assessment tools
• Identify vulnerabilities across SentiLink's AWS-based stack, including application code, cloud service configurations, and integrations between the two
• Develop AI-assisted and agent-based tooling to scale offensive security testing beyond what a small team can do manually
• Build and maintain security automation that improves detection, response, and remediation across the organization
• Conduct hands-on penetration testing and vulnerability research against SentiLink's infrastructure and applications
• Partner with engineering teams to remediate findings and embed security into the development process without slowing them down
• Participate in the security on-call rotation, including incident response and regular response testing
• Contribute to threat modeling and security design reviews for new systems, with a focus on cloud integrations and identity flows
• Stay current on offensive security techniques, AI-assisted security tooling, and emerging attack patterns relevant to fintech and identity verification

Requirements:

• 8+ years of experience in security engineering, software engineering with a security focus, or closely related roles
• Proficient in at least one systems language (Go, Rust, C++) and at least one higher-level language (Python, TypeScript)
• Proven ability to design and ship production software end-to-end
• Deep AWS infrastructure expertise, including IAM, EKS, RDS, networking, and managed services
• Demonstrated ability to identify security misconfigurations and vulnerabilities across cloud architectures, application code, and the integrations between them
• Experience conducting or building tooling for penetration testing, vulnerability assessment, or red team activities
• Track record of building security automation and tooling from scratch
• Comfortable operating independently on ambiguous problems without heavy process or oversight
• Strong communication skills and the ability to partner with engineers who are not security specialists

Nice to have:

Compensation:

Perks:

• Employer paid group health insurance for you and your dependents
• 401(k) plan with employer match (or equivalent for non US-based roles)
• Flexible paid time off
• Regular company-wide in-person events
• Home office stipend, and more!

Corporate Values: