Security Engineer

5 Months ago • All levels • Cyber Security • $150,000 PA - $250,000 PA

Job Summary

Job Description

As a Security Engineer at Privy, you will work at the intersection of distributed systems, blockchain security, and practical defense to secure products used by millions and the underlying infrastructure. You will help build and maintain our security posture, collaborating with experienced security leaders and talented engineers. The role emphasizes creativity, empathy, and a builder's mindset, focusing on finding secure paths for products and customers to ship confidently and safely. Key responsibilities include establishing and improving baseline security practices, triaging and responding to security alerts, enhancing security in the development pipeline (CI/CD, GitHub), providing security guidance, responding to bug bounty reports, developing deep knowledge of the tech stack, advising customers on secure implementation patterns, and exploring innovative security options.
Must have:
  • Experience with implementing/maintaining production security systems
  • Comfortable making production environment changes
  • Understanding of modern web security
  • Clear communication of security concepts
  • Collaborative approach to security
  • Excitement about security
Good to have:
  • Experience with corporate security/startup infosec
  • Blockchain security experience
  • Detection/incident response background
  • AWS security expertise
  • Bug bounty/red team experience
  • Experience building security tools
  • Published security work (presentations, blogs, OSS)

Job Details

As a Security Engineer at Privy, you'll be working at the intersection of distributed systems and blockchain security as well as practical defense securing products used by millions of people and the infrastructure that runs it.

Security at Privy is fundamentally embedded into the core of the product and business. You'll help build and maintain our security posture working alongside experienced security leaders and exceptional engineering talent. We value creativity, empathy, and a builder's mindset—security is about finding secure paths forward for our products and customers so they can ship confidently, and safely.

What you'll do

  • Establish and improve baseline security practices across the organization as a member of the security team
  • Triage and respond to security alerts from EDR, dependency scanners, and other tools

  • Collaborate with engineering to enhance security in our development pipeline (CI/CD, GitHub, etc.)

  • Provide security guidance to internal teams and customer developers

  • Respond to and remediate bug bounty reports

  • Develop deep knowledge of our stack, including client, backend, infrastructure, TEEs, and security policies

  • Advise customers on secure implementation patterns and remediate security vulnerabilities

  • Explore and implement innovative security options that set Privy apart from competitors

What we're looking for

  • Experience with implementing or maintaining security systems in production environments
  • Comfortable making changes to production environments

  • Understanding of modern web security best practices and common vulnerabilities

  • Ability to communicate complex security concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences

  • A collaborative approach to security that emphasizes education and enablement

  • Excitement about all things security

Bonus points if you have...

  • Experience with corporate security or information security in startups
  • Blockchain security experience

  • Detection and response or incident response background

  • AWS security expertise

  • Bug bounty hunting or red team experience

  • Experience building security-focused developer tools

  • Published about your work in security (presentations, blog posts, open source contributions)

Security at Privy

Security at Privy is about enabling engineers and users. We build security that empowers developers and protects users through intuitive interfaces and thoughtful implementation. We believe security should be accessible and understandable, not mysterious or intimidating. Our team works to advance onchain system security through new paradigms, community involvement, and open collaboration. We understand that security is only as good as it is made usable, and used in practice. We encourage each other to experiment, question assumptions, and pursue innovative approaches that make security more effective and less burdensome.

Privy is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees, regardless of background, identity, or status.

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